GICJ Oral Statement with Association Ma’onah for Human Rights and Immigration and Geneva International Centre for Justice

By Farah Caïdi / GICJ

On the 30th of June, Farah Caïdi delivered an Oral Statement on behalf of Geneva International Centre for Justice (GICJ) and Association Ma’onah for Human Rights and Immigration, regarding the Adoption of the Syrian Arab Republic’s review. In her statement, she expressed concern about the independent judicial system of Syria as it is still compromised by the blatant culture of impunity, a reality denounced by thousands of Syrians as being the prevailing norm at all levels of society.  

We should not ignore the gap between the government’s claim and the reality. We emphasised that although 88 court cases convicting perpetrators of enforced disappearances have been recorded in 2019, accountability for the 100,000 people still missing is a long way off. We, therefore, stress the importance of creating an international mechanism to coordinate the claims regarding missing persons and the adoption of the convention on enforced disappearances. 

Ma’onah and Geneva International Centre for Justice (GICJ) would like to remind the Syrian government that the only way to ensure the security of its people, especially the most vulnerable ones, is to guarantee them a fair and independent judicial system, with a proper body of law. Until then, no sustainable peace can be reached.

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