Lina Schmitz-Buhl

Lina Schmitz-Buhl is an international criminal lawyer and research fellow at the European Center for Constitutional and Human Rights (ECCHR). Her work focuses on criminal accountability for enforced disappearances, sexual and gender-based violence and other international crimes committed in Syrian detention facilities. Besides the two German state exams in law, Lina holds an LL.M. from King’s College London and a Master 1 from Université Paris II.

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Enforced disappearances in Syria and the Al Khatib trial in Germany

27.01.2021
Lina Schmitz-Buhl
More than 100,000 Syrians have been subjected to enforced disappearances since 2011, when Syria descended into a civil war. The Syrian regime, operating through its four Intelligence Services, has used...
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