Yasmin Alashan, the founder member of the ‘Caesar Familys Association’, lost five of his six brothers during the early years of the Syrian civil war, between 2012 and 2014.
Today, Yasmin Alashan tries to find out the truth about those missing more than one lakh 30 thousand missing persons in Syria.
He told the Human Rights Council (HRC) in Geneva on Wednesday that the national transitional justice policy made by the acting officers of Syrians for the country will help a lot in this discovery.
A decade ago, Bashar al -Assad’s government refused to allow the exhibition of Caesar files during the Human Rights Council.
It had heartbreaking pictures of the prisoners sent out after smuggling from Syria. In those pictures, there were clear marks of torturing those prisoners.
Yasmin Alashan has earlier told how his second brother was arrested in March 2012 and then harassed at the custody center.
He was identified in Caesar files – named after Caesar, a former Syrian military photographer.
It was due to the frequent lobbying of this Syrian non-governmental organization, the United Nations General Assembly passed a resolution 77/301 in June 2023, in which an independent institute for the missing people in Syria was established and the participation of the victims was ensured in the work of this institute.
Focus on previous atrocities
United Nations Human Rights Head Volcar Turk welcomed the efforts to find solutions to previous atrocities, for the sake of benefiting future generations, for the future generations.
In Guatemala, the coalitions run by the victims have convicted 31 military and paramilitary personnel for crimes and genocide against humanity.
The UN Human Rights High Commissioner also emphasized the importance of adopting an inclusive approach to transitional justice, which should be the afflicted, centered, inclusive, gender-elevated and innovative.
The High Commissioner said that in Kenya, the survivors of sexual violence can be advocated for justice through a national network for compensation, while in Chad, last year, the victims received compensation due to the firmness of the civil society groups.
Strengthen the young man
Serbian NGO – Sofiza Todorovich, Program Director of ‘Yuvjan for Human Rights’, insisted that the youth should not be excluded from negotiations about creating a more justice for their countries.
He said, “It is our duty to stand behind them. We have to provide them such equipment and opportunities that they can make such future.
Call for prevention of massacre
United Nations Human Rights Deputy Chief Nada Al-Nashif on Wednesday warned the member countries that the principles of international law protecting humanity from atrocities are in danger.
Nada Al-Nashif said, “We are going through a dangerous phase. In many areas of the world, deep partitions and extremist thoughts promote both conflicts and violence.”
He said that before the massacre, there are “clear trends and trends of” breed, ethnicity, religion or other characteristics, boycotting people and promoting hatred against them.
Global norms are under pressure
Nada Al-Nashif said, “The global criteria that protect all of us are under unprecedented pressure in which UN Charter And involves universal declaration of human rights. “
He stressed that the United Nations was established after the massacre, such as Holocast, to avoid the massacre.
“The genocide occurs when the moral standard of humanity fails when disgusting ideologies spread, and when inhuman propaganda about an entire group of people is allowed to root out and spread.”
Nada Al-Nashif said, “Come, together, we move towards a world that does not have genocide and other atrocities-criminal bills …”