Covered In Dust, Veiled by Shadow:
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The SAP estimates that the start of the siege in July 2016 immediately placed 250,000 civilians in need within the city, forcing the U.N. to call on all parties for a truce to allow humanitarian aid in. The corridors set up by the Syrian Regime for civilians to flee became "corridors of death" and were largely ineffective. The siege of Aleppo saw numerous failed ceasefires, evacuations and daily bombardments. By December 2016, the Regime had what it wanted when they declared they had gained back control of the city.
From 2011 to 2016, Aleppo has seen 2,066 barrel bombs, 1,286 civilian shootings and 10,951 shelling’s according to the SAP report. They also note that the violence just about doubles the overall average over the final months of 2016. It comes to no surprise that the most egregious shelling incidents and shelling victims were are the hands of the Russian regime, a close ally to the Syrian Regime. The Russian regime was also responsible for 55% of the hospital attacks according to the SAP. The Siege of Aleppo included the use of chemical weapons and extrajudicial killings by the Syrian Regime and its allies as well. During the siege of Aleppo, it is clear to the SAP that the "manner in which the siege was undertaken by the main parties, including responses from rebel groups, violated international law." The siege also resulted in the "brutal subjugation of the residents in eastern Aleppo, disseminating its foundations" of this once great city. The SAP is a student-run internationally recognized organization based out of the Syracuse University College of Law in conjuction with the Newhouse Center For Global Engagement. |
Authored by law students Kaitlyn Degnan, Zachary Lucas and Sean Mills, the report uses open sources, media accounts and contacts in the field to describe events and to document crimes that occurred during the siege in violation of the Geneva Conventions of 1949 and their Additional Protocols, the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court and the Syrian Penal Code.
Covered in Dust documents instances from the Conflict Narrative and the Crime Based Matrix. The Conflict Narrative is a comprehensive account of all verified recorded and pertinent crimes documented on a daily basis. The white paper also provides instances in one of 2 ways: most egregious incidents or incidents representative of a larger policy.
Covered in Dust is the third white paper released by the SAP. “Looking Through the Window Darkly: A Snapshot Analysis of Rape in Syria” the first of the SAP white papers, documented the 142 cases of use of rape and sexual violence as a weapon of war by all sides of the Syrian conflict. “Idlib Left Breathless: The Chemical Attack in Kahn Sheikhoun,” the second white paper, documents the sarin gas attack on a rebel-held town that reportedly killed at least 87 people, including 28 children.
Covered in Dust documents instances from the Conflict Narrative and the Crime Based Matrix. The Conflict Narrative is a comprehensive account of all verified recorded and pertinent crimes documented on a daily basis. The white paper also provides instances in one of 2 ways: most egregious incidents or incidents representative of a larger policy.
Covered in Dust is the third white paper released by the SAP. “Looking Through the Window Darkly: A Snapshot Analysis of Rape in Syria” the first of the SAP white papers, documented the 142 cases of use of rape and sexual violence as a weapon of war by all sides of the Syrian conflict. “Idlib Left Breathless: The Chemical Attack in Kahn Sheikhoun,” the second white paper, documents the sarin gas attack on a rebel-held town that reportedly killed at least 87 people, including 28 children.
03-24-2016
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Authors:
Kaitlyn Degan
Zachary Lucas
Sean Mills
Contributors:
Jordan Charnetsky
Cintia Garcia
Kseniia Guliaeva
Margaret Mabie
Samuel Miller
Joe Railey
William Salage
Project Leader:
David Crane
Kaitlyn Degan
Zachary Lucas
Sean Mills
Contributors:
Jordan Charnetsky
Cintia Garcia
Kseniia Guliaeva
Margaret Mabie
Samuel Miller
Joe Railey
William Salage
Project Leader:
David Crane