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An Archive Beyond Commercial Solutions

Bayanat Document Archive is designed as an open platform to support accountability by preserving and organizing records. It addresses the lack of purpose-built tools for human rights documentation, offering secure workflows and relationship modeling that general databases and costly commercial systems fail to provide.

Syria Justice & Accountability Centre

SJAC is a Syrian-led human rights organization working for meaningful justice and accountability that holds perpetrators accountable and addresses grievances, leading to lasting peace.

The organization collects documentation from multiple sources, secures them in a database, catalogs according to human rights standards, and analyzes using legal expertise combined with big data methodologies.

Since 2012, SJAC has collected and preserved millions of documents, testimonies, and pieces of evidence, supporting investigations, case building, missing persons tracking, and trial monitoring.

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Our Approach to Documentation

Security

Sensitive information is safeguarded through strict protocols.

Structure

The archive is designed to balance openness with protection, supporting both accountability and research.

Collection

Records are gathered from diverse sources, ensuring breadth and reliability.

Processing

Standardized workflows preserve context and maintain accuracy.

Cataloguing

Each item is enriched with metadata to highlight relationships between events, actors, and evidence.

Navigating the Document Archive

1.
Search Records
Enter keywords or apply filters to quickly locate relevant documents.
2.
Browse Collections
Navigate through curated categories to explore broader sets of materials.
3.
View Details
Open individual records to see metadata, context, and linked documents.
4.
Trace Connections
Follow relationships between events, actors, and evidence across the archive.
5.
Leverage Bayanat
Behind the archive is Bayanat, the open-source platform purpose-built for documentation and accountability.

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