Al-Marsad’s latest publication considers the plight of Syrian refugees in Europe and how this refugee crisis represents a major test for the European Union and its member states.
Syrian Refugees in Europe: Protection in Principle, Chaos in Practice Read More »
21 April 2016 Action Alert available here: Action Alert – Al-Marsad calls on international community to go further in its condemnation
10 April 2016 Action alert available here: Action Alert – Al-Marsad condemns Israeli attempts to gain sovereignty over the Occupied Syrian Golan
Occupied Syrian Golan is “occupied territory, and its inhabitants are under occupation and are considered protected peoples…the oil is property that cannot be exploited, and doing so would be considered a war crime under the Rome Statute.”
Al-Marsad is calling on all parties to the civil war in Syria, the UN Security Council and the UN special envoy for the Syria crisis, Staffan De Mistura, to take immediate steps to ensure the end of the use of hunger as a weapon of war and to lift the sieges without delay.
Minefields tend to last longer than the conflicts they are used in, becoming remnants of war, injuring and killing people for many years after the conflict has ended and rendering areas unusable for decades.
Al-Marsad condemns the incitement of hatred and the attack against the ambulance and the two wounded Syrians who were being transferred for treatment in Israeli hospitals.
Al Marsad condemns the attack by the Al Nusra front on June 10 against the Druze community in the village of Qalb Luza in Idlib province which resulted in the deaths of 23 civilians including children, and the wounding and enforced disappearance of many others.
As international and criminal law scholars, human rights defenders, legal experts and individuals who firmly believe in the rule of law and in the necessity for its respect in times of peace and more so in times of war, we feel the intellectual and moral duty to denounce the grave violations, mystification and disrespect of the most basic principles of the laws of armed conflict and of the fundamental human rights of the entire Palestinian population committed during the ongoing Israeli offensive on the Gaza Strip.
In January 2014, the Israeli cabinet approved a proposal to develop 30,000 dunams (7,400 acres) of land in the Occupied Syrian Golan for agricultural use.
