Ta'azur Association warns of selective transitional justice in Syria
Ta'azur Association called for expanding the scope of the Transitional Justice Commission in Syria to include all violations, stressing that any selective approach could threaten the path of national reconciliation and perpetuate a culture of impunity.
In a statement today, the Ta'azur Association for Victims called for expanding the scope of the Transitional Justice Commission, which was announced by decree issued by the Damascus authorities. It warned of the repercussions of limiting the Commission's mandate to investigating serious violations committed by the Ba'athist regime.
The association stated, "Limiting the commission's scope of work to violations committed by one party, without encompassing all violations committed by various parties to the conflict, reinforces selectivity and discrimination among victims. This blocks the path to comprehensive justice that redresses all victims, regardless of their location or affiliation, and threatens the chances of achieving genuine and sustainable national reconciliation."
The association criticized the commission's work being limited to violations classified as "serious," describing it as "reinforcing a culture of impunity for other violations that may not be classified as such, but remain flagrant human rights violations with a profound impact on the lives and social and psychological stability of victims."
Ta'azur emphasized that true transitional justice must be "comprehensive and just, adopting a victim-centered approach, and ensuring that the truth is revealed and justice is provided to all victims without exception, regardless of the violating party or the nature of the violations committed."
The statement added that "ignoring the suffering of victims from other parties to the conflict only deepens divisions and sows the seeds of instability, threatening any genuine and sustainable national reconciliation process."
Concluding its statement, the Ta'azur Association called for "reconsidering the decree and expanding the commission's scope of work to include investigating all violations without exception, regardless of the perpetrator. It also called for adopting a victim-centered approach that ensures their effective participation in all stages of the process, in addition to providing guarantees of independence, integrity, and transparency for its work, thus ensuring the right of all victims to justice and redress without discrimination.
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