Rapport sur la torture en Syrie

CONFIDENTIAL A Report into the credibility of certain evidence with regard to Torture and Execution of Persons Incarcerated by the current Syrian regime. Prepared for Carter-Ruck and Co. Solicitors of London. 6 St Andrew Street, London, EC4A 3AE. 1 CONFIDENTIAL CONFIDENTIAL Table of Contents I. The Members of the Inquiry Team II. Executive Summary III. Introduction IV. Methodology V. The Evidence of “Caesar” VI. The Evidence of “Caesar’s” Contact VII. Findings VIII. Conclusions IX. Appendices 2 CONFIDENTIAL CONFIDENTIAL I. The Members of the Inquiry Team The Legal Team The Right Honourable Sir Desmond de Silva QC (Chairman) A former Chief Prosecutor of the Special Court for Sierra Leone. Appointed personally by the Secretary General of the United Nations. In that capacity he brought about the arrest of President Charles Taylor of Liberia. Professor Sir Geoffrey Nice QC The former lead prosecutor of ex-President Milosevic of Yugoslavia before the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia. Professor David M. Crane The first Chief Prosecutor of the Special Court for Sierra Leone. Appointed personally by the Secretary General of the United Nations. In that capacity he indicted President Charles Taylor of Liberia. The Forensics Team Dr. Stuart J.