Syria is advancing efforts on justice and accountability while strengthening cooperation with the International Commission of Inquiry and international organizations, Syria’s representative to the UN Human Rights Council Yasser al-Farhan said.
Addressing a Human Rights Council meeting, Al-Farhan said Syria was pursuing justice and accountability without discrimination, highlighting recent judicial measures against a number of key criminals.
He said the criminal court specialized in transitional justice has ruled on five cases and is reviewing 12 others, while 69 files are before the investigating judge, 1,174 cases remain under investigation and around 1,133 files are being handled by the Public Prosecution.
He added that the National Commission for Missing Persons has made significant progress in establishing its institutional framework and preparing the legal structure governing its work in consultation with victims’ families.
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