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We, the survivors and families of the more than 100,000 Syrians who have been forcibly disappeared since 2011, regard the search for the missing as an essential step towards building peace. But the work of determining the fate and whereabouts of the disappeared is complex, requiring considerable resources as well as coordination between state institutions, …

Syrian Families Urge UN Member States Support for Missing Persons Institution. Read More »

The Hague, Netherlands—27 January 2023—The OPCW Investigation and Identification Team (IIT)’s third report concludes that there are reasonable grounds to believe that the Syrian Arab Air Forces were the perpetrators of the chemical weapons attack on 7 April 2018 in Douma, Syrian Arab Republic. Based on the holistic assessment of the large volume and wide range of …

OPCW Releases Third Report by Investigation and Identification TeamReasonable grounds to identify Syrian Arab Air Forces as perpetrators of 2018 Douma chemical attack Read More »

The Secretary-General met with (Representatives of the Truth and Justice) Charter Group on Syria yesterday. He expressed his admiration for their efforts on behalf of the many Syrians who remain arbitrarily detained, forcibly disappeared and missing, while acknowledging the tremendous pain and suffering of victims, survivors and families. The Secretary-General stressed the need for all …

The Secretary-General met with (Representatives of the Truth and Justice) Charter Group on Syria yesterday. Read More »

President of (CFA), Mrs. (Maryam Hallaq), participated in the twenty-fourth forum of the European Union and non-governmental organizations on human rights, which was held on December 14 and 15, 2022 in Brussels / Belgium. Organized by the European Commission in partnership with the European External Action Service, the Human Rights and Democracy Network focuses on …

President of (CFA), Mrs. (Maryam Hallaq), participated in the twenty-fourth forum of the European Union and non-governmental organizations on human rights, which was held on December 14 and 15, 2022 in Brussels / Belgium. Read More »

The United Nations Secretary-General has conducted a study on “how to bolster efforts, including through existing measures and mechanisms, to clarify the fate and whereabouts of missing people in the Syrian Arab Republic, identify human remains and provide support to their families, in consultation with the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human …

STATEMENT BY SYRIAN VICTIMS’ GROUPS REGARDING THE REPORT RELEASED BY HIS EXCELLENCY, THE UNITED NATIONS SECRETARY-GENERAL, ON MISSING PEOPLE IN SYRIA Read More »

22 June 2022, The Hague: Syrian survivors, families of victims, and other activists in The Netherlands will stage a demonstration against torture and forced detentions of thousands of people in Syria outside the Peace Palace in The Hague (Carnegieplein 2, 2517 KJ) at 18.00 on Wednesday 22 June. The action will coincide with the International Day in …

PRESS RELEASE: SYRIANS TO STAGE PROTEST FOR INTERNATIONAL DAY IN SUPPORT OF VICTIMS OF TORTURE – 22 JUNE, THE HAGUE Read More »

The undersigned organizations, representing a diverse collection of Syrian civil society, want to reiterate our unified support for an independent, international, inclusive missing persons mechanism, in line with prior requests made by families of the missing. The crisis of missing persons touches on all our efforts, as it touches the lives of all Syrians. The …

SYRIAN ORGANIZATIONS REITERATE SUPPORT FOR A MISSING PERSONS MECHANISM Read More »

Today we share with you the report “Prison Without Bars”, which is the fruit of cooperation between the Syrian Center for Media and Freedom of Expression (SCM) and Caesar Families Association (CFA), with the support of Watch Impunity. The report displays violations of arbitrary detention and enforced disappearance related to torture that leads to death, …

13 MAY REPORT| “PRISON WITHOUT BARS” 22 FACES OF CAESAR’S PHOTOS… AND THE TRAGEDY CONTINUES Read More »