Speakers Disagree over Suitable Level of Intervention for Stopping Atrocity Crimes

The General Assembly today concluded its debate on the responsibility to protect civilians, its first in nine years, with delegates continuing to wrestle with the extent to which States should step in to stop — and ultimately prevent — genocide, war crimes, crimes against humanity and genocide

The European Union steps up its support for investigations into war crimes and accountability in Syria

The European Union announced it will provide €1.5 million to support the International, Impartial and Independent Mechanism to Assist in the Investigation and Prosecution of Persons Responsible for the Most Serious Crimes under International Law Committed in Syria.

The Syrian Civil War Is Still Going On

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​While the world stage has stopped paying attention to the civil war in Syria, the conflict has continued even today. By most accounts, the civil war has been winding down as fractured insurgencies surrender with the exception of Kurdish strongholds in northern Syria. 

David M. Crane Assists the UN in Setting Up an Independent Justice Mechanism for Syria

Following his work helping to draft a United Nations resolution “to establish a special team to ‘collect, consolidate, preserve and analyze evidence’ as well as to prepare cases on war crimes and human rights abuses committed during the conflict in Syria,”

What Is Next For Syria's Constitution

The issue of the Syrian constitution today is one of the most problematic issues. The political orientations of some of the major powers remain the same in terms of their disregard for Syrians and their exclusion of  them from participating in shaping the future of their country and determining the precepts of the transitional phase.

Wide-Spread Child Marriages In Syria

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Child marriages have jumped to an average 20% among Syrian refugee girls, the Syrian Center for Legal Researches & Studies recently reported. Marriages among government controlled areas are also on the rise, as girls are getting married to armed men so they can support their families and protect them. ​

Damascus Center For Human Rights Newsletter

Human Rights Violations

I Am Syria documents Human Rights violations inside Syria from both sides.
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Photo Credit: UNHCR / S. Rich / April 2013

How The Conflict Started

A Run down of how the conflict in Syria began to erupt.

Assistant Coordination Unit Newsletter

Death Toll's 

Documenting the amount of lives lost inside Syria everyday.
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PHOTO CREDIT: NEWS DESK ON AUGUST 22, 2014

Amarji World Updates

Visit I Am Syria's President, Ammar Abdulhamid's blog to hear a special insight into the Syria conflict.