We are a membership-based organization of self-identifying women lawyers and legal practitioners that have a personal or professional engagement in legal accountability processes in Syria.
Our mission is to advance gendered accountability for grave crimes and human rights violations committed in Syria through case building, legal knowledge production, challenging everyday injustices and engagement with justice mechanisms.
We respect and value our differences and recognize the rights of all our members to respect, equal treatment, and engagement.
We intend to work collectively to challenge gender norms, promote socio-political change, and address gender inequalities in our communities.
We support women lawyers and legal practitioners to participate in and to lead the efforts for legal accountability in the Syrian context.
We will cooperate and coordinate with other civil society organisations, groups, and individuals, including those led by and representing victims and survivors.
We are committed to using a participatory framework that prioritizes the perspectives and experiences of victims and survivors.
When regimes collapse, they don’t just leave a vacuum of power, their cracks expose the wealth of those who used to be in power. The…
After decades of authoritarian rule and mass violence, justice in Syria cannot be symbolic or rushed. Our research centers the voices too often pushed to…
Co-founder Mariana Karkoutly joined an impactful online event by The Syria Campaign on 16 April 2024, alongside Dr. Nahed Samour, Catriona Murdoch, Uğur Ümit Üngör,…
Syrian infrastructure, already compromised by persistent bombings, faces further devastation after the February 2023 earthquake.
Mariana Karkoutly called for accountability for war crimes and crimes against humanity in Syria.
Huquqyat members Mariana Karkoutly and Leila Sibai discussed survivor-centered methodologies in war crimes investigations in Syria on the “Syria Trials” podcast. They highlighted the importance…
Alreem Kamal’s article in the New York University Journal of International Law and Politics challenges the US Supreme Court’s limiting use of the Alien Tort…
Syrian activists and researchers converged on October 6-7 2022 for the “Syrian Women Leading the Change” panel discussion.
Leila Sibai attended a side event to amplify Syrian victims’ voices on enforced disappearance and highlight the extensive social, legal, and psychological impacts.
Mariana Karkoutly criticizes the UN Security Council’s inaction against sexual violence in conflict, and specifically in Syria.