Making Syria’s Transitional Justice Process Meaningful for Survivors and Communities

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Writing on 12 June 2026, the author examines the fragile opening for justice in Syria following the collapse of the Assad regime. The piece moves past the technicalities of legal decrees to ask a more human question: can a new state earn the trust of those it once systematically hunted? The argument suggests that meaningful repair won't come from top-down institutions alone, but from honoring the survivor-led networks that kept the hope of accountability alive during the darkest years. It is a meditation on building a civic contract from the ground up.

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