On 10 June 2024, security agencies believed to be affiliated with the Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria (AANES) detained a Syrian Kurdish media worker and transferred her to…
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Enforced Disappearances
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Press releases & statements
In the Absence of Accountability: Torture as a Systematic Policy in Northern Syria
Diyar was fortunate enough to survive torture at the hands of Turkish intelligence forces in the opposition Syrian National Army (SNA)-run prisons located in Afrin. He, then, decided to displace…
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Press releases & statements
A Joint Statement by Syrian Civil Society Organizations and Victims’ Associations Welcoming the Paris Criminal Court’s Ruling to Sentence Three High-Ranking Syrian Security Officials to Life Imprisonment in the Dabbagh Case
On May 24, 2024, the Paris Criminal Court issued a life imprisonment sentence against three high-ranking Syrian security officials close to Bashar al-Assad: Major General Ali Mamlouk, Major General Jamil…
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The Needs and Priorities of the Victims in Northern Syria and Ways to Seek Justice for Them
Background: The ongoing Syrian conflict since 2011 has affected all joints of life in the country. Parties to the conflict have varied and Syria’s geography has been divided into different…
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Legal reports
Recommendations to the UN Independent Institution on Missing Persons in the Syrian Arab Republic
On 29 June 2023, the UN General Assembly adopted resolution A/77/L.79 to create an Independent Institution on Missing Persons in the Syrian Arab Republic. This new Institution will have two…
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Background: More than twelve years after the outbreak of protests and the subsequent armed conflict in Syria, Syrians are still suffering from the practice of enforced disappearance committed by all…
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Legal reports
Syria: National Laws Fall Short of Preserving the Rights of Missing Persons and Supporting their Families
1. Background: In a historic step in late June 2023, the United Nations General Assembly adopted a resolution establishing the “New Independent Institution on Missing Persons in the Syrian Arab…
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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…
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Investigative Reports
Syria/Turkey: Turkish Border Guards Escalate Violence Against Syrian Asylum Seekers
Executive Summary In the present report, Syrians for Truth and Justice (STJ) will address the abuses meted out to Syrian asylum seekers by the Turkish border guards (Gendarmerie). The report…