Caesar Files for Justice (CF4J)

Caesar Files for Justice (CF4J) is a non-profit non-governmental human rights organisation with a specialised role in preserving and protecting evidence of gross violations of human rights in Syria and in supporting the legal and institutional procedures through which such evidence may contribute to the process of accountability. CF4J’s identity is grounded in evidentiary discipline, confidentiality, and a sustained engagement with actors of justice, victims’ families, and relevant institutions working on truth and accountability. It is distinguished by a careful and credible approach to documentation, verification, and strategic engagement, particularly in relation to detention, enforced disappearance, torture, and extrajudicial killings. It operates through documentation support, institutional engagement, and cooperation with justice and accountability actors working on violations related to Syria at a national and international level. In this capacity, it functions as an accountability-centred institution, whose work supports broader efforts toward justice and institutional responsibility.

Justice for gross violations in Syria depends on evidence that is preserved, protected, and credible enough to withstand legal scrutiny. CF4J exists to make that possible. We work on safeguarding evidence of serious violations, particularly detention, enforced disappearance, torture, and extrajudicial killings, and in supporting the legal and institutional processes through which that evidence can contribute to accountability.

Evidentiary discipline: Our work is built on careful documentation and verification. We treat evidence as something entrusted to us, handled with the rigour that courts, investigators, and institutions require.

Confidentiality and trust: Victims' families and witnesses share some of the most painful experiences of their lives with us. We protect that trust through strict confidentiality and a survivor-conscious approach, and we do not treat accountability as separate from the people it is meant to serve.

Sustained engagement with justice actors: We work with actors of justice, victims' families, and relevant institutions at national and international levels. This lets us connect documentation to real accountability pathways rather than leaving it in isolation.

A strategic, credible approach: We are deliberate about where and how we engage, favouring work that is verifiable, well-placed, and likely to make a lasting contribution to truth, justice, and institutional responsibility.

By joining CF4J, you become part of an accountability-centred effort in which every piece of preserved evidence, and every family supported through the process, moves Syria closer to justice that is credible, lawful, and lasting.