August 28, 2023. Balkan Periscope - Hellas
A Canadian delegation visited the regions of NE, Syria
and held a series of meetings in the region, and the delegation stressed the
need for the international community to help and support the Autonomous
Administration. A Canadian delegation visited the regions of NE, Syria and held
a series of meetings in the region, and the delegation stressed the need for
the international community to help and support the Autonomous Administration.
The
delegation included Senator Kim Butt in the Canadian Senate, Alex Neff,
Assistant Professor of Law at the University of Ottawa and Dalhousie
University, Scott Hetherington, former Canadian Ambassador to the Baltic
States, and Hedit Nizami, member of the Law Society of Ontario.
They were
received in the Department of External Relations by the two co-chairs, Mr.
Finar Al-Kait, and Rubel Baho, and members of the administrative board, Khaled
Ibrahim and Gulistan Ali.
Al-Kait
said during the meeting that the only solution is through the Syrian-Syrian
dialogue, calling on the international community to support these efforts to
solve the Syrian crisis, and to resolve the crisis and conflict in Syria in
accordance with UN Resolution 2,245.
Al-Kait
touched on the trials of ISIS mercenaries, which were announced by the
Autonomous Administration earlier, and how to carry out these trials, calling
on Canada and the international community to provide support and support, to
establish fair trials for these terrorists and to address their outstanding and
disturbing situations and issues, which are considered a time bomb threatening
the region and the world as a whole.
In her
turn, Senator Kim Butt in the Canadian Senate said: "We believe that it is
very necessary for the international community to work to assist and support
this administration, which is doing everything in its power to ensure the
achievement of justice, humanity and equality, and we see the huge humanitarian
efforts by the Autonomous Administration, and this is another field." The
international community and Canada must step up their efforts."
As for
Assistant Professor of Law at the University of Ottawa and Dalhousie
University, Alex Neff said: "We are thinking about the role that Canada
must play as an important member of the international community, and the things
that the international community and Canada in particular can do to address the
many challenges here, and to recognize the great sacrifices that it has made."
The peoples of north-eastern Syria in fighting ISIS and responding to other
Syrian issues.
Neff added:
"We see three key aspects and believe that the Canadian government can and
should play a greater role in them:
We need to
see real efforts to ensure the deportation of Canadians and other foreign
nationals, but particularly for us Canadians in camps and detention centers,
Canada must play a role in making this happen.
We
know that the Autonomous Administration is moving forward with important efforts
to try to initiate domestic prosecution of perpetrators of crimes against human
rights. This is an enormous challenge given the scale and gravity of the crimes
that have occurred here. Canada or other countries should help in this matter.
For a long
time, we heard a clear call from the Autonomous Administration to establish an
international tribunal to prosecute the most severe crimes, and to deal with
those responsible for the most serious violations, and we were disappointed to
see the lack of response from the international community.
So
deportation, local trials and an international court, it seems to us that this
would be the right program for achieving justice, and we will do everything we
can to ensure that Canada plays a central role in advancing this program."
T/ Satt - ANHA
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