Research
Words Against Silence
The purpose of this report is not to prove that the regime has been using all forms of systematic violence against women boundlessly, including sexual violence since 2011: many reports have been issued in the last eight years (for instance by the Human Rights Council2, or Impartial international commission of inquiry3), and the reports of Syrian4 and international human rights organizations5 have demonstrated this. We rather intend here to reveal that detaining women and practicing violence against them has been a long-standing practice for the Syrian dictatorship. Since the 1980s, the Assad regime has followed brutal methods to break any opposition, discipline the Syrian society, and repress it politically.
Studies
Breaking new ground: Transitional justice in Syria
Anwar el-BunniSyrian Center for Legal Studies and Research The world has seen mor than 40 truth commissions established since 1983.
Statements
An overview of the process of justice for the Syrian victims on the tenth anniversary of the Syrian revolution
First: Introduction Since the beginning of the Syrian revolution in March 2011, when Syrians came out to demand freedom, democracy, and justice, the despotic regime responded by killing and arresting them. The Syrian Center for Studies and Legal Research, which was established in Damascus in 2004, kept up with the course of events. The first objective was to
Activities
On the occasion of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) meetings, 16 Syrian and international organizations send a message to the European Union to support the issue of accountability for crimes committed in Syria. and request work to pass a resolution by the United Nations General Assembly to establish a special court for Syria.
High Representative Josep Borrell European Commission Rue de la Loi 200 1000 Bruxelles CC: Special Representative for Human Rights Eamon
