A wide-ranging account by AFP of investigations underway across Europe seeking to secure accountability for war crimes and crimes against humanity committed in Syria and discusses CIJA assistance to domestic law enforcement agencies.
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CIJA Executive Director Bill Wiley speaks to CBC’s the Current on the occasion of the Eyad A ruling and discusses the significance of CIJA-secured linkage evidence to the conviction in the case.
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CIJA Director Nerma Jelacic speaks to the BBC World Service about CIJA’s evidentiary assistance to German authorities in the case of Eyad A and war crimes units across Europe.
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The Syrian Justice and Accountability Centre has published a trial monitoring report of CIJA’s expert testimony in the case of Anwar Raslan before the Higher Regional Court in Koblenz, Germany.
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On 24 February, the Higher Regional Court in Koblenz, Germany convicted former Syrian secret service agent Eyad A. of aiding and abetting 30 counts of crimes against humanity.
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CNN reports on the first crimes against humanity conviction addressing torture in Syrian detention facilities and the role of CIJA evidence in the trial of Eyad A.
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In an exclusive report marking the tenth anniversary of the Syrian uprising, CBS 60 Minutes sits down with Ambassador Stephen Rapp, Chair of CIJA’s Board of Commissioners.
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The judgement in “Colvin V. Syria” found the Syrian Arab Republic liable for the extrajudicial killing of US journalist Marie Colvin. CIJA provided extensive evidentiary assistance including original Syrian Regime documents, access to insider witnesses, and expert testimony by CIJA’s Senior Military Analyst.
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CIJA Senior Advisor on sexual and gender-based violence, Stephanie Barbour, participates in the UN Team of Experts on Rule of Law and Sexual Violence in Conflict´s Fifth Digital Dialogue.
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In 2020, CIJA provided information on over 500 suspects to Western authorities investigating war crimes in Syria and Iraq. Bill Wiley takes Deutschlandfunk Kultur inside CIJA´s evidence archive supporting investigations and prosecutions such as the Al-Khatib trial in Koblenz, Germany.
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In January 2016, CIJA informed Austrian authorities that Brigadier General Khaled Al-Halabi – the highest-ranking Syrian regime official known to be in Europe – was on their territory. Five years on, how does he remain at large?
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CIJA’s Executive Director, Dr William H Wiley, has used his rich experience in the international criminal justice system to analyse some of the underlying reasons for poor output of investigative divisions of international courts and tribunals.
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CIJA’s origins, mandate, operational modus operandi, leadership and staffing are forensically explored in CIJA Executive Director Dr William H. Wiley’s contribution to Quality Control in Fact-Finding.
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In a recent publication, CIJA Executive Director, William Wiley and CIJA Chief Analyst, Ewan Brown examine the challenges faced by international prosecutors responsible for the investigation of complex crimes.
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The Economist’s deep dive on the growing application of universal jurisdiction as a means to secure accountability for serious crimes in Syria and the role of CIJA evidence in domestic efforts to hold perpetrators accountable.
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