Today the Syrian British Consortium’s Investigations Team joined a coalition of 53 Syrian, Yezidi, American, and international civil society organisations and individuals in issuing an open letter urging the U.S. Department of Justice to direct funds held in the landmark criminal case against Lafarge S.A. and its Syrian subsidiary to benefit victims and survivors of serious international law violations in Syria. Victims…

Sema Nassar, investigator with SBC’s Investigations Team, spoke at two side events during the BRUSSELS VIII CONFERENCE – DAY OF DIALOGUE. In her presentations, Nassar addressed the profound challenges to human rights in Syria, emphasising the urgent need for close and ongoing collaboration between the international community and the Independent Institution for Missing Persons (IIMP) to provide the necessary diplomatic support that…

Justice Seen Award Syrian British Consortium – The investigations team Concept The Justice Seen Award promotes and recognises effective communication on justice and accountability issues, particularly related to human rights in Syria, in the belief that visibility is key to bringing accountability, and key to effective judicial responses. The first Justice Seen Award will be given for a student-made social media video…

SBC is proud to co-facilitate an advocacy coalition (Free Syria’s Disappeared) composed of victims and families organisations and activists calling for the release of detainees in Assad’s prisons. The Coalition was launched on 12 April in response to the filing of the Mzaik v. Syria case. For more information on the coalition, please visit its website, Twitter page, and Instagram account.

On March 13, 2024, the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum’s Simon-Skjodt Center for the Prevention of Genocide and the Syrian Emergency Task Force, hosted a roundtable of experts at the Museum in Washington, DC to discuss accountability mechanisms for the atrocities committed in Syria. Sema Nassar from SBC’s Investigations Team participated in the panel discussion, emphasising the importance of establishing the “Independent…

SBC’s investigations team joined the Syrian Centre for Media and Freedom of Expression in the virtual launch of their report, “The National Union of Syrian Students: A Biography of Violations”. Dr Yasmine Nahlawi served as a panelist in the launch and discussed methodological aspects of documenting crimes committed by the National Union of Syrian Students (NUSS) given SBC’s investigation on NUSS crimes…

Members of SBC’s Investigations Team attended the “Syrian Civil Society Chemical Weapons Conference” on 23 November in The Hague, which discussed the prospect of establishing a comprehensive justice mechanism for victims of chemical attacks in Syria. Conference attendees welcomed the arrest warrant issued by France on 16 November against Syrian President Bashar Assad, his brother Maher Assad, and two other Syrian regime…