IIIM publishes Arabic translation of its Detention Report: a tool to support justice and accountability for torture and other crimes attributed to the former Assad government.
The International, Impartial and Independent Mechanism (IIIM) has released the Arabic translation of its Detention Report: The [Former] Syrian Government Detention System as a Tool of Violent Repression.
Completed in June 2024, with a redacted version published in English in December 2024, the report demonstrates that the former Syrian government’s detention apparatus was not a legitimate justice system but a central instrument of violent repression, coordinated by the former government leadership and entities including intelligence branches, military hospitals and military police.
Based on more than 300 witness interview records, over 800 official documents, forensic medical analyses, and insider accounts, the report provides evidence and analysis designed to support judicial proceedings at both international and national levels. The IIIM’s evidence and analysis document torture, enforced disappearances, and other crimes systematically committed by the former Syrian government.
This week during meetings in Damascus, IIIM Head Robert Petit provided copies to the Syrian Government and other officials including the National Commission for Transitional Justice Commission and the National Commission for Missing Persons.
While most of its reports are not made public, the IIIM has made this version available to facilitate broader justice objectives and contribute to ongoing accountability efforts.
All references in the report to the “Syrian Government” refer to the former Government of Syria.
The Arabic version of the Detention Report is available to download on the IIIM website