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Syrian and Yazidi trials: why victims’ lawyers want sexual violence considered

Syrian and Yazidi trials: why victims’ lawyers want sexual violence considered

Two landmark trials in Germany have been dealing with crimes against humanity and genocide allegedly committed in Syria and Iraq. So far, they have not focused on sexual and gender-based violence. Civil party lawyers in both Koblenz and Frankfurt are trying to change that and complete the picture of what happened to Syrian prisoners and […]

By Hannah El-Hitami

Why the Koblenz trial is an exception?

Koblenz, the first Syrian state crimes trial in Europe

Syrian trial in Germany: The orders that came from the very top

Syrian torture trial: the “Caesar” files in court for the first time

Syrian trials in Europe: “They give a distorted perception of the crimes perpetrated”

Syria: a spotlight on a bureaucracy of mass killings

The man who brought Raslan to Germany

Syrian torture trial in Germany: Insiders without protection

Syria: the man in Raslan’s shadow - was he just following orders?

The Raslan trial in Germany: “I did not order torture or support it”

What will the Koblenz trial show of state crimes in Syria?

They felt too safe: how two Syrian agents ended up on trial in Germany

"For the first time, torture committed by the Assad regime will be discussed in a court"

Is Syria giving universal jurisdiction new life?

Andreas Schüller : Why justice on Syria is very dynamic

European justice strikes on crimes in Syria

Germany, France arrest 3 Syrians for crimes against humanity

Catherine Marchi-Uhel: A strong signal to those committing crimes in Syria