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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