The Reconstruction of Syria and the Rights of the Displaced: When Does Participation Become Truly Effective?
Fadel Abdulghany The reconstruction of Syria is being planned at a time where many of those who will be directly...
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What Can Transitional Justice in Syria Learn from Rwanda?
Fadel Abdulghany The experience of Rwanda offers Syria a field for comparing the institutional challenges, functions, tensions, and risks associated...
The Concert of Assala in Damascus and the Role of Art in Recovery
Fadel Abdulghany Last week, the Syrian singer Assala Nasri held a concert in Damascus, her first artistic appearance in her...
From Concealment to Verified Destruction: A New Phase in the Syrian Chemical Weapons File
Fadel Abdulghany In August 2026, the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) verified the final destruction of forty-two...
Abolishing the Counter-Terrorism Court Doesn’t Undo Its Effects
Fadel Abdulghany On 16 September 2026, the People's Assembly approved the repeal of Law No. 22 of 2012, under which...
What Did the International Atomic Energy Agency Decide Regarding Syria?
Fadel Abdulghany The decision of the Board of Governors of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), issued on 9 September...
Legitimacy After Authoritarian Rule: The Daily Test of Transitional Justice
Fadel Abdulghany The success of a political transition can't be guaranteed by the mere collapse of an authoritarian regime, or...
From Documentation to the Court: The Limits of What the Record Can Prove and What It Cannot Claim
Fadel Abdulghany For more than fourteen years, the following question has been the most pressing one among Syrian victims and...
Women Searching for Syria’s Missing and the Significance of an International Day
Fadel Abdulghany On 31 August 2026, the United Nations General Assembly adopted, without a vote, a resolution submitted by Syria...
When Accountability Reaches Further: The Informant Abdul Nasser Barraqi as a Case in Point
Fadel Abdulghany, It may be easy to reduce the ruling issued on 27 August 2026 by the Fourth Criminal Court...