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• Dialog is the only choice to end the crisis.
• Confirms the necessity of focusing on the value of human rights, to use means of
constitutional, humanistic and contemporary standards in order to protect human
rights, also a recommends the creation of a Syrian high council for human rights.
• Advises an immediate release of all political, and opinion prisoners in Syria, who
did not commit crimes punishable by the law.
Some of the other reform laws:
1- Legislative decree number 55 (April, 21st, 2011) related to law enforcement
in few particular kinds of crimes, it concerns procedures of collecting evidence,
hearing suspects and respecting temporary detention period.
2- Legislative decree number 54 (April, 21st, 2011) related to managing citizens’
right to organize peaceful demonstrations, which is already mentioned in the
Syrian constitution as a basic human right.
3- Legislative decree number 43 (April, 21st, 2011) related to the abolition of the
Supreme State Security Court.
4- Legislative decree number 49 (April, 7th, 2011) related to granting Syrian
citizenship documents to the Kurdish populations registered as foreigners in Al
Hasaka.
5- Legislative decree number 46 (April, 3rd, 2011) related to including under
health insurance coverage both civilian and armed forces retirees, those who were
employed by the government, public sector or public organizations.
6- Legislative decree number 43 (March, 24th, 2011) related to property
acquisition in border areas.
7- Legislative decree number 40 (March, 24th, 2011) related to salary increase
for civilian and armed forces’ governmental employees.
8- Legislative decree number 62 (June, 5th, 2011) related to substituting
workers’ short term contracts by long term contracts.
9- Legislative decree number 84 (July, 13th, 2011) related to social
development.
10- Legislative decree number 100 (August, 6th, 2011) related to multiple parties
law.
11- Legislative decree number 101 (August, 6th, 2011) related to the general
elections law.
The government had also completed working on two laws, the first concerns the
media, the second is related to local administrations, they will be issued in the next
few days. Additionally, we issued many regulatory decrees related to offering
students more study cycles, and creating enterprises and new colleges in all
Syria’s universities.
The Syrian government is also creating a number of committees involving senior
professionals and experts to work on the following questions:
1- Committee investigating crimes committed against civilians and the armed
forces, and other crimes related to the currently events taking place in Syria.
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