How Should the Legislative Council Draft Its Rules of Procedure During the Transitional Period?
In this article I explain that the fundamental issue facing any transitional legislative council lies in determining the normative basis...
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The People’s Assembly in Syria and the Law of Parliamentary Immunity
In this article, the writer Fadel Abdulghany shows that the transitional constitutional declaration, dated 13 March 2025, recognizes parliamentary immunity...
Collective Guilt… How Do We Prevent the Return of “Assadism” in a New Form?
In this article, I set out the legal dilemma facing Syria in the post-Assad phase, concerning how to enact legislation...
Who should hold Syria’s evidence?
The way evidence relating to the fate of Rania al-Abbasi and her family reached Syria’s National Commission for Missing Persons...
The Restoration of Syria’s Institutional Rights in the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons
In this article, I lay out the implications of Decision EC-112/DEC.7, adopted by the Executive Council of the Organisation for the Prohibition...
Rescinding the Designation of Syria as a State Sponsor of Terrorism: The Implications and the Legal Effects
In this article, I lay out the legal and political frameworks of the American decision to proceed with rescinding the...
Syria’s Terror Designation Comes Down to 45 Days
Syria has been on the U.S. list of state sponsors of terrorism since 1979 — the longest-running such designation of...
Does the Circular of the Ministry of Justice Limit the Effect of the Cybercrime Law?
In this article, I explain the nature of Circular No. 26, issued by the Syrian Ministry of Justice on 29...
Ahmad Hassoun Before the Court… Can Syria Try the Inciters?
In this article, I clarify that the trial of Ahmad Hassoun opens a highly sensitive legal question, one that concerns...
Rubble Removal in Syria: Rebuilding the Cities without Destroying the Evidence
The writer Fadel Abdulghany argues, in an article published on 28 June 2026, that the removal of rubble in Syria...