Video interview with CIJA Director Bill Wiley, highlighting the importance of work undertaken in Iraq made possible with the support of the Government of Canada.
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In his opinion piece, journalist Geoffrey Johnston calls on the international community to take action on holding perpetrators of violations committed by Da’esh to account.
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"Conservatively, we're looking at 50,000 Syria civilians tortured and murdered by their own government," says Stephen Rapp, former U.S. war crimes official.
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As many as 13,000 opponents of Bashar al-Assad were secretly hanged in Saydnaya prison, according to Amnesty International. Evidence of the regime’s viciousness continues to mount
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'If you prosecute an IS member as a terrorist, it may incite others to join,' says Bill Wiley, executive director of the Commission for International Justice and Accountability.
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Canadian-led group looking to set up war crimes court in Northern Iraq to try ISIS members for crimes
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Over the weekend, President Trump directed his administration to “develop a comprehensive plan to defeat ISIS.” That memorandum follows a clear focus on the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria in the White House’s foreign policy statements, as well as comments by Secretary of State Rex Tillerson clarifying that the defeat of radical Islam and ISIS will be a primary mission objective of the State Department under his watch.
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Un dossier pénal de 3600 pages a été déposé auprès d’un procureur espagnol pour le compte d’une Syrienne, naturalisée Espagnole, dont le frère a été torturé et tué par le régime de Bachar el-Assad et identifié sur les photos prises par le déserteur César. (In French)
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Documentation of violations and crimes in Syria is the first step in the pursuit of justice.
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For all the talk of justice for mass atrocities in Syria and myriad mechanisms aimed at forcing the international community to bring Syrian war criminals to account, the world has very little to show. But several recent developments at the United Nations General Assembly could lay the foundation for the day when justice in Syria becomes possible.
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This year seems to have packed in more news events and shocking developments than any other in recent memory. As 2016 draws to an end, many are fearful of how the political trends that surfaced this year will play out and what their long-term effect will be on the international legal order. At the same time, the year has seen a number of successes in international law, most notably in judicial decisions that championed the rule of law against the interests of powerful states and corporations. This post highlights and discusses ten international law victories and failures in 2016.
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What It Means and What Are Its Limits
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As innocent civilians continue to be slaughtered within the besieged Syrian city of Aleppo, our greatest present-day humanitarian catastrophe can be largely attributed to the fact that the Muslim world has failed the people of Syria.
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