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    The SJAC Weekly Update- April 2, 2013

    Interview with Dr. Daniel Serwer onTransition in Syria

    This week the SJAC interviews Dr. Daniel Serwer,

    who brings his expertise to bear upon issues oftransitional justice in Syria. Dr. Serwer is a Professor

    of Conflict Management, as well as a Senior Fellow

    at the Center for Transatlantic Relations, at the

    Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International

    Studies. He is also a Scholar at the Middle East

    Institute and served twice as a Vice President at the United States

    Institute of Peace. Dr. Serwer was the Executive Director of the

    Hamilton/Baker Iraq Study Group and has worked on preventing

    interethnic and sectarian conflict in Iraq and has facilitated dialogue

    between Serbs and Albanians in the Balkans. He blogs at

    peacefare.net.

    Q. The conflict in Syria has been described as possibly the most w ell-

    documented modern conflict. Is this an important fact, do you think it will

    have any significance going forward?

    DS: I do think documentation is important, as it will limit factual

    disputes in the future and may provide some basis for future efforts

    at justice and reconciliation. Documentation also helps to sustain

    international interest, which has been less than the revolutionaries

    might like but more than would have existed otherwise.

    But it is also important to recognize that not all the documentation

    being collected will be relevant to questions of individual

    responsibility or meet the standards required in a court. Judicial

    standards are very exacting. To meet them will require preservation

    of sites and government records in Syria. That may be very difficult,

    depending on how the end of the Assad regime comes about.READ

    THE INTERVIEW

    On torture, theSJAC coordinates

    with REDRESS

    The SJAC will coordinate withUK-based human rights

    organization, REDRESS, toconduct training for Syrian

    organizations on how toidentify cases of torture.

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    The SJAC is an independent, non-political, Syrian-led, and multi-laterally supported organization that serves as a

    coordinating body for all actors promoting transitional justice and accountability for Syria. The SJAC provides

    vetted, accurate data on human rights violations occurring on all sides of the conflict in Syria. The SJAC expertise

    and data is used in the transitional justice process for Syria.

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