Damascus Conference on Criminal Accountability: A New Step Towards Strengthening Accountability and Transitional Justice in Syria

On 14–15 September, SCM, SLDP, and Dar Justice co-hosted a two-day roundtable in Damascus on Criminal Accountability within the broader Transitional Justice process in Syria.

The roundtable built on seven months of dialogue and five online sessions with Syrian civil society, victims’ groups, legal experts, and international partners, which resulted in a first draft report capturing key discussions and recommendations.

The Damascus roundtable brought together Syrian civil society organizations along with representatives of the National Transitional Justice Commission and the National Commission on Missing Persons, with the aim of deepening the discussion, presenting the draft report, and creating a space for direct engagement with the commissioners.

The workshop ended with a collective brainstorming session on collaboration between Syrian civil society and the National Commission on Transitional Justice. We very much look forward to further engagement with the Commission on the report and wider transitional justice process.