The European Institute of Peace is grateful to all the people who contributed to this report. First and foremost, we express our deep gratitude and tribute to all those in northeast Syria who, in individual interviews or during community meetings, shared their stories and testimonies, as well as material on the abuses committed by ISIS. We hope that it contributes, even if in a small way, to a recognition of both your suffering and your dignity.
Thanks also go to those who collected and recorded the data that informed the drafting of this report, in particular the team at the Rights Defense Initiative (RDI) in northeast Syria, including the Chief of Staff, enumerators, team leaders, thematic researchers, data entry officers, secretariat staff, security and logistics officers, and finance and administrative officers.
We also recognize the contributions of those who transformed the material into this report by providing their expertise in translation, analysis, research, writing, editing, design, and communications. Special thanks go out to the thematic experts, Marzio Babille, Dana Swanson, Sahar el-Asad, Soha Shami, Susan Kippels, and Siad Darwish, who dedicated their time and expertise to the production of the thematic chapters of this report. Equal thanks go out to their Syrian counterparts in northeast Syria, whom we refrain from naming for security reasons.