101 | December 2024

Syria – on the road to justice. Germany's role in US drone attacks.

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2024

In Syria, what yesterday felt like an unimaginably distant hope of liberation has become a reality almost overnight. Now, a nationwide reckoning with countless regime crimes will hopefully aid in the transition toward a new democratic state in Syria.

This auspicious turn of events provides a sorely needed counterpoint to a year, where the current world order has faced profoundly dark realities of conflict that have shaken it to the core. At the same time, however, public support and mass mobilization behind international law have never been more powerful – calls for international justice are becoming louder. In Germany, a 10-year-old case on Germany’s role in deadly US drone strikes in Yemen will be heard at the country’s highest court. We invite you to read about these topics and more in our final newsletter of 2024.