On 30 July, the Syrian Network for Human Rights (SNHR)\u00a0issued\u00a0a report on the main problems affecting the Syrian judiciary.<\/p>\n
The Network said that Syrian judicial institutions suffer from acute crises of legitimacy and effectiveness, noting that the lack of judicial independence in Syria is one of the major obstacles to entrenching the rule of law in the post-Assad phase.<\/p>\n
It added that the authoritarian use of the judiciary over decades transformed it from a power for fair adjudication of disputes into a tool for ensuring the regime\u2019s survival, which resulted in what is commonly referred to as a \u201cvacuum of legitimacy\u201d, a gap that cannot be filled through technical reforms alone.<\/p>\n
According to the Network, this institutional erosion is reflected in the Syrian reality in citizens\u2019 reluctance to resort to the courts and in a growing tendency to \u201ctake justice into one\u2019s own hands\u201d, which signals a collapse of public trust in the judicial apparatus.<\/p>\n
The Network stressed that the Syrian constitutional declaration, which was drafted to frame the transitional period, entrenches the dominance of the executive authority rather than constraining it.<\/p>\n
It pointed out that granting the president the power to appoint the Supreme Constitutional Court, ignoring the creation of an independent Judicial Council, failing to set clear standards for judicial appointment and dismissal, and omitting safeguards against political retaliation, together with the absence of constitutional guarantees on judicial tenure, budgetary independence, and administrative decisions, all place judges in a vulnerable position and subject them to pressure from the executive branch.<\/p>\n
The Network also noted an urgent need to build sustainable institutional channels for judicial recruitment and training.<\/p>\n
It explained that the deterioration of the infrastructure of legal education in Syria makes capacity building along traditional lines difficult, since law faculties still operate with outdated curricula and suffer from a shortage of practical training resources.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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