The full scale of the destructive earthquake that struck Syria and Turkey on 6 February 2023 continues to unfold. According to recent statistics, this earthquake has left nearly 50,000 people…
Bashar al-Assad
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Human Rights JournalismEditor’s Picks
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Case Study: The Laws and Mechanisms Underlying the Death Penalty in Syria
Executive Summary In this report, Syrians for Truth and Justice (STJ) examines several laws and mechanisms that the various courts of the Damascus-based central Syrian government (SG) deploy to issue…
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Introduction Based on the provisions of the Local Administration Law issued by Legislative Decree No. 107, and on the provisions of the General Election Law No. 5 of 2014, President…
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Human Rights JournalismEditor’s Picks
Syria: A Draft Law for Professional Associations Strips Away their Independence and Strengthens the Power of the Executive Branch
Introduction On 5 July 2022, the Syrian government, represented by the Presidency of the Council of Ministers, circulated a draft of a unified legislation for professional associations, which was prepared…
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Syria: Understanding the Higher Judicial Committee for Elections’ Inadequacy in Supervising Constitutional Obligations
Introduction Due to the domination of the Executive Branch and its constant interference in the designation of the Higher Judicial Committee for Elections in Syria, the Committee is unable to…