Stockholm, Sweden — The International Legal Assistance Consortium (ILAC) today released a new report that explains how justice is administered throughout Syria after six years of conflict. ILAC’s Rule of Law Assessment Report, Syria 2017 provides a baseline for future…
Thursday 19 May 14.00 – 15.30 ILAC/Sipri Signalistgatan 9, Solna Five years of intense armed conflict have seen the complete withdrawal or destruction of justice institutions throughout Syria. This has created a legal vacuum and left the population without access…
On 30 November to 2 December over 30 Syrian Legal NGOs gathered in Gaziantep, Turkey, with the aim of forming a Syrian Legal Consortium. ILAC chair Elizabeth Howe and Head of Operations Per Lagerström participated in one of the sessions…
Within the ILAC Syria Program there are now four different documentation centers in operation inside Syria, giving ordinary citizens the access to certificates on births, deaths, marriages, etc. Exactly the kind of documentation needed in order to establish a justice system based…
ILAC recently launched a two-year program that will support a rule of law in parts of Syria outside of the regime’s control. Working with the Free Independent Judicial Council and with the Syrian Interim Government’s endorsement, ILAC will help establish…
“Wars never last forever. Syria needs a political solution. The Syrian regime killed thousands of people, but in the end we’re all Syrians, and after the revolution, we need to re-establish the concept of the state. People are confusing the…
Mazin Al-Balkhi, is the new ILAC representative, stationed in Gaziantep, Turkey, and working as Syrian project manager. Before the Syrian revolution, Mazin was a women rights defender, english teacher and a translator, and since the beginning of 2013 to the end of…
