Interview with Robert Petit

Tuesday 28 April 2026

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The UN’s International, Impartial and Independent Mechanism for Syria (IIIM), established in 2016, assists in investigations and prosecutions of war crimes and crimes against humanity committed in Syria since March 2011. Head of the IIIM, Robert Petit, discusses its achievements and challenges in this interview with IBA Director of Content, James Lewis.

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