Meet the evidence hunters risking it all to collect and document evidence of war crimes committed during Syria's war.
Meet the evidence hunters risking it all to collect and document evidence of war crimes committed during Syria's war.
Meet the evidence hunters risking it all to collect and document evidence of war crimes committed during Syria's war.
Standing Up for Justice in War
In May 2014 an attempt to refer the situation in Syria to the International Criminal Court (ICC) was vetoed by Russia and China. Since then, war crimes and crimes against humanity have escalated.
Civilians have been bombarded by chemical weapons, cluster munitions, incendiary devices and barrel bombs. Cities have been starved in medieval sieges, doctors and hospitals systematically attacked, food convoys obliterated or obstructed, and courageous rescuers like the Syrian ‘White Helmets’ deliberately killed. Thousands have been tortured or enslaved.
Beyond Gitmo: What is the US Going to Do About the Coming Wave of ISIL Detainees?
With the Mosul battle raging and the Raqqa offensive possibly weeks away, U.S. policymakers and government attorneys will be facing a familiar kind of problem: What is going to be done with the inevitable ISIL fighters captured in the battle?
The answer to that question is not going to be easy, as evidenced by the ongoing legal and policy debates surrounding the U.S. military prison in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, where hundreds of detainees tied to the conflict with Al Qaeda and the Taliban were brought following the 9/11 attacks in 2001. Of those, 60 remain.
Syria war crime plea accepted by French court
A Paris court has accepted a legal complaint from human rights groups accusing the Syrian regime of war crimes.
The criminal court has opened an investigation and appointed an investigative judge to probe charges of "torture", "crimes against humanity", and "forced disappearances".
EU to Sanction 10 Syrians Over Aleppo Conflict
BRUSSELS—The European Union has agreed to add 10 Syrians to its sanctions list, including high-ranking military officials and other senior figures linked to the regime, the bloc announced on Thursday.
Assad to face first European war crimes probe over missing French nationals
The Bashar Assad regime could face its first European war crimes probe after two human rights groups filed a complaint in a specialized Paris court over two missing Franco-Syrian nationals.
The International Federation for Human Rights and the Human Rights League lodged a complaint against persons unknown at the war crimes division of the Paris High Court.
Calls for prosecuting war crimes in Syria are growing. Is international justice possible?
Frustrated by the Russian veto of a United Nations Security Council resolution on Syria, France and U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry last Friday called for war crime prosecutions over the ongoing assault on Aleppo. Such calls for legal action have been issued multiple times in recent years, including by the United States. Is the international community any closer to delivering justice today for the suffering in Syria? What are the prospects of accountability for war crimes in this ongoing, and tragic, civil war?
Prosecuting War Crimes in Syria: Many Tribulations, But No Trials (Yet)
What the United States called Russia’s “barbarism” in Syria, the United Kingdom referredto as Moscow’s “war crimes”. Russia responded by stating that either characterization was “unacceptable”. And so it continues.
Volker Schmidt: A professional war prosecutor
Volker Schmidt is currently working as a senior analyst for the Commission for International Justice and Accountability (CIJA). This consists of a team of experts who have extensive experience with international criminal law cases. It is currently working with courageous people in Syria that are smuggling documents that are needed for evidence against alleged war criminals… (In German)
Volker Schmidt is currently working as a senior analyst for the Commission for International Justice and Accountability (CIJA). This consists of a team of experts who have extensive experience with international criminal law cases. It is currently working with courageous people in Syria that are smuggling documents that are needed for evidence against alleged war criminals…
‘Charges against Assad: Chain of command against humanity’
Helpers smuggled secret documents outside the country, defectors were interviewed: three years later has an international commission collecting incriminating evidence to indict Syrian ruler Assad…(in German)
Accusations against Syrian regime: Commission wants to have enough evidence for charges against Assad
Helpers smuggled secret documents outside the country, defectors were interviewed: three years later has an international commission collecting incriminating evidence to indict Syrian ruler Assad… (In German)
Helpers smuggled secret documents outside the country, defectors were interviewed: three years later has an international commission collecting incriminating evidence to indict Syrian ruler Assad… (In German)
New evidence of Assad's regime's war crimes in Syria
The Commission for International Justice and Accountability (CIJA) has already established three indictments against Syrian President Bashar al- Assad, and his staff for crimes against humanity. The paper said that the evidence presented in the indictments are based on government documents smuggled out of Syria by a team of 60 investigators Syrians risking their lives…
(In French)
The Commission for International Justice and Accountability (CIJA) has already established three indictments against Syrian President Bashar al- Assad, and his staff for crimes against humanity. The paper said that the evidence presented in the indictments are based on government documents smuggled out of Syria by a team of 60 investigators Syrians risking their lives…(In French)
Smuggled Syrian documents enough to indict Bashar al-Assad, say investigators
A three-year operation to smuggle official documents out of Syria has produced enough evidence to indict President Bashar al-Assad and 24 senior members of his regime, according to the findings of an international investigative commission…
A three-year operation to smuggle official documents out of Syria has produced enough evidence to indict President Bashar al-Assad and 24 senior members of his regime, according to the findings of an international investigative commission…
Syria's Truth Smugglers
A team of Syrian investigators have risked their lives to collect secret government documents that provide evidence of war crimes by Bashar al-Assad and his regime. Will an international court ever hear their cases?…
A team of Syrian investigators have risked their lives to collect secret government documents that provide evidence of war crimes by Bashar al-Assad and his regime. Will an international court ever hear their cases?…
Dramatic situation in Syria: Interview with Carla Del Ponte, a member of the UN commission of inquiry on Syria
Intense field work is being undertaken to identify clues leading to war crimes taking place in Syria. This work is very risky but it is necessary in order for one day international justice can act…(In French)
Intense field work is being undertaken to identify clues leading to war crimes taking place in Syria. This work is very risky but it is necessary in order for one day international justice can act…
Overcoming the Challenges to Achieving Justice for Syria
Mass atrocities began to be committed in Syria in March 2011. They were launched by the Syrian regime in response to peaceful protests by members of the civilian population. Initially, the situation appeared to replicate the one that arose in Libya the previous month. Unarmed citizens in the streets were met with lethal firepower of a repressive regime, protesters were pursued by the security forces into their neighbourhoods, and those captured alive were imprisoned and brutalized...
Mass atrocities began to be committed in Syria in March 2011. They were launched by the Syrian regime in response to peaceful protests by members of the civilian population. Initially, the situation appeared to replicate the one that arose in Libya the previous month…
Half a million documents prove the involvement of Syria's Assad regime
In an exclusive interview with Al-Arabiya, the team was given direct access to view some of the hundreds of thousands of documents, which have been compiled by the Commission for International Justice and Accountability aimed at building cases for future prosecutions concerning crimes against humanity and war crimes in Syria… (In Arabic)
In an exclusive interview with Al-Arabiya, the team was given direct access to view some of the hundreds of thousands of documents, which have been compiled by the Commission for International Justice and Accountability aimed at building cases for future prosecutions concerning crimes against humanity and war crimes in Syria…
What counts as evidence of Syria's war crimes?
In this rather gloomy context of injustice and impunity, some have been comforted by the fact that at least someone is doing something: For the last few years, a small number of private non-governmental organizations have been investigating and documenting evidence of crimes committed in Syria…
In this rather gloomy context of injustice and impunity, some have been comforted by the fact that at least someone is doing something: For the last few years, a small number of private non-governmental organizations have been investigating and documenting evidence of crimes committed in Syria…