Speech Brief
UK Government commends COI and urges accountability
Key points
- Commends Commission and Syrian engagement
- Calls for investigations, trials, and reforms
TL;DR
- Thanks the Commissioners for their work documenting abuses since the fall of the Assad regime
- Welcomes the Syrian government's cooperation with the COI and engagement on human rights, transitional justice, missing persons, and civic space
- Notes nearly 3,000 deaths from sectarian violence in coastal regions and Suweyda and urges investigations, judicial processes, transparency, accountability, and security sector reform
Original text
Thank you Chair, The UK would like to start by thanking the Commissioners for their work. Fifteen months have passed since the fall of the Assad regime. A regime defined by brutality and systematic abuse. We commend them for their ongoing work to ensure these crimes are neither hidden nor forgotten, giving voice to victims and laying bare the scale of the suffering endured. This transparency creates the preconditions...
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- Commission
- Assad Regime
- Transitional Justice
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