Susann Aboueldahab

Susann Aboueldahab is a PhD Candidate and Research Assistant at the Department for Foreign and International Criminal Law and at the Study Center for Latin American Criminal and Criminal Procedural Law (CEDPAL) at the Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, Germany.

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At the Nexus of Reproductive Crimes and Torture

Susann Aboueldahab Alexandra Lily Kather Akila Radhakrishnan

This post examines the case of Alaa M. to shed light on an often-forgotten dimension of gender-based crimes – reproductive violence. In an important new precedent, the Higher Regional Court...

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First Trial for Crimes Against Humanity in The Gambia Comes to an End

Susann Aboueldahab Inês Freixo Rodolfo González Espinosa

On 30 November 2023, the first trial worldwide to address crimes against humanity committed in The Gambia during the ruling of former president Yahya Jammeh (1994 to 2016) came to...

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The End of the Al-Khatib Trial

Susann Aboueldahab Fin-Jasper Langmack

A German version of this article was previously published here on 14 January. January 13, 2022 marked the end of the world’s first trial on state torture in Syria....

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Das Ende des Al-Khatib-Verfahrens

Susann Aboueldahab Fin-Jasper Langmack

Am 13. Januar 2022 endete der weltweit erste Prozess wegen Staatsfolter in Syrien. Das OLG Koblenz verurteilte Anwar R. zu lebenslanger Haft wegen Tötung, Folter, schwerwiegender Freiheitsberaubung, Vergewaltigung und sexueller...