Assessing Syria’s Progress Since Assad
[Fadel Abdulghany is executive director of the Syrian Network for Human Rights and author of The Use of Chemical Weapons in Syria and the...
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Assessing Trump’s Claims in Greenland in Light of International Law
Fadel Abdulghany The modern international legal system is based on a set of fundamental principles designed to prevent a recurrence of...
Conditions for Economic Settlement and Exclusion of International Crimes: The Case of Muhammad Hamsho and the Limits of Legitimacy
Fadel Abdulghany The question of whether it is possible to reach a settlement with economic entities linked to the former regime,...
The Government’s Responsibility for Preserving Crime Scenes in SDF Prisons
Fadel Abdulghany The transfer of control over detention facilities formerly run by the Syrian Democratic Forces to the current Syrian government...
Syrian-Lebanese agreement on the transfer of convicts: a legal benefit or a tool for politicization?
Fadel Abdulghany In Beirut, a Syrian-Lebanese agreement was signed today regarding the transfer of convicted individuals from Lebanese prisons to Syria to complete their...
Rejecting Iranian Tyranny and Israeli Interference… Principled Solidarity in Support of Democratic Transition
Fadel Abdulghany The question of how to support legitimate popular aspirations for freedom while simultaneously opposing both internal despotism and opportunistic...
The Massacre of Hama 1982: Postponed Justice and Promise of New Syria
Fadel Abdulghany The fall of the Assad regime on December 8, 2014, marked the end of a long chapter of authoritarian...
Priority of Constitutional and International Standards Over Local Administrative Procedures
Fadel Abdulghany The principle that local administrative orders and instructions must not conflict with the constitution or binding international agreements is...
Repression within Syrian Intelligence… the “Branch 300” Model
Fadel Abdulghany Under Bashar al-Assad, the Syrian security apparatus formed one of the most extensive and complex systems of political control...
Facing the Death of Rifaat al-Assad
Fadel Abdulghany On January 21, Rifaat al-Assad (88), brother of former Syrian President Hafez al-Assad and the most prominent commander of the forces...