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Judgment Against a Suspected Employee of the Syrian Secret Service for Aiding and Abetting a Crime Against Humanity

Germany.  24 February 2021 .

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 April 2025

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Abstract

International criminal law — Crimes against humanity — Widespread and systematic attack against civilian population — Torture — Severe deprivation of liberty — Syria — Civil unrest — Syrian general intelligence service — Defendant employed in Syrian general intelligence service — Germany — Defendant Syrian refugee now located in Germany — German Code of Crimes against International Law — Whether defendant committed crimes against international law — Whether defendant aided in crimes against humanity — Whether defendant arresting protestors subsequently subjected to torture aided a crime against humanity — Whether defendant arresting protestors subsequently subjected to severe deprivation of liberty aided a crime against humanity

War and armed conflict — Non-international armed conflict — Syrian civil war — War crimes and crimes against humanity — Torture and ill-treatment of detainees — The law of Germany

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© Cambridge University Press & Assessment 2025

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