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On 14–15 September, Dar Justice, Crisis Action, SCM, and SLDP co-hosted a two-day roundtable in Damascus on Criminal Accountability within the broader Transitional Justice process in Syria. The roundtable built on seven months of dialogue and five online sessions with Syrian civil society, victims’ groups, legal experts, and international partners, which resulted in a first draft report capturing key discussions and recommendations….
SBC Investigations Team Speaks at the Syrian Civil Society Chemical Weapons Conference
Dr Yasmine Nahlawi, head of SBC’s Investigations Team, spoke at the second Syrian Civil Society Chemical Weapons Conference on 22 November 2024. The conference followed one year after Syrian civil society organisations published a call for the establishment of an exceptional tribunal to prosecute the use of chemical weapons. Dr Nahlawi spoke before an audience of States, international organisations, and civil society…
Report launch Militia on Campus: Crimes of the National Union of Syrian Students at Damascus University
Dar Justice is pleased to announce the launch of its report, “Militia on Campus: Crimes of the National Union of Syrian Students at Damascus University”. This report offers the conclusions of a year-long investigation conducted by Dar Justice into international crimes committed by members of the National Union of Syrian Students (NUSS) and agents at the University of Damascus, focusing on the…
SBC Investigations Team Meets with the US DOJ on the Sheikh Case
SBC’s Investigations Team met with the US Department of Justice, Human Rights and Special Prosecutions Unit on 18 October 2024 to discuss potential support that SBC may be able to provide regarding the Sheikh case. Samir Sheikh, a former high-ranking Assad regime official, is currently being held in the United States on visa fraud charges. Syrian civil society organisations and supporters are…
Dar Justice Organises Training for Volunteers on OSINT Skills
Dar Justice investigator and OSINT specialist Hussam Kassas organised a two-day training workshop for a group of volunteers on open-source research. Volunteers learned about the basics of cybersecurity and open-source research. The volunteers will begin a project to archive publicly available documentation and organise it to extract potential evidence pertaining to commission of war crimes or crimes against humanity.
SBC Transfers Evidence to IIIM
SBC’s investigations team is pleased to announce that evidence collected from its investigation into crimes committed by members of the National Union of Syrian Students at Damascus University (and, briefly, at Aleppo University and other universities) has been transferred to the International, Impartial and Independent Mechanism (IIIM). The evidence consists of 27 witness testimonies, open-source research, external expert report, legal analysis, and…
