Capacity Building
Forensic Trainers Visit Raqqa, Assess Potential for Missing Persons Identifications
Last month, two forensic experts from the Guatemalan Forensic Anthropology Foundation (FAFG) travelled to Raqqa and Qamishli to meet with the Syrian Missing Persons and Forensic Team (SMFT) as well
SJAC Launches an Updated Version of its Documentation and Human Rights Training Platform
Today SJAC launches an updated version of its Arabic documentation training platform. This platform helps Syrian activists develop the skills necessary to collect witness testimonials and preserve evidence of human
PRESS RELEASE: First Forensic Training for Syrian Missing Persons and Forensic Team
This week, the Raqqa-based First Responders Team re-launched as the Syrian Missing Persons and Forensic Team (SMFT), following a week-long training in Erbil with the Argentine Forensic Anthropology Team (EAAF)
ISIS and Cycles of Violence: Attaining Security by Protecting Rights in Syria and Iraq
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 New Constitution is Not the Solution for Syria
The leaders of Germany, Russia, Turkey and France participate in a press conference in November, where they endorsed the prompt creation of a constitutional committee. Source: the Kremlin [http://en.
Three Lessons for the UN Security Council on the Ghouta Ceasefire
It is now clear that the ceasefire passed by the UN Security Council (UNSC) on February 24th has failed to put an end to the fighting in Syria or address
At the UN, governments and civil society meet to build a foundation for justice in Syria
IIIM Head Catherine Marchi-Uhel speaks to attendees at a UN panel to discuss support for the Mechanism | Photo from UN Web TV [http://webtv.un.org/search/panel-discussion-on-building-the-foundation-for-justice-in-syria/5583170043001/?term=
New York Times - High-Ranking Syrian Officials Could Face Reckoning in Landmark Spain Case
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