Vladimir Putin, Hassan Rouhani, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan. Russia, 2017. The three guarantors of the “de-escalation zones” in Syria. Photo from Wikipedia [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_involvement_in_the_
Syrian refugee children attend a lesson in a UNICEF temporary classroom in northern Lebanon, July 2014- Photo Credit DFID – UK Department for International Development [https://www.flickr.com/photos/dfid/
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=
The Panama Papers showed blacklisted companies and individuals, including Bashar al-Assad’s cousin Rami Makhlouf, bypassing sanctions through dealings with the law firm Mossack Franseca. | Source: Pixabay [https://pixabay.com/
The following article was written through the cooperation of three non-governmental organizations: Syria Justice and Accountability Centre, Syrians for Truth and Justice, and the Violations Documentation Center in Syria. Its
James Reinl writes about the importance of the new International, Impartial, and Independent Mechanism (IIIM) to collect and preserve evidence of atrocities in Syria to broadening criminal accountability options with
Mustafa Tlass (left), photo from Wikipedia [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mustafa_Tlass] and Jihad Makdissi, photo from UN Geneva [https://www.flickr.com/photos/unisgeneva/32973644562/in/photolist-S9oK83-So7bTG-S9oK3d-Rek224-ShdAkp-RewWsk-StpU5i-SeLwYj-Shpfkn-SeLxjj-SeLwL5-SeLxK9-cDBQ3A-RewYtV-Rm2wiK-Rm2wte-SqC4kx-SeLxAm-RXvMf9-RewZaz-RXvMnU-RewY84-RewZAe-RewZqp-GgBHPy-GgBHBu-GgBHEf-t6Fa55-sRppUo-R8jdQ3-SdPAjX] On
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
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.
HNC delegation arrives to Geneva at the start of the peace talks in February. | Photo Credit: United Nations / Jean-Marc Ferré [https://www.flickr.com/photos/unisgeneva/24729043226] Two weeks ago