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The IBA’s response to the situation in Ukraine
The IBAHRI has partnered with the International Legal Assistance Consortium (ILAC) to strengthen the capacity of Syrian lawyers to engage with international and national human rights and accountability mechanisms. The project, funded by the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida), aims to develop a short- and long-term engagement strategy for Syrian legal professionals within human rights and accountability mechanisms.
The IBAHRI has developed two Training Manuals to provide Syrian legal professionals with the necessary tools to report human rights violations and bring to justice individuals responsible for the most atrocious crimes committed in the Syrian Arab Republic.
For more information on the IBAHRI’s Syria Project, please click here.
A Facilitator’s Guide to United Nations Human Rights Mechanisms for Syrian Lawyers
Published November 2018
This Facilitator's Guide has been prepared to equip Syrian legal professionals with the knowledge and resources to train their peers on engagement with UN human rights mechanisms.
The objectives of this guide are to assist legal professionals with:
The guide is divided into four parts, which can be referred to individually:
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IBAHRI Training Manual Accountability Mechanisms for Crimes Committed in Syria
Published November 2018
This training curriculum is aimed at Syrian legal professionals. It provides practical training on the documentation, investigation and prosecution of international crimes as part of the armed conflict in the Syrian Arab Republic and provides an insight into the different legal procedures of civil law, common law and international criminal judicial institutions.
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