Author: maxiemileham472

Canada has supported accountability and transitional justice initiatives that aim to hold the Assad regime and other parties in the conflict accountable for the countless human rights violations it has inflicted on the Syrian people since at least 2011. Canada, the Netherlands and the Syrian Arab Republic are amongst 171 States parties to the United Nations Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman, or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (UNCAT) that prohibits the use of torture. On March 3, 2021, the Government of Canada announced that it had invited the Syrian Arab Republic to enter into negotiations pursuant to Article 30 (1) ... Read more