Ensure accountability for violations of international humanitarian law

WHAT WE DID

In 2011, working in a consortium with legal and investigative expertise, ARK started training Syrian human rights activists to document war crimes, interview victims and collect physical evidence. This project became the Commission for International Justice and Accountability, which is now an independent not-for-profit organisation. The CIJA has gathered in excess of 700,000 original pages of Syrian regime documentation and conducted hundreds of victim, insider and witness interviews. The CIJA’s ongoing work has laid the foundation for the future international prosecution of those responsible for violations of International Humanitarian Law, including members of the Islamic State (Daesh).