Lynn Welchman

Lynn Welchman

Lynn Welchman is a Commissioner of the UN Commission of Inquiry on Syria. She is a Professor of Law at SOAS University of London, where she teaches Is... lamic law, Gender, Law and Society in the Middle East and North Africa, and Human Rights and Islamic Law.

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We need bet­ter laws to pros­e­cute atroc­i­ties in Syr­ia

Some states con­tin­ue to put bar­ri­ers to uni­ver­sal ju­ris­dic­tion which pre­vent the pros­e­cu­tion of Syr­i­an war crim­i­nals.

Opinion by Catherine Marchi-Uhel and Paulo Pinheiro and Hanny Megally and Lynn Welchman
Published On 13 Jan 2022
A young woman wearing a pink jumper sits on the street surrounded by framed pictures of victims of the Syrian regime.