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“We Are Not Like We Used to Be”:  Syrian Responses to Documentation, Truth, and Reconciliation

“We Are Not Like We Used to Be”: Syrian Responses to Documentation, Truth, and Reconciliation

The process of post-conflict reconciliation is understood to go hand-in-hand with truth-seeking and remembrance of human rights abuses, in the hope that they will not be repeated. In Syria, however,

New Documents Show Syrian Government Used Schools for Military Purposes

New Documents Show Syrian Government Used Schools for Military Purposes

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,

The Shadows of Surveillance: Government Documents Confirm Syrian Embassies Monitored Syrians Abroad

The Shadows of Surveillance: Government Documents Confirm Syrian Embassies Monitored Syrians Abroad

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2019 Highlights: SJAC's year in documentation, analysis, and research

2019 Highlights: SJAC's year in documentation, analysis, and research

Since its formation in 2012, SJAC has worked toward a Syria defined by justice, respect for human rights, and rule of law – where all Syrians live in peace. SJAC pursues

SJAC's Database: How SJAC is Using Technology to Transform the Field of Human Rights Documentation

SJAC's Database: How SJAC is Using Technology to Transform the Field of Human Rights Documentation

The Syrian conflict has been documented by civilians and eyewitnesses at an unprecedented scale. Perpetrators, victims, and eye-witnesses have captured millions of videos and images, many of which have been

Documents Obtained by SJAC Show Role of Syrian Intelligence in Directing Humanitarian Aid

Documents Obtained by SJAC Show Role of Syrian Intelligence in Directing Humanitarian Aid

In recent weeks, two reports published by Human Rights Watch [https://www.hrw.org/news/2019/06/28/syria-government-co-opting-recovery-efforts] and Chatham House [https://www.chathamhouse.org/publication/principled-aid-syria-framework-international-agencies] have shed

“Their only sin was to want to live in dignity:” Urgent Action is Needed in Idlib

“Their only sin was to want to live in dignity:” Urgent Action is Needed in Idlib

In June, SJAC’s Documentation Team Lead crossed the border from southern Turkey into Northwest Syria in order to spend the Eid holiday with her family. The Team Lead manages

Syrians Arrested, Killed Under Reconciliation Agreements

Syrians Arrested, Killed Under Reconciliation Agreements

As the Syrian government continues to promote its narrative that the conflict is winding down, truces that the government refers to as “reconciliation agreements” have become an increasingly common method

What SJAC has Learned from Documenting the Role of Children in the Syrian Conflict

Syrian refugee children singing at a social center in Northern Lebanon. Source: Wikipedia [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Singing_helps_ease_the_memories_of_conflict_for_Syrian_children_in_

Statement issued by Syrian organizations working in the fields of documentation, accountability and transitional justice in support of the work of the

IIIM Head Catherine Marchi-Uhel speaks to attendees at a UN panel to discuss support for the Mechanism | Photo from UN Web TV Wednesday, 18 April 2018 We, the signatories to