The Caesar Files Group describes is a vision as working to contribute to ‘a democratic Syrian society based on respect for human rights and the rule of law’. Founded in 2014 the group obtained the “Caesar Files,” as featured in Bringing Assad To Justice, and is committed to documenting serious violations of humans rights, collecting evidence, highlighting the human rights situation in Syria, especially of detainees and enforced disappearances, and working to prosecute the perpetrators of these crimes in Syria. The group is a voluntary and nonprofit organisation.

The Syrian Centre for Legal Studies and research is an independent, non-governmental, and non-profit rights organisation that is concerned with the dissemination and establishment of principles of the Syrian people and the rebuilding of the legal structure of the Syrian state through the publication of research and Legal studies. It also works to establish the principles of justice by providing support and legal assistance to victims of violations and to defend the detainees of opinion and conscience in Syria and work to hold human rights violators accountable by processing and submitting files to competent jurisdictions and building the capacity of Syrian jurists to carry out. In order to achieve its goals, it is focused on governments, decision makers, international organizations, and the general public’s influence to stop violations and to hold accountable those who are in Syria.

Since the establishment of the SCM in Syria in 2004, it has worked to defend oppressed individuals due to their beliefs or opinions, as well as promoting human rights and supporting and developing independent, critical and professional media. SCM is in special consultative status with UN ECOSOC since 2011. The organisation describes its vision as ‘working towards a democratic world based on justice, freedom, and equality that respects human dignity and human rights.’

To counter injustice with legal interventions – this is the aim and daily work of the ECCHR which is an independent, non-profit legal and educational organisation dedicated to enforcing civil and human rights worldwide. It was founded in 2007 by Wolfgang Kaleck and other international human rights lawyers to protect and enforce the rights guaranteed by the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, as well as other human rights declarations and national constitutions, through legal means. Together with those affected and partners worldwide, ECCHR uses legal means to end impunity for those responsible for torture, war crimes, sexual and gender-based violence, corporate exploitation, and fortressed borders.

Amnesty International is active on a worldwide basis defending and documenting human rights violations on worldwide. The organisation’s UK section, in particular, is playing a very prominent role in the battle for justice and accountability in Syria with Campaigns Manager Kristyan Benedict leader for the organisation in that process, and featured in the Bringing Assad To Justice.

The Commission for International Justice and Accountability (CIJA) is a non-profit, non-governmental organisation dedicated to furthering criminal justice efforts through investigations, in order to prevent the loss and destruction of vital evidence. CIJA does this to support domestic and international prosecutorial efforts to end impunity. CIJA’s pioneering work in Syria has already secured a number of convictions while its evidence holdings of over one millions documents supports ongoing investigations and prosecutions. CIJAis apolitical and carries out its investigative activities independently of any government.