Impunity in Syria
Impunity in Syria (15 March 2011 - present)
Al-Marsad is currently drafting a discussion regarding the merits of a referral of the Syrian case before the ICC, pursuant to Articles 13 and 15 of the Rome Statute, to demand international criminal accountability for crimes against humanity committed by both regime and rebel forces (emphasising, among other factions, the Ba’ath Party and Al-Nusra Front).
Please check back soon for further information. Release: 1 August 2013.
Releated Posts
Letter to Booking.com regarding its misrepresentation of the Occupied Syrian Golan as part of Israel
In November 2016, Al-Marsad wrote to Booking.com regarding its misrepresentation of the Occupied Syrian Golan as part of Israel. Despite repeated follow up, Booking.com never responded.
Letter from Al-Marsad to EU Delegation to Israel, EU Member State embassies and embassies of the Permanent Members of the UN Security Council, regarding the planned construction of 1600 settlement units in the illegal settlement of Katzrin, and the appropriation of Syrian land under the guise of the ‘Hermon National Park’ plan, in the Occupied Syrian Golan
Israeli Finance Ministry has approved plans for the construction of 1600 settlement units in the illegal Israeli settlement of Katzrin in the Occupied Syrian Golan.
Al-Marsad condemns planned settlement expansion
Al-Marsad condemns plans by the Israeli government to build 1600 homes in the illegal Israeli settlement of Katzrin in the Occupied Syrian Golan.
Letters from Al-Marsad to Scottish Conservative party regarding the visit of a delegation of Conservative MSPs to a commercial winery in an illegal settlement in the Occupied Syrian Golan
In August 2016, a delegation from the Scottish Conservative party visited a commercial winery in an illegal Israeli settlement in the Occupied Syrian Golan.
Legal analysis regarding the targeting of civilians and civilian objects in Syria
Al-Marsad's latest publication provides a legal analysis of the relevant rules of international human rights law and international humanitarian law - specific to civilians and civilian objects - that must be observed by all armed groups involved in the conflict.