as an expert dedicated to this, using them one by one. equipped with only a knife and the hair is why it sucks. the faces death every day for does is, would make you make you or talk witness the minor on the jersey to hope so. running high that a c spot deal for garza might be weeks this time towards continue to end the fighting and release the captives in exchange for the palestinian prisoners. but what would make an agreement possible now and would it hold? this is inside story, the hello that right, and james phase negotiators here in dough hall appeared to be able to bring to

breaking deadlock and see spot totes, and 15 months of israel's war on gossip and his final foreign policy speech, the outgoing us president joe biden, into the is there a way coming away from inside story? it's like you live to damascus. whether you're in high commission, if human rights vote could tuck is holding a media briefing as listening. now the visit is concluded. he will uh share in the end of mission statement, would you uh, which won't be available on law. okay. he delivers, they will type questions for you to time. we only have a limited time that we're going to leave a message here. thanks for coming. this is the historical 1st as never before. instead of being to visit by the united nations human rights commissioner

to syria. i have been impressed by the bravery the 42 at the resilience of the syrian people. i've met even the atrocities and trauma they have experience over the years. it has been indeed a very most of moments to listen to many of them in to their flights. my office, the un human rights office, over the past 14 years monitoring, documenting and publishing numerous reports to bring to the was attention extremely serious human rights situation, syria and to, to, to full sort of call debility despite being denied access to the country. as during my visit, i heard from a number of big one, a former soldier,

suspected of being a defective, who was chair at the notorious for my a prison, where we have been documenting violations for years. he told me of the cooling treatment insurance. i cannot even stay up to share the stories of the decent torture that he shared. he liked the thousands of others have disappeared there. indeed, so many other facilities for decades past was crammed into a freezing cell, with thousands of others sharing only a few blankets. early in the morning, as they heard the guards at their door trembling in fear, they retreated to the rear of the l, fearing they would be hold off the gas to be tortured or was even execute. thousands died in prison throughout the country. i also visited the residential neighborhood of july and nebraska, which now resembles what, what,

what can only be described as an apple politic waste. not a single building in the area of a spare compartment, a wave of the weight of the tax. in inconceivable that such mass killings and destruction to be equally spent, chemicals were used against tvs as squared in the coffee and not just one said a lot about the extreme fatality of the tactics used by the former regime, such ex constituents the most serious crimes on international humanitarian law, i heard from the victims and from civil society groups representing them about their immediate needs, but also about them all to serious. despite the misery inflicted upon them, they speak of their release,

but also of their hopes for the future. and the damascus. i witnessed how people were busy going about the unit. i'm shopping at the market, bringing coffee, visiting faces, of worship, children being on site. but there is so much to be done. and this is such an important moment with tremendous challenges and risk that the people of syria need every ounce of help. they can get to rebuild the country that works for all the area. i came here to offer my reassurance that my office, the human rights office of united nations will continue to support inclusive, nationally and nationally, treatment processes. they're still very re address to serious territorial integrity in the sense of renting which must be fully respected and rigorously

ongoing conflicts and hostilities must and during the visit i man, the leader of the care take uh sizes, offer a shot. you acknowledge and assured me of the importance of respect for human rights on serious and all different components appear in society. as well as the sewage of heating, trust, building, and source employee and the reform of institution. we discussed the opportunities and challenges are waiting in the area. human rights must fit the problem and center with everyone and leave free and equal the media and rights. but the challenges are events. the 1st task must be seeking a saving lives. hundreds of thousands of lives have to go. much of the country like

90 percent of the population expired in poverty. the have system resides. we've had many schools that know millions of students based both inside and outside the country, the rights to full health, education and housing of fundamentals, human rights. and there must be prompt, collaborative, and concerted efforts to guarantee them as the international community. consider the issue of function. it will be critical to bear in mind the impact that sanctions have on the, on the lives of, of the syrians, by their foreclosed for an urgent reconsideration of extra sanctions. with a view to listing them. to move forward. it is critical to address the past problems that have been committed, filed access, syria over the past 5 decades. those responsible for the serious human rights and

crimes must be health concerns of the most serious war crimes that even crimes against humanity has been documented over the years of coffee, the 4th disappearances, the furniture, the use of chemical weapons, the amount of atrocity price must be fully investigated and then just this must be fairly and impartially. i have tried repeatedly from serious themselves then what they want, the expense of the atrocity crimes truly biggest believe as we will, was it a complimentary manner on these and other motivations to be the other issue and right. and so it exists. as you know, the un commission of inquiry, international, impartial and independent making. and the new, the established institution ought to be some persons in syria, in fact,

big institution that has just started with worked with families, victims groups and the authorities to clarify the things, the whereabouts of the enormous number of missing persons fully across the syria and provide supports to the rather traditional justice is crucial as the transitional justice aims to provide recognition to be positive trust of individuals and state institutions. it reinforces respect and right. and it provides 3 bench, a bench never beyond that. instead, that needs to be at 40 necessary on healing, true testing and reconciliation process. my office is ready to support traditional justice initiative as well as other root of your efforts to move forward. we know that that's close of business repeatedly demonstrate that they can help

address grievances and divisions with a strong focus on the 5 to fix this, the women and girls say significant disparities in the country that the data is clear, the agenda inequality and to the limit is access to health care, education and safe house. rebuilding of syria that went to holding people equal in dignity and without discrimination, with the key to success and stability my office and visited to continue it's work. i've had tons of texting, housing that, that property right? particularly on how practices of demographic engineering has been printing ex. this will syrians particularly return these and each of these base people to touch base the right we have had a dedicated syria team. the 2013 operating from outside of the country

due to the previous receipts refusal to allow us to work in syria. to 3 weeks ago, my colleagues were able to enter the country for the 1st time. and now we look forward to supporting the syrians system 14 human rights of syrians inside it is really a seminal moment for syria positive decades of regression. my most for the pool is as a whole, syrian to be able to thrive together regardless of tend religion as needed and to be able to come in the future. i took the thing so you add some water. i got 3 questions at a time. a device of the

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cash flows just especially areas we're very limited for and these because there's 3 or so other actually in the newspaper of the deal have spoken about challenges facing the city in the dealership. have you come across any other challenges

facing the city and community civil community off the top length of the team for yeah, look. and it is absolutely important in this transition phase to ensure that most creative sites, documents for testable evidence for atrocity crimes, for serious human rights violations. i preserve that's of the utmost importance. and it is clear that both my office, but also the other mechanisms that i have just mentioned, the triple, i am the independent institute independent institution that has been investigating crime. so for the last couple of years, that's why that's the commission big. why are you able to do their job because they

would want to work with the transition authorities precisely to do that. and, and that is going to be very important. and in my meetings with the leader of the caretaker, sorry it is. we had agreed that we would indeed make sure that that we, we have a work plan that would include the transitional justice issues and that we are able to re establish assets in this country after such a long absence. and that's absolutely critical. and i'm very much looking forward to that i'm, i think in the past, one of the big issues for my humanitarian colleagues in the u. n. was that there was an incredible amount of red tape to the human, his hair and activities. the, as you know, the wind has been present in inside the country for, for a long time. and i know from my humanitarian colleagues policy, it took them 2 weeks to get authorizations. they needed to notify. sometimes the

contradiction didn't rack full the knots impulse a few minutes here and extra ends today. you don't reach it, can go wherever you want and you are able to deliver. and i think that's a big issue now is to make sure that we get that don't support that it's needed for the humanitarian agencies to be able to have access everywhere to be able to provide supports to pre able to deliver on foods. we have to just have a high level of agent including from the what food to grow can for example, and that's of the utmost importance. the work of my office is, is a bit different. we are not part of the community or insight. i would work is to ensure and we have been doing this. as i mentioned during my remarks, our task is always been to bring to that was attention the mess if human rights violations that have occurred in this country for not just the last 14 years, but in particular the last, almost 14 years. but even before that, on refugees,

i mean when it comes directly to return, there are a very clear principles. they need to be voluntary has to be based on the bottom, terry, and this, it has to be based on a free and informed decision 5 people of whether or not they get they are able to go back. and it has to be managed in such a way that indeed are the recovery can settings so that people are able to re establish themselves. this is going to be a huge process. it's will have to be managed goals internally and externally. and it will depend very often also on, on people be able to have access to basic services. so from my own experience, i know that these can take some time, but it is absolutely clear that those syrians belief outside one to return one to exercise their right to return. they should be able to do so. and the conditions

for that needs to be provided. so the challenge is, you know, i've had a chance now to meet with quite a lot of syrians and see what society act is. former human human rights defend that some of them already currently have come back. i felt a sense of relief, but also the need to work through the trauma of the past. and one aspect said, was a clear to me was the need to find missing persons to bring closure to the flights of meeting people. but also to deal with the trauma of what people have gone through when they had been detained. for example, off, none of the most abominable circumstances. so there are a huge challenges of feeling, as i said, of inclusiveness of bringing that society together of social cohesion and

of national reconciliation. both in the city and television the you said there are many plans on projects that will be revises and actually under your umbrella into syria. what do you have any other form of operational activity like and it ends the building up and for us to run sorta, etc. so obviously you spoke about lifting the sanctions. what throat exactly, what you'll be playing in terms of having the sanction lifted from serious this

space? did you ask for conversation and how much did you raise the account? yeah, so on the, on the question for you, but in addition, i mean obviously, i mean if you look at the data including destruction of schools, health facilities, as i mentioned, people below the poverty line, there is a huge needs to ensure that the cannot make on social,

the access to basic services to come and get some situation improves rapidly and, and very fast. and which is why i mentioned also in my statement the issue of sanctions. concentra sanctions have had a negative impact on the enjoyment of rights of people and the listing of these things. they should really be considered very actively. and i will, i mean, i've stated publicly i will continue making strong advocacy for that on the issue of the other one. yes and sorry on the issue of my compositions. but obviously we discussed inconsistency. and the, and the important that says, i think the cvt not least benefiting from the reach us of, of the society. i mean, it's clear that society and the social cohesion within the country can only be guaranteed if indeed each and every part of that society is able to,

to get on with their lives. and that includes each of every segment of the society. and indeed we, we had some very positive statements from, from the leadership in, in that regard. of course, a lot about depends on how it's happening on the ground. and there's a lot of work to be done. it said a fragile transition period. i think it would be absolutely critical to support the efforts to build a new syria that that overcomes the legacies of the past. including the divide entry or the divide and rooted tactics of the past. fishing and see the society. as i said before, i buy, i've rarely seen a population that coming out of a trauma,

that is very deep. i mean, i also feel that people off the use of repression. now realizing that now they can talk freely, for example, they can share their views, which is something for, for some of them was actually quite hard. and in some of the meetings, i think there's a lot of healing work to be done and to bring together also often very fractured societies and is but i also have i really the, the lease in this area and people to do this to be able to do it, i have had the chance to meet many syrian refugees in the past. i've seen also what transformation has gone on among them. and i believe that there is now a huge tons for the country. we did not discuss specifically i c, c, accession to the set to date was my 1st meeting. so it's obviously you cannot

discuss each and every aspect of it. it is one area that was mentioned by a secret society groups they would possibly want to advocate for the rectification of the i. c. c set to associate a question from the associated press. the problem so may not number of the detainees will know, haven't been killed over the past few months. and what is your response and the suspect to

cut out of the pendant isn't doing the press conference. you spoke about women's rights and equality and employment and education. part of this issue was the women they tvs or spend t is behind that is james bar. many a reporting about that many city and women with detained and even rape. same belief or the reason that being that elective to an opposition for god or within syria or all of us sees. busy there are many popular demand demands among the separative society in order to bring those responsible to accounts. what is the, what

a specific role in this issue and what exactly are they going to do with respect to bringing those responsible for the water crimes? and does that seem to be justice being the at the when he comes to the exact numbers of people who died and were killed. so we have of course, different fee goes that we have provided, including by syria and secret society organizations. but we don't have the exact figures, and i think this is part of the work that needs to be done, especially once we see how this new institution for missing pass, this works out. hopefully it will give us more clarity to the numbers, but we do not at this point in time, that speaks to preside some but it's important that it's being done. it's part of the trend through shuts off. this process that i mentioned before. still sex or

violence, you have probably seen a number of reports at my office, but also the other human rights making. these some sense have actually published over the last couple of years. it's been one of these horrific aspects of the conflict that needs to be a very strong focus on survivors and heating of survivors. and even in one of the sessions that i, that i had even here, i read it, my other car, it just goes to speak about it. and i can see, even listening to volk attacked, human high commission of human rights, who's making this whole important visit to syria. he said he was impressed by the fortitude of the city, and people told me that the need to work for the trauma of the past. he'd be meeting with civil society groups of different minds, human bodies, and the leader of the transitional authority. i'm at al serra. he said that he had received commitments to human rights, talks of legal accountability and the need to buy, to lift documents,

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