
Syria: getting it right in the search for the disappeared
The unexpected fall of the Assad regime on December 8, 2024, in Syria has created a new situation in the country. One of the challenges ahead will be to determine what happened to the thousands of disappeared and dead left by the Assad dictatorship since the attempt to start an "Arab Spring" in 2011.
Syria is not the first country to be confronted to such challenge. Several countries, such as Argentina, Colombia, Guatemala or Peru (in Latin America), South Africa (in Africa), Bosnia-Herzegovina (in Europe) or Iraq (Middle East) have previously faced similar dilemmas: How to investigate what happened in a country with a recent past of violence?… Seguir leyendo »