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With Bashar al-Assad having fled, discussions about the legacy of his regime are gaining traction. Rising evidence of the atrocities committed under his rule has resurfaced calls for justice comparable to the Nuremberg Trials. Investigations led by Canadian lawyer Bill Wy exemplify an effort to document the years of brutal oppression perpetrated against civilians.
The Assad regime’s documentation of its own repressive acts is unprecedented, likened to a "bureaucracy of death." These documents reveal a systematic campaign of violence, including torture, disappearances, and use of chemical weapons on civilians. The international community must consider how to reconcile these past transgressions with the current efforts for governance in Syria.