Former United States Ambassador-at-large for War Crimes and member of CIJA's board of commissioners, Stephen J. Rapp, says evidence collected against the Syrian regime is the strongest amassed since the Nuremburg trials.
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Syrian regime documents in CIJA’s possession corroborate photographs in the Caesar collection, helping to verify the identities of thousands of missing Syrians who have perished in President Bashar al-Assad's prisons. The documents prove that authorities were aware of and at times ordered torture and other abuses committed in detention.
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Internal communications from Syria's military intelligence implicate the regime's senior leadership in abuses committed in detention centres, showing that the head of military intelligence was briefed at his own request on every detainee's death. Britain's Channel 4 was granted exclusive access to documents in CIJA's possession proving that the regime's criminality was not only widespread but systematic.
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A concerted drive is underway in Europe to ensure accountability for the Syrian regime's egregious criminality. Spain's El Pais highlights the work of CIJA, the Caesar Files Group and the European Center for Constitutional and Human Rights (ECCHR) as they push for prosecutions in European courts.
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Harvard Law School's Alex Whiting, a member of CIJA's board of commissioners, speaks with National Public Radio on the prospects of trying President Bashar al-Assad for war crimes. If his day in court comes, evidence collected by CIJA will form a crucial component of his prosecution.
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The Intercept details the murder of journalist Marie Colvin as she reported from the besieged neighbourhood of Baba Amr in 2012. In a federal civil lawsuit against the Assad regime underway in Washington, D.C. evidence and expert witness analysis provided by CIJA form a cornerstone of the prosecution.
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CIJA Director Chris Engels and Stephen Rapp, former U.S. Ambassador-at-large for War Crimes and member of CIJA's board of commissioners, tell ABC News about the paper trail of war crimes left behind by the Syrian regime. The vast amounts of evidence collected by CIJA and others "mean prosecutors have far stronger evidence of war crimes than what existed to convict the Nazis at Nuremberg".
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