Missing Persons
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 identifies 66 new ISIS prisons and 35 grave sites
Today, SJAC launched a new interactive map of northern Syria which includes 246 ISIS prisons and 63 grave sites. Of these, 66 prisons and 35 graves were made public for
Recommendations to the Terms of References of the UN Independent Institution on Missing Persons in the Syrian Arab Republic
On June 29, 2023, the United Nations General Assembly adopted Resolution 301/77, which established the “Independent Institution for Missing Persons” and was delegated the task “to clarify the fate
SJAC's 2023 Summer Reading List
SJAC’s summer publication break starts today! We will be back in September with a new series of investigations and analysis on the Syrian conflict. Until we return, enjoy a
Widening the Search for the Missing Victims of ISIS: Idlib and Aleppo
SJAC has recently expanded the geographic scope of its missing persons program to include formerly ISIS-controlled areas of Idlib and Aleppo governorates. Although SJAC has previously documented cases of forced
Understanding the Search for the Missing in Formerly ISIS Controlled Syria
Over the last five years, since ISIS started to lose territorial control within Syria, families and local authorities have been searching for those who went missing during ISIS’s rule.
Syrian Organizations Ask for a More Ambitious Missing Persons Mechanism
> The proposed Mechanism needs to make meaningful changes for victims of disappearance and their families In late August, after months of anticipation and increasing demands from family networks and CSOs,