Who we are

The Syrian Centre for Legal Studies and research is an independent, non-governmental and non-profit rights organization that is concerned with the dissemination and establishment of principles of the Syrian people and the rebuilding of the legal structure of the Syrian state through the publication of research and Legal studies. It also works to establish the principles of justice by providing support and legal assistance to victims of violations and to defend the detainees of opinion and conscience in Syria and work to hold human rights violators accountable by processing and submitting files to competent jurisdictions and building the capacity of Syrian jurists to carry out. In order to achieve its goals, it is focused on governments, decision makers, international organizations, and the general public’s influence to stop violations and to hold accountable those who are in Syria.

The Centre strives to achieve its objectives among the highest values of credibility, impartiality, objectivity and independence.
·         We are committed to revealing the grave violations that have occurred and are still occurring in Syria and to defend the rights of Syrian survivors and victims’ wherever they are guided in our work by the International Bill of Human rights and international humanitarian law.
·         We are independent of any political, partisan or religious party and we do not accept any support that could jeopardize our objectivity and independence.
·         We are committed to objectivity in detecting crimes and violations on Syrian soil from any source, they are committed to maintaining high standards of accuracy in the collection of evidence, proof, integrity and transparency in the work of the Centre and in all its legal bulletins, reports and research.
·         We are committed to supporting and developing civil society in Syria and the principle of gender equality and women’s rights and gender.
·         We are committed to defending the detainees of opinion and conscience and political detainees in Syria and to an independent, impartial and fair judiciary and fair courts that apply the international standards of fair trial.