Background Syrian laws that regulate the landlord-tenant relationship have been changed constantly since the early 2000s. In 2001, the government issued Law No. 6 that repealed the three Legislative Decrees: …
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Introduction Al-Muwafaqa al-Amniyeh (security clearance, approval, or permit), al-Diraseh al-Amniyeh (security checkup), or Khulasset al-Sijil al-Adli (criminal register extract) refer to a special approval Syrian security services are empowered to …
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Ninar Khalifa Violent unrest has left Christians in parts of Syria newly under the control of Islamist militants. To protect themselves, they have been forced to accommodate the whims of …
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Press releases & statements
Syria: the UN High Commissioner of Refugees Should Take Steps to Put an End to Statelessness Policies
Syrians for Truth on Justice welcomes the call of the UN High commissioner for Refugees to tackle the issue of statelessness worldwide. We wish to take the opportunity to provide …
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Commentaries & DispatchesPress releases & statements
Syria: Warnings to Humanitarian Actors Active in Areas Exempted from U.S. Sanctions
In mid-2022, the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) of the United States Department of the Treasury issued a general license that allowed economic activities in the non-regime held areas …
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In this report, Syrians for Truth and Justice (STJ) presents an update on the Syrian mercenary activities in the context of the Ukrainian conflict, revealing new information obtained in December …
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On 7 November 2022, the First Instance Criminal Court in Damascus issued an appealable verdict in the viral case of Ayat al-Rifa’i—a young Syrian woman murdered by her husband, father, …
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This submission is a response to the Special Rapporteur’s Questionnaire on “the duty to investigate crimes of torture in national law and practice”. In this submission, Syrians for Truth and …
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On 01 November 2022, the Special Rapporteur on torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment, Alice Jill Edwards, published a Call for Submission to inform her report “The …