NPR’s Morning Edition features Syria Justice and Accountability Centre (SJAC) Executive Director Mohammad Al Abdallah and Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) Center for Human Rights Science Director Jay Aronson discussing
James Reinl examines the new International, Impartial, and Independent Mechanism (IIIM) tasked with collecting and preserving evidence of atrocities in Syria that can build cases against perpetrators for referral to
On May 9, as part of the effort to take back the city of Raqqa from the Islamic State of Iraq and Al-Sham (ISIS), the United States decided to arm
As Russia has, for the time being, closed the door on all available means for international accountability against the Assad government’s atrocities in Syria, human rights groups and lawyers
Anne Barnard, Ben Hubbard, and Ian Fisher report on efforts to document atrocities in the Syria conflict and to bring perpetrators to justice. Syria Justice and Accountability Centre (SJAC) Executive
US President Donald Trump’s Facebook post, seemingly equating military action with justice, the day after the United States launched strikes against Syria Last Thursday, the United States launched strikes
Ambassador Nikki Haley at the UN Security Council session on Syria. Photo from UN TV [http://webtv.un.org/search/the-situation-in-the-middle-east-syria-security-council-7915th-meeting/5386184129001?term=Syria] Monday, reports emerged that over 70
DatNav Arabic cover. Photo from The Engine Room [https://www.theengineroom.org/datnav-now-available-in-arabic/]. This week in Brussels, human rights and technology organizations convened at RightsCon [https://www.rightscon.org/] to
New York Times Correspondent Nick Cumming-Bruce discusses the acceptance of a criminal case in Spain’s national court against nine high-ranking Syrian security services officials accused of state terrorism related
Last week, in a Russia-brokered agreement [http://www.reuters.com/article/us-mideast-crisis-syria-waer-idUSKBN16P073] between pro-government and opposition forces, approximately 1,100 civilians left their homes in the Homs neighborhood of al-Waer.