Opinion

Who should hold Syria’s evidence?

  Why the IIIM should mediate the transfer of conflict documentation to national institutions Available in: English العربية Fadel Abdulghany The way evidence relating to the fate...

Rescinding the Designation of Syria as a State Sponsor of Terrorism: The Implications and the Legal Effects

Available in: English العربية Fadel Abdulghany On July 8, 2026, the American administration referred to Congress its decision concerning the rescission of the designation of...

Does the Circular of the Ministry of Justice Limit the Effect of the Cybercrime Law?

   Available in: English العربية Fadel Abdulghany Circular No. 26, issued by the Ministry of Justice on 29 June 2026, doesn't amend the Cybercrime Law in...

Ahmad Hassoun Before the Court… Can Syria Try the Inciters?

Available in: English العربية Fadel Abdulghany The trial of Ahmad Badreddin Hassoun (the mufti of the deposed Syrian regime) before the Fourth Criminal Court in Damascus raises...

Rubble Removal in Syria: Rebuilding the Cities without Destroying the Evidence

Available in: English العربية Fadel Abdulghany Fadel Abdulghany In transitional contexts, rubble is rarely a neutral material, and it isn't to be viewed as mere physical...

Suspending the Cybercrime Law: A Constitutional Test for the Transitional Phase in Syria

Available in: English العربية Fadel Abdulghany The arrest of the content creator Hassan Akkad in Damascus on 17 June 2026, as reported, against the backdrop...

Revenge Is Not Justice: The Path of Transition in Syria Must Turn Anger into Accountability

Available in: English العربية Fadel Abdulghany The retaliatory violence that follows the collapse of an authoritarian regime is an illegal and destructive act, however, when...

The Trial of Atef Najib and the Foundations of Syrian Accountability

Available in: English العربية Fadel Abdulghany On 26 April 2026, the Fourth Criminal Court in Damascus began the proceedings for the trial of the former...

The European Courts, the Syrian Trials, and the Incomplete Structure of Accountability

Available in: English العربية Fadel Abdulghany The international crimes committed in Syria pose a problem that goes beyond the procedural question of where the trial...

Bosnia, Syria, and the Limits of Reconciliation Without Acknowledgment

Available in: English العربية Societies that suffer the effects of documented sectarian atrocities often resort to clinging to the narrative of historical unity. The structure of this...

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