Source: United Nations (video statements)
Syria has made ‘remarkable progress’ on transitional justice just one year after the fall of the Assad regime. But despite the immense willingness that is in place, deep-rooted stigma continues to prevent many survivors of conflict-related sexual violence from coming forward.
Sofia Candeias, from the UN Team of Experts on the Rule of Law and Sexual Violence in Conflict, stresses that Syria needs the support of the international community to rebuild the architecture of the rule of law, and see a new Syria emerge.