The Dangers and Difficulties of Counting Victims in Syria
The plight of thousands of detained Syrians has come to public attention in recent months, as the government has begun to update civil registries with previously unreported deaths in custody.
Missing Persons
Seeking Truth for Syria’s Disappeared
Source: William Warby [https://www.flickr.com/photos/wwarby/3256155178] Since the beginning of the conflict in Syria, tens of thousands of people have been disappeared, captured and detained by
New Commission of Inquiry Report Focuses on Detainees
The COI’s recent report, ‘Detention in the Syrian Arab Republic.’ Source [http://www.ohchr.org/Documents/HRBodies/HRCouncil/CoISyria/AWayForward_DetentionInSyria.pdf] . On March 9, the UN Commission of
The Importance of Protecting Mass Graves in Syria
A mass grave in eastern Bosnia. Photo from Wikimedia [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bosnia_mass_grave.jpg] As Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) advance on Raqqa, Kurdish sources have
World Organization Against Torture - Syrian Arab Republic: Abducted Activists’ Whereabouts Remain Unknown
In an open letter to armed groups around Douma in Syria and the governments that support them, the Syria Justice and Accountability Centre and 55 other human rights organizations call
Deaths in Secrecy, the Plight of Syrian Detainees
The UN Human Rights Council (HRC) recently released a report [http://www.ohchr.org/Documents/HRBodies/HRCouncil/CoISyria/A-HRC-31-CRP1_en.pdf] on the systematic abuses and deaths of detainees in