Ohne Rechtsschutz sind Grundrechte wertlos. Das Urteil gegen Abed J. und die Grenzen der deutschen Rüstungsexportkontrolle.

We have submitted an urgent application seeking to ensure that no further tank transmissions are delivered from Germany to Israel before the German Consitutional Court has ruled. At its core lies the question: Is Germany fulfilling its constitutional duty to protect – also vis-à-vis people outside its own territory?

December 2025. We started to notice the signs of preparations for the December 8 celebrations right from the beginning of the month. Along with receiving many invitations to various events - both official and from civil society - street vendors selling the revolution’s flag reappeared, especially in large numbers at Umayyad Square, which had been a gathering place for Syrians’ celebrations for many months after December 8.

We are supporting a Palestinian plaintiff from Gaza in his constitutional complaint against German arms exports to Israel. We have collaborated with Palestinian artist Fuad Alymani to amplify his voice.

November 2025. Dismissed – but the fight continues. Our work in challenging unlawful arms exports.

November 2025. Since my last letter on 29 August, many developments have taken place in my professional life. Only a few hours after sending the final draft to my colleagues at the ECCHR for publication, Decree No. (149) was announced, naming the members of the Transitional Justice Commission – 13 in total, including myself.

October 2025. A Palestinian from Gaza Seeks justice in Germany's top court. Constitutional complaint against German arms exports.

September 2025. A verdict from Karlsruhe strengthens our lawsuits against weapons exports.

August 2025. I never expected that my decision to stay in Damascus and work from there during the summer months would bring with it such immense challenges. Living through days when temperatures reached 50 degrees Celsius, with electricity available only for a few scattered hours, water cut off for days, and constant news of massacres and grave human rights violations against my friends and their families in Suweida – under such conditions, maintaining any sense of balance and managing to do work at an acceptable level becomes an almost impossible task.

June 2025. Events in Syria have been accelerating at a rapid pace, but there is no doubt that May was a surprising, momentous month: after 14 years of economic turmoil in Syria, the sanctions were finally lifted. The Syrian streets had not witnessed celebrations like those on Tuesday, May 13, since the fall of the Assad regime in December of last year.

March 2025. Behind the different grievances and interpretations of events, alignments and entrenchments have begun to emerge, turning social media into a real battleground.

February 2025. One month after the fall of the Assad regime. The celebrations are still in full swing. Happy and relaxed faces can be seen everywhere. The people on the streets of Damascus are more tolerant and polite than ever, full of confidence in a better future.