Statements made several days ago by Brigadier-General Elias al-Bitar, head of the army’s Exemption and Reserve branch, have sown chaos and confusion among Syrians. Syrian men living outside the
Over the last decade, EU treatment of Syrian refugees has been ambivalent. On the one hand, some states have shown generosity by accepting and supporting large numbers of Syrians fleeing
The continued failure to obtain justice in the Syrian conflict is contributing to cyclical violence beyond the country’s borders in neighboring Iraq. Both the January 21 suicide bombings in
A full PDF of SJAC’s submission to the International Criminal Court is available for download, here. Washington, D.C. January 28, 2021 “The Office of the Prosecutor (OTP) of
A full PDF of this statement is available here. [https://syriaaccountability.org/library/syrian-organizations-respond-to-the-un-special-rapporteur-on-unilateral-coercive-measures/] The undersigned organizations stress the need to strategically assess the prevailing argumentation surrounding a renewed debate
The devastation of the Syrian conflict on the country’s education system has been widely reported since the early days of the conflict. Schools have been targeted by military airstrikes,
On September 4, 2019, SJAC launched six Universal Jurisdiction briefs [https://syriaaccountability.org/resources/universal-jurisdiction/] at the House of Democracy and Human Rights in Berlin, Germany. These briefs focused on
In October 2020, in the wake of the decapitation of the French high school teacher Samuel Paty, a Syrian user took to Facebook to praise the brutal murder. After SJAC
For more than 9 years, Syrian activists and human rights groups have collected documentation and evidence on violations of human rights and international law in Syria. This documentation is vital
Glossary Essential Terms for Understanding the Koblenz Trial A PDF of this resource is available here. [https://syriaaccountability.org/library/glossary-essential-terms-for-understanding-the-koblenz-trial/] GermanEnglishDefinitionAngeklagterdefendantA defendant is an accused person or indicted accused