Addressing crimes in Syria
European Center for Constitutional and Human Rights (ECCHR)
Brochure
2026
The Yarmouk camp in Damascus, Syria, often described as the “capital of the Palestinian diaspora,” came under attack during the Syrian revolution. This publication examines extraterritorial prosecutions for crimes committed in the context of the siege of Yarmouk, focusing on the ongoing criminal trial of five defendants before the Higher Regional Court of Koblenz, Germany. Against the backdrop of Syria’s changing accountability landscape after the fall of the Assad regime, this contribution takes the ongoing Koblenz trial as a starting point to ask what justice for crimes committed in Yarmouk can look like.
