Association of Detainees and the Missing in Sednaya Prison

What Association of Detainees and the Missing in Sednaya Prison does

The Association of Detainees and the Missing in Sednaya Prison (ADMSP) is a non-profit, survivor-led human rights organization founded in 2017 and headquartered in Gaziantep, Turkey, that documents violations in Syrian detention facilities and supports victims and their families. It was established by survivors of Sednaya prison, victims of arbitrary detention, and relatives of the forcibly disappeared, and operates across Syria and southern Turkey. ADMSP is governed by a General Coordinator (Diab Serrih) and a Programs Director (Shadi Haroun) and is registered as a non-governmental organization in Turkey.

ADMSP runs three core programs. The Legal Documentation Program collects structured victim and survivor testimony, with a documented base of 801+ surveyed detainees, 400+ in-depth interviews, 103 verified release cases, and over 100 names of former Sednaya prison staff submitted to accountability mechanisms. The Family Center provides psychosocial rehabilitation, group support, and community reintegration services to survivors and family members of the missing. The Interim Reparative Measures program delivers direct support to affected families pending formal transitional-justice outcomes. ADMSP also produces investigative reports — including "Sednaya Prison: Factory of Death" (2019), "They Took Everything" (2022), and "Chain of Command" (2022) — and publishes the "Windows of Freedom" podcast.

The organization is funded through grants and donations, with documented partnerships including the International, Impartial and Independent Mechanism for Syria (IIIM), the Dutch and Swiss foreign ministries, the Truth and Justice Charter (a coalition of 10 Syrian civil-society organizations co-founded by ADMSP), and the National Committee for the Missing in Syria. It does not sell products or services and has no commercial revenue stream.

Name

Association of Detainees and the Missing in Sednaya Prison

Legal name

Association of Detainees and the Missing in Sednaya Prison

Website

https://admsp.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

2017

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

The Association of Detainees and the Missing in Sednaya Prison is a survivor-led Syrian human rights NGO that documents detention violations, provides psychosocial rehabilitation to victims and families, and supplies evidence to international accountability bodies.

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akta.pro rank

Product category

Human rights documentation and survivor support services

NAICS

Human Rights Organizations (813311), Individual and Family Services (6241)

SIC

Services-Social Services (8300)

akta.pro primary industry

Protection Services (GBV, Child Protection, Safeguarding) (BPADAHAF)

Keywords

• Human rights documentation
• Transitional justice advocacy
• Trauma rehabilitation services
• Missing persons tracing
• Survivor-led advocacy

Headquarters

HQ city

Gaziantep

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Others, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Donor funding and grants: As an NGO, ADMSP is funded through grants and donations from international donors, foundations, and civil society organizations supporting human rights, transitional justice, and humanitarian causes in Syria.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

ADMSP is a survivor- and family-led NGO that documents detention and enforced disappearance in Syrian regime prisons (with a focus on Sednaya Prison), provides psychological rehabilitation through its Family Center, and supports Syrian survivors' access to interim reparations. Its work is delivered through three core programs — Legal Documentation, the Family Center, and Interim Reparative Measures — supplemented by published investigative reports, the "Windows of Freedom" podcast, and the Truth and Justice Charter advocacy framework.

Product overview

The Association of Detainees and the Missing in Sednaya Prison (ADMSP) operates as a human rights organization, not a technology company. It offers three core programs: the Legal Documentation Program that documents testimonies of survivors and forcibly disappeared persons; the Family Center that provides psychological rehabilitation services for survivors of torture and human rights violations; and the Interim Reparative Measures program that helps Syrian survivors access compensation. Additional offerings include published reports on detention practices and human rights violations, the Truth and Justice Charter advocacy initiative, and the Windows of Freedom podcast featuring survivor testimonies.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Legal Documentation Program (برنامج التوثيق القانوني) Legal documentation program that records testimonies and cases of survivors and forcibly disappeared persons from the perspective of survivors and families of the forcibly disappeared; feeds evidence into international accountability mechanisms including the IIIM.
• Family Center (مركز العائلة) Psychological rehabilitation center providing mental health services through group sessions for survivors of torture, war, and human rights violations, delivered under the supervision of specialists to enable beneficiaries to re-adapt to civilian life.
• Interim Reparative Measures (جبر الضرر المؤقت) Program focused on enhancing access to reparations for Syrian survivors of detention and conflict-related violence residing in southern Turkey.
• Published Reports (التقارير) Published reports documenting detention practices, human rights violations, military command structures, and asset confiscation related to Syrian detention facilities, including "Sednaya Prison: Factory of Death" (2019), "They Took Everything" (2022), and "Chain of Command" (2022).
• Windows of Freedom Podcast (نوافذ الحرية) Podcast featuring survivor testimonies and stories from former detainees, documenting their experiences during detention in Syrian regime prisons.

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles5 records

Technology focussed No

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Partnerships

Six partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• National Committee for the Missing in Syria (الهيئة الوطنية للمفقودين)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 30 August 2025ADMSP signed a cooperation protocol with the National Committee for the Missing in Syria and a group of civil society organizations to launch a unified national electronic platform for documenting missing and forcibly disappeared persons in Syria. The platform aims to consolidate data and testimonies, facilitate fate-tracing, and deliver verified information to families, strengthening national documentation efforts.
• International Impartial and Independent Mechanism for Syria (IIIM)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 October 2022ADMSP cooperates with the IIIM — a UN-mandated body investigating serious crimes in Syria — by sharing evidence, witness identities, and documentation collected from survivors and former prison staff. In October 2022, ADMSP submitted evidence on more than 100 suspected perpetrators from Sednaya Prison to support international prosecution efforts.
• Swiss and Dutch Foreign MinistriescoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 26 July 2018The Swiss and Dutch foreign ministries co-organized a multi-stakeholder coordination meeting in Lausanne, Switzerland, bringing together over 25 Syrian civil society organizations and the International Impartial and Independent Mechanism (IIIM) to foster cooperation and establish a protocol for cooperation between rights organizations and the international investigative body. ADMSP, represented by Diab Serriah, signed the resulting protocol.
• Impunity WatchminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 26 July 2018ADMSP collaborated with Impunity Watch organization to hold a workshop in July 2018 focused on assisting male and female survivors of Syrian regime detention centers. The workshop addressed transitional justice, victims' rights, and accountability methods, and explored global documentation and advocacy practices from Nepal, Lebanon, and Tunisia. Fifteen survivors attended.
• Truth and Justice Charter (ميثاق حقيقة وعدالة)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerOn 10 February 2021, five victims' organizations and families — including ADMSP — launched the 'Truth and Justice Charter,' a joint framework articulating their shared vision for victims' rights, truth disclosure, justice, and accountability in Syria. By late 2022, the charter's umbrella expanded to include five additional organizations, forming a coalition of 10 civil society groups committed to transitional justice principles.
• Syrian civil society organizations networkminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerADMSP participates in a broad network of over 25 Syrian civil society organizations coordinated through the Lausanne process (Swiss/Dutch-facilitated), working together on documentation, advocacy, and legal submissions related to Syrian detention and missing persons.

Scale indicators9 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC): Global humanitarian organization operating the central missing-persons tracing infrastructure for conflict-affected populations. ADMSP's 2025 national missing-persons platform overlaps in mandate with the ICRC's tracing work, though ICRC operates globally with much larger resources.
• Human Rights Watch: Major international human rights research and advocacy organization that has published extensively on Syrian detention facilities. Comparable in producing reports cited by international accountability mechanisms, though operating at a far broader and more global scale than ADMSP.
• Amnesty International: Global human rights organization with extensive Syria research output, including detainee and torture documentation. Operates as a broad incumbent covering ADMSP's thematic space but without ADMSP's survivor-led governance model or Syria-specific focus.

Direct peers

• Syrian Network for Human Rights (SNHR): Largest Syria-focused human rights documentation organization, producing detailed databases of detainee and victim records. Closest functional peer to ADMSP because both systematically document Syrian regime violations and produce reports used by international accountability mechanisms.
• Physicians for Human Rights: Uses medical expertise to document torture and inhumane treatment in detention facilities, producing evidence used in accountability proceedings — comparable documentation methodology applied to the same population of torture survivors that ADMSP serves.
• Impunity Watch: Transitional-justice NGO that has run joint workshops with ADMSP for Syrian detention survivors and shares the focus on combating impunity through victim-centered documentation and advocacy.
• Caesar Families Association: Syrian civil society organization of families of detainees and the disappeared, working on accountability, truth-seeking, and victim rights — directly comparable to ADMSP's survivor/family-led mandate and Truth and Justice Charter participation.
• Syria Justice and Accountability Centre (SJAC): Documentation and transitional-justice organization focused on Syria, collecting testimonies and building case files for future accountability proceedings — same documentation-to-prosecution pipeline as ADMSP.
• Commission for International Justice and Accountability (CIJA): Evidence-collection organization that built criminal-case files on Syrian regime perpetrators, with which ADMSP shares a documentation-and-accountability mission and frequently cooperates through IIIM channels.

Regional players

• Syrian American Medical Society (SAMS): Syrian-focused humanitarian organization providing medical and psychosocial services to conflict-affected populations, including survivors of detention and torture. Comparable in serving the same Syrian survivor population in the region, though with a clinical rather than documentation-and-accountability mandate.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/sednayamissing
• Facebookfacebook.com/sednayasurvivors
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/theadmsp
• Instagraminstagram.com/sednayasurvivors

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Profiles2 records

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