Can Syria’s new leadership build a legal system to ensure a fair trial? | The Syrian War
Syrians are demanding justice for the crimes committed during the Assad regime.
Syria’s new administration promises accountability for crimes committed during the rule of the Assad family.
About 150,000 people kept and forcibly disappeared in 2011 after the crackdown on pro-democracy rallies that triggered the war.
Many are believed to have been killed. Survivors have physical or psychological scars.
Now the families of the victims are demanding justice. There is no shortage of evidence.
But can Syria’s new leadership build a sound legal system to ensure a fair trial? What can the international community and the UN do to help?
Presenter: Bernard Smith
Guests:
Ibrahim Olabi – lawyer and board member of the Syrian British Consortium. He has conducted extensive research and advised on international legal cases related to the conflict in Syria.
Roger Lou Phillips is legal director of the Syrian Center for Justice and Accountability, which documents violations of human rights and international law in Syria.
Kholoud Helmi – Syrian journalist and human rights defender. She is a member of the Families for Freedom movement of women whose relatives were detained and disappeared by the Assad regime.
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