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

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