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Newsletter: Edition number: 5 (From January 1, 2025, to March 31, 2025) The fall of the Assad regime in Syria brought significant changes in the issue of the missing. Prisons and detention centers formerly operated by the regime were emptied, and several mass graves were discovered. This also created opportunities for international organizations and victims’ […]

Edition Number: 5 (From January 1, 2025, to March 31, 2025) The fall of the Assad regime in Syria brought significant changes in the issue of the missing. Prisons and detention centers formerly operated by the regime were emptied, and several mass graves containing the remains of victims of enforced disappearance were discovered. This also

Edition Number: 4 (From October 1, 2024, to December 31, 2024) The issue of enforced disappearances in Syria remains one of the most urgent human rights and humanitarian concerns, requiring a comprehensive response to ensure accountability, justice, and the prevention of future violations. Following the fall of President Bashar al-Assad’s regime on December 8, 2024, and

One Year Since the International Court of Justice’s Decision to Impose Provisional Measures Against the Syrian Regime for Violating the Convention Against Torture   On November 16, the International Court of Justice (ICJ) issued its decision in response to a request by Canada and the Netherlands to renew provisional measures in the case concerning the

After 12 years of conflict in Syria, enforced disappearances are still unresolved with no serious solutions. Syrian human rights organizations and civil society organizations documented more than 112,000 individual cases, while the International Center for Missing Persons estimated that there were more than 23,000 cases of disappearance among Syrian men and women. With the lack

On 23 September 2024, the bereaved families of victims of the Syrian secret service filed a criminal complaint with the Federal Public Prosecutor General in Karlsruhe. They were supported by the Caesar Family Association (CFA) and ECCHR. The complaint concerns murder, arbitrary detention, enforced disappearance and torture in four cases. It is directed against high-ranking

The following guidelines aim to consolidate the right to the participation of victims and their families in the search for their disappeared and loved ones in Syria, specifically in the context of a future international mechanism for the search for missing persons, and to emphasize that the right to participation is a remedy for victims,

The following position paper was prepared by ten associations and organizations representing families of victims and survivors of detention and enforced disappearance in Syria, namely: Caesar Families Association, Families for Freedom, the Coalition of Families of Persons Kidnapped by ISIS-Daesh (Massar), Ta’afi Initiative, Hevdesti (Synergy) Association for Victims, the Association of Detainees and the Missing in Sednaya Prison (ADMSP), Adra