{"id":948,"date":"2012-10-10T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2012-10-10T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"-0001-11-30T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"-0001-11-30T00:00:00","slug":"","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dchrs.org\/?p=948","title":{"rendered":"EMHRN\u2019s New Elected Body Alarmed at Escalating Violence in Syria"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Copenhagen, October 10, 2012 \u2013<\/em> The newly elected  Executive Committee of the Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Network (EMHRN)  expressed increasing concerns over the intensifying conflict in Syria, at their  first formal meeting in Copenhagen on 27 September.<\/p>\n<p>The EMHRN is deeply alarmed over the situation of open civil  war that currently prevails in Syria. It emphasizes that this situation stems  from years of dictatorship imposed on the Syrian people by the Hafez al-Assad  regime and later by his son. It is also made worse by incoherent and sometimes  conflicting policies by the international community, with countries either  fighting or supporting the Syrian regime, in a bid to follow their own  interests. The Security Council\u2019s catastrophic inability to put an end the  crisis highlights the failings of a global governance system to ensure that the  principles of the UDHR are both followed and applied.<\/p>\n<p>At this stage of the conflict, the EMHRN wishes first of all  to hail the legitimate fight by the Syrian people in its revolt against a  dictatorship that it has endured for decades.<\/p>\n<p>In time of war, massive violations of human rights and of  the principles of humanitarian law make the suffering of the Syrian people even  more intolerable, in particular for women and children, who are forced to flee  and seek refuge in neighbouring countries, thus creating a humanitarian  disaster. The U.N. Security Council is responsible for authorising the creation  of secure humanitarian corridors to meet the needs of civilians on an emergency  basis. All parties to the conflict are also responsible for complying with the  principles of humanitarian law.<\/p>\n<p>The EMHRN believes that all crimes committed by all  perpetrators during the conflict must be referred to the International Criminal  Court. Whoever their perpetrators may be, these crimes must be documented  immediately in order to pave the way for transitional justice to reveal the  truth, acknowledge and compensate the victims, and identify their perpetrators.<\/p>\n<p>The EMHRN recommends that the international community,  neighbouring countries and U.N. agencies alike provide the resources needed to  give shelter for displaced persons. The EMHRN also recommends that the European  Union and its Member States grant asylum to Syrians seeking refuge, without  restrictions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><em>Copenhagen, October 10, 2012 \u2013<\/em> The newly elected  Executive Committee of the Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Network (EMHRN)  expressed increasing concerns over the intensifying conflict in Syria, at their  first formal meeting in Copenhagen on 27 September.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":28,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-948","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dchrs.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/948","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dchrs.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dchrs.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dchrs.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/28"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dchrs.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=948"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dchrs.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/948\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dchrs.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=948"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dchrs.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=948"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dchrs.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=948"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}