{"id":22025,"date":"2023-06-25T23:02:46","date_gmt":"2023-06-25T20:02:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stj-sy.org\/civil-society-organizations-urge-un-member-states-to-vote-in-favor-of-independent-institution-on-missing-persons-in-syria\/"},"modified":"2023-06-25T23:21:14","modified_gmt":"2023-06-25T20:21:14","slug":"civil-society-organizations-urge-un-member-states-to-vote-in-favor-of-independent-institution-on-missing-persons-in-syria","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stj-sy.org\/en\/civil-society-organizations-urge-un-member-states-to-vote-in-favor-of-independent-institution-on-missing-persons-in-syria\/","title":{"rendered":"Civil Society Organizations Urge UN Member States to Vote in Favor of Independent Institution on Missing Persons in Syria"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-swp-font-size=\"14px\">At the end of June, the UN General Assembly will be called to vote on a resolution to establish an independent institution to clarify the fate and whereabouts of missing people in the Syrian Arab Republic, a milestone in the international community\u2019s response to the Syrian conflict.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-swp-font-size=\"14px\">Since 2011, more than 100,000 individuals have gone missing or been forcibly disappeared by Syrian authorities and other parties to the conflict, including armed groups such as ISIL. In 2021, Syrian families and survivors <a href=\"https:\/\/www.taafi-sy.org\/news\/humans-not-number\/\">called for<\/a> the creation of a new independent, humanitarian institution that will focus on victims\u2019 inalienable right to know the truth about their loved ones.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-swp-font-size=\"14px\">The call to establish such a new institution is supported by the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ohchr.org\/en\/documents\/reports\/a76890-missing-people-syrian-arab-republic-report-secretary-general\">UN Secretary-General<\/a>, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ohchr.org\/en\/statements-and-speeches\/2023\/03\/turk-calls-un-general-assembly-establish-new-independent\">UN High Commissioner for Human Rights<\/a>, the <a href=\"https:\/\/documents-dds-ny.un.org\/doc\/UNDOC\/GEN\/G22\/448\/25\/PDF\/G2244825.pdf?OpenElement\">Working Group on Enforced Disappearances,<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FCarboniICRC\/status\/1524014444719792128\">the International Committee of the Red Cross<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-swp-font-size=\"14px\">The independent institution will be the first-ever response to the Syrian conflict to be entirely imagined and developed by Syrian victims and survivors of enforced disappearance and families of missing persons. The efforts made by Syrian families need the broadest and strongest support possible.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-swp-font-size=\"14px\">We, therefore, call on UN member states to support the families\u2019 right to truth by voting in favor of the resolution. Voting for the resolution will constitute a major step towards bringing long-awaited answers to thousands of families who have been suffering loss and uncertainty.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-swp-font-size=\"14px\">Progress on this issue is fundamental to families, communities and society as a whole. The international community must extend a hand of practical support and assistance to families and victims in need. The people of Syria deserve no less.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-swp-font-size=\"14px\"><strong>Signatories:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li data-swp-font-size=\"14px\">Association of Detainees and Missing Persons in Sednaya Prison<\/li>\n<li data-swp-font-size=\"14px\">Caesar Families Association<\/li>\n<li data-swp-font-size=\"14px\">Coalition of Families of Persons Kidnapped by ISIS (Massar)<\/li>\n<li data-swp-font-size=\"14px\">Families for Freedom<\/li>\n<li data-swp-font-size=\"14px\">Ta\u2019afi Initiative<\/li>\n<li data-swp-font-size=\"14px\">General Union of Internees and Detainees<\/li>\n<li data-swp-font-size=\"14px\">Release Me<\/li>\n<li data-swp-font-size=\"14px\">Hevdesti-Synergy Association for Victims<\/li>\n<li data-swp-font-size=\"14px\">Adra Detainees Association<\/li>\n<li data-swp-font-size=\"14px\">Families of Truth and Justice<\/li>\n<li data-swp-font-size=\"14px\">Afrin Platform<\/li>\n<li data-swp-font-size=\"14px\">Afro-Middle East Centre<\/li>\n<li data-swp-font-size=\"14px\">Ali Mourad (Academic &amp; Legal Researcher)<\/li>\n<li data-swp-font-size=\"14px\">Amnesty International<\/li>\n<li data-swp-font-size=\"14px\">Anti-Discrimination Centre Memorial Brussels<\/li>\n<li data-swp-font-size=\"14px\">Austausch \u2013 For a European Civil Society, Berlin<\/li>\n<li data-swp-font-size=\"14px\">Avaaz<\/li>\n<li data-swp-font-size=\"14px\">Association de Parents et Amis de Disparus au Maroc<\/li>\n<li data-swp-font-size=\"14px\">Building Blocks for Peace Foundation<\/li>\n<li data-swp-font-size=\"14px\">Budapest Centre for Dialogue and Mass Atrocities Prevention<\/li>\n<li data-swp-font-size=\"14px\">Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies (CIHRS)<\/li>\n<li data-swp-font-size=\"14px\">Cameroon O\u2019Bosso<\/li>\n<li data-swp-font-size=\"14px\">CCFD-Terre Solidaire<\/li>\n<li data-swp-font-size=\"14px\">Center for Civilians in Conflict<\/li>\n<li data-swp-font-size=\"14px\">Center for Victims of Torture<\/li>\n<li data-swp-font-size=\"14px\">Centro de Estudios Legales y Sociales (CELS)<\/li>\n<li data-swp-font-size=\"14px\">Child Rights International Network (CRIN)<\/li>\n<li data-swp-font-size=\"14px\">Civic Assistance Committee<\/li>\n<li data-swp-font-size=\"14px\">Collectif des Familles de Disparu.e.s en Alg\u00e9rie (CFDA)<\/li>\n<li data-swp-font-size=\"14px\">Committee of the Families of the Kidnapped and Disappeared in Lebanon (CFKDL)<\/li>\n<li data-swp-font-size=\"14px\">Consortium on Gender, Security and Human Rights<\/li>\n<li data-swp-font-size=\"14px\">Dawlaty<\/li>\n<li data-swp-font-size=\"14px\">Democracia Global<\/li>\n<li data-swp-font-size=\"14px\">Denis Hurley Peace Institute<\/li>\n<li data-swp-font-size=\"14px\">Donde Estan?-O\u00f9 sont-ils? 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