On April 23, 2020, Germany was commended on the start of “the world’s first trial on state-torture” [https://www.justiceinfo.net/en/44167-first-time-torture-assad-regime-discussed-in-court.html] . Still, close observers of the
On February 17, 2021, a group of victim and family-led organizations working for justice for detainees and missing persons launched [https://www.facebook.com/events/d41d8cd9/%D8%A5%D8%B7%
March 15, 2021 marks the tenth anniversary of the conflict in Syria. While initial steps towards pursuing justice for survivors of human rights abuses have begun, there is still a
On February 24, 2021, the Higher Regional Court in Koblenz found Eyad Al-Gharib guilty of aiding and abetting torture and forced imprisonment as crimes against humanity. He was sentenced to
A recent New York Times scandal [https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/18/business/media/new-york-times-caliphate-podcast.html] has renewed discussions on media coverage of ISIS, specifically the danger of sensationalism
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