Missing Persons

Widening the Search for the Missing Victims of ISIS: Idlib and Aleppo

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

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

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

Syrian Organizations Reiterate Support for a Missing Persons Mechanism

Syrian Organizations Reiterate Support for a Missing Persons Mechanism

The undersigned organizations, representing a diverse collection of Syrian civil society, want to reiterate our unified support for an independent, international, inclusive missing persons mechanism, in line with prior requests

How  to  Get  Involved  in  SJAC’s  Missing  Persons  Program

How to Get Involved in SJAC’s Missing Persons Program

SJAC’s missing person program seeks to discover the fates of and pursue justice for those kidnapped by ISIS in Northeast Syria. SJAC is actively seeking information about those who

Investigating Mass Graves using Satellite Imagery

Investigating Mass Graves using Satellite Imagery

As part of SJAC’s most recent report on missing persons in formerly ISIS-controlled Syria, SJAC collaborated with the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) and the University

PRESS RELEASE: SJAC Exposes Web of Disappearance, Locating Over 150 ISIS Prisons

PRESS RELEASE: SJAC Exposes Web of Disappearance, Locating Over 150 ISIS Prisons

A new report published today by the Syria Justice and Accountability Centre (SJAC) exposes the vast web of detention facilities that ISIS used to disappear thousands of people in Northeast

Why Exhumations of Syria’s Graves Can Wait

Why Exhumations of Syria’s Graves Can Wait

In the aftermath of the battle to liberate Raqqa from ISIS control, the local population started identifying mass graves throughout the city. Local leaders looking to move past the era