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Between Licensing and Demonstrating: Syria’s First Framework for Peaceful Assembly

Available in: English العربية Fadel Abdulghany The Syrian government has issued the first official instrument regulating the right to peaceful assembly. The communiqué, issued by the...

The Small Assad on Trial When Will the Big One Fall?

Available in: English العربية Fadel Abdulghany This article argues that the trial of Atef Najib, Bashar al-Assad's maternal cousin and the former head of the...

The Trial of Atef Najib… The First Train of Accountability in Syria and the Limits of National Law

Available in: English العربية Fadel Abdulghany The trial of Atef Najib opened on 26 April before the Fourth Criminal Court in Damascus, constituting the first...

Amjad Youssef… Accountability Does Not End with Detention

Available in: English العربية Fadel Abdulghany Amjad Youssef was arrested on 24 April of this month in the Hama countryside, in an operation carried out...

Who Will Protect Syrians in Egypt?

Available in: English العربية Fadel Abdulghany The situation of Syrians in Egypt has transformed from fragile tolerance to actual persecution. Since late 2024, the Egyptian...

Why the Discourse of Unity Does Not Heal: The Structural Conditions for Post-Conflict Recovery

vailable in: English العربية Fadel Abdulghany The impact of collective violence is not limited to fracturing a single dimension of collective life; rather, it extends...

Lafarge Convicted of Financing Terrorism: Progress in Corporate Accountability, Failure to Deliver Justice to Victims

Available in: English العربية Fadel Abdulghany The ruling by the Paris Criminal Court on April 13, 2026, against Lafarge is a landmark event from a...

Nowruz 2026: Cultural Recognition and Restoration of Kurdish Rights in Post-Assad Syria

Available in: English العربية Fadel Abdulghany Nowruz 2026 in Syria marked a significant turning point. For the first time since the Ba'ath Party seized power...

UN Resolution 2799 on Syria: A Legal Analysis of its Nature, Effects, and Limits of Political Significance

Available in: English العربية Fadel Abdulghany  United Nations Security Council Resolution 2799, adopted on November 6, 2015, has been the subject of considerable controversy since...

March 18th is a National Day and a Minute of Silence for the Martyrs and Missing Persons in Syria

Available in: English العربية Fadel Abdulghany On March 18, 2011, security forces in Daraa opened fire on demonstrators demanding the release of detained schoolchildren, killing...

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