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Roger Lu Phillips

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Roger Lu Phillips is Legal Director at the Syria Justice and Accountability Centre (SJAC) where he oversees teams conducting documentation and data analysis of evidence of atrocity crimes. He leads SJAC’s partnerships with special war crimes units prosecuting Syrian war crimes pursuant to universal jurisdiction and supports various UN entities conducting investigations. He also teaches international criminal law at Catholic University in Washington, DC. Previously, he served for ten years as a UN legal officer at the Khmer Rouge Tribunal and the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda. He is a member of the Colorado and Washington DC bars. He is also on LinkedIn.

Articles by this author:

People sit in a truck on a dusty road with a brown single-story building in the background.

Assessing Amnesties and Re-assimilation in Northeast Syria

Nov. 7, 2024 , and 1 more
The full moon in twillight is pictured over The Cour de Cassation of Paris

2nd Time’s the Charm: France’s Cour de Cassation Broadens Universal Jurisdiction Law

May 24, 2023
A view of the entrance to the Court of Cassation (Cour de cassation), one of France's courts of last resort having jurisdiction over all matters triable, is pictured on March 21, 2017, on Ils de la Cite, an island in the River Sein in central Paris . (Photo by THOMAS SAMSON / AFP) (Photo credit should read THOMAS SAMSON/AFP via Getty Images)

La France n’est pas un havre de paix pour les auteurs de violations des droits de l’homme, malgré l’avis de la Haute Cour

Feb. 4, 2022 and
A view of the entrance to the Court of Cassation (Cour de cassation), one of France's courts of last resort having jurisdiction over all matters triable, is pictured on March 21, 2017, on Ils de la Cite, an island in the River Sein in central Paris . (Photo by THOMAS SAMSON / AFP) (Photo credit should read THOMAS SAMSON/AFP via Getty Images)

France Is Not a Safe Haven for Human Rights Abusers – Despite High Court Opinion

Dec. 9, 2021 and
People gather in the courtroom waiting to hear the verdict to Syrian defendant Eyad al-Gharib on February 24, 2021 in Koblenz, western Germany. Some people wear masks, but not all. Clear barriers are set up around each desk station.

A Drop in the Ocean: A Preliminary Assessment of the Koblenz Trial on Syrian Torture

Apr. 22, 2021
A crowded prison cell in the northeastern Syrian city of Hasakeh on October 26, 2019. Men accused of being affiliated with the Islamic State (IS) group sit and lay on the floor close together. There does not appear to be an empty floor space.

A Tribunal for ISIS Fighters – A National Security and Human Rights Emergency

Mar. 30, 2021

The “Beatles” on Trial: Obtaining Justice for Victims of Foreign ISIS Fighters

Aug. 24, 2020
A member of the Syrian Civil Defence (The White Helmet) checks the rubble and debris at a medical centre following reported shelling by the Syrian government, in the Syrian town of Hbeit in the southern countryside of the rebel-held Idlib province on April 30, 2019.

Bashar al-Assad is Criminally Responsible for Syria’s COVID-19 Crisis

Aug. 5, 2020 and
Turkish military tanks drive past the town of Ariha on the M4 highway in Syria's rebel-held northwestern Idlib province on May 7, 2020.

Turkey Opened the Door to the European Court of Human Rights for Syrian Victims

May 20, 2020

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