Qatar’s permanent mission  to the UN Office in Geneva has organised a side event entitled, “Syria after five years in pursuit of democracy and accountability” at the 31st session of the Human Rights Council currently being held here.
The event was organised in co-operation with the permanent missions of Belgium, France, Germany, Italy, Liechtenstein, the Netherlands, Turkey, the United Kingdom and the US along with “No Peace Without Justice” to the UN Office at Geneva.
A debate was the event’s main feature. The debate team members were Rami Nakhla , Syria project co-ordinator for No Peace Without Justice, Farah Atassi, president, National Syrian Women Association, Salma Jalkhi from Association of Women for Development and Fadel Abdulghani, director and founder of the Syrian Network for Human Rights (SNHR).
UK Special Representative for Syria Gareth Bayley and Muwafaq Nairabiye, vice-president of the National Coalition for Syrian Revolution and Opposition Forces, Michael Ratney, the US special envoy for Syria, were among the keynote participants. The event was co-managed by Hussein Sabbagh, secretary general of Euro-Syrian Democratic Forum and Niccolo Figa-Talamanca, secretary general of No Peace Without Justice.
It was attended by representatives of the member states of the UN Human Rights Council, Syrian non-governmental organisations (NGOs) and relevant international institutions.