[imc-presse] Reminder/Livestream: Accountability for Torture in Syria - Sweden's Role in the Struggle against Impunity, 20 Feb., Stockholm

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INVITATION

“ACCOUNTABILITY FOR TORTURE IN SYRIA – Sweden’s Role in the Struggle
against Impunity”

on Wednesday, 20 FEBRUARY 2019, 6PM (reception from 5.30pm)
at MEDELHAVSMUSEET, Fredsgatan 2 – Stockholm, Sweden 

mailto:rsvp at crd.org

Please register via: rsvp at crd.org
mailto:rsvp at crd.org

You can find the Arabic invitation here
http://mailings.ecchr.eu/c/37663467/63cbf554470f-pmyt0u
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THERE WILL BE A LIVESTREAM OF THE EVENT: 
in English via CRD’s Facebook page
http://mailings.ecchr.eu/c/37663794/63cbf554470f-pmyt0u
 and in Arabic via ECCHR’s Facebook page
http://mailings.ecchr.eu/c/37663795/63cbf554470f-pmyt0u

Torture, enforced disappearances and extrajudicial executions of political
opponents, journalists, and other civilians are only some of the grave
human rights violations committed by all parties throughout the Syrian war.


These grave crimes widely go unpunished in Syria. Therefore, torture
survivors, relatives, human rights defenders, and lawyers have been
documenting the crimes in order to bring those responsible to justice
outside Syria – for example by using legal means in Europe. 

Several European states opened criminal investigations to hold those
accountable who have committed international crimes. As a result,
perpetrators from different parties to the conflict were convicted. In
Sweden, this could be made possible through the principle of universal
jurisdiction, which allows Swedish authorities to investigate and conduct
judicial proceedings in relation to international crimes. In other European
countries such as Germany and France, criminal complaints have contributed
to arrest warrants
http://mailings.ecchr.eu/c/37663468/63cbf554470f-pmyt0u
 against key figures within Assad’s torture system.

We would like to discuss which role Sweden can play in the international
efforts to hold to account those responsible for the crimes committed in
Syria, and hear perspectives of our distinguished speakers:

Syrian torture survivors and human rights activists, and CATHERINE
MARCHI-UHEL, Head of the International, Impartial and Independent Mechanism
http://mailings.ecchr.eu/c/37663469/63cbf554470f-pmyt0u
 (IIIM) for Syria; ANWAR AL-BUNNI, Executive Director of the Syrian Center
for Legal Research and Studies
http://mailings.ecchr.eu/c/37663796/63cbf554470f-pmyt0u
 (SCLRS); MAZEN DARWISH, President of the Syrian Center for Media and
Freedom of Expression
http://mailings.ecchr.eu/c/37663470/63cbf554470f-pmyt0u
 (SCM); INGER ÖSTERDAHL, Professor in Public International Law, Uppsala
University
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; JOHN STAUFFER, Legal Director and Executive Deputy Director, Civil Rights
Defenders
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 (CRD); PATRICK KROKER, Head of Syria project, European Center for
Constitutional and Human Rights
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 (ECCHR); ANTONIA KLEIN, Legal Advisor at ECCHR. LOTTE LEICHT, EU-Director
of Human Rights Watch
http://mailings.ecchr.eu/c/37663474/63cbf554470f-pmyt0u
 (HRW), will moderate the event.

MANSOUR AL OMARI, journalist and torture survivor, will display pieces of
fabric with the names of dozens of inmates of a Syrian detention center
which he smuggled out when he was released.

*The event will be held in English and Arabic with simultaneous
translation. **Admission to the event is free of charge.* 

*There will be a LIVESTREAM of the event: *
*in English via CRD’s Facebook page
http://mailings.ecchr.eu/c/37663794/63cbf554470f-pmyt0u
 and in Arabic via ECCHR’s Facebook page
http://mailings.ecchr.eu/c/37663795/63cbf554470f-pmyt0u
.*

Please register via: rsvp at crd.org
mailto:rsvp at crd.org

PROGRAM

5.30pm – 6pm:

*Reception with drinks and snacks*

6pm – 6.20pm:

*Legal action in the Swedish and the European context* 
JOHN STAUFFER, CRD
ANWAR AL-BUNNI, SCLRS

6.20pm – 6.40pm:

*Experiences from Syria*
SYRIAN TORTURE SURVIVORS AND HUMAN RIGHTS ACTIVISTS 
in conversation with ANTONIA KLEIN, ECCHR

6.40pm – 7.30pm:

Panel discussion: 
 *The struggle against impunity in Syria, the role of Sweden and other
jurisdictions*

CATHERINE MARCHI-UHEL, IIIM
MAZEN DARWISH, SCM
INGER ÖSTERDAHL, Uppsala University
PATRICK KROKER, ECCHR 

Moderator: LOTTE LEICHT, HRW

The event is organized by Civil Rights Defenders
http://mailings.ecchr.eu/c/37663475/63cbf554470f-pmyt0u
 and the European Center for Constitutional and Human Rights
http://mailings.ecchr.eu/c/37663476/63cbf554470f-pmyt0u
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Contact:
Civil Rights Defenders – Tel: +46 (0)8 545 277 30, E-Mail: rsvp at crd.org
mailto:rsvp at crd.org

 ANABEL BERMEJO – Tel: +49 (0)172 587 00 87, E-Mail: bermejo at ecchr.eu
mailto:bermejo at ecchr.eu

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