Syrian Kurdish Human Rights Organizations Issue Joint Statement on the Future of Syria

ARK News.. Several Syrian Kurdish human rights organizations have issued a comprehensive joint statement outlining the framework of essential demands to achieve a just peace and democratic transition in Syria.
The statement, titled “A Rights-Based Vision for Syria’s Future,” was released on October 12, 2025, emphasizing the right to peaceful expression embodied in recent demonstrations in Sweida, and calling for the protection of human rights, an end to violations, and the withdrawal of all foreign fighters from Syrian territory.
Below is a summary of the key demands outlined in the statement:
1. Ending Foreign Armed Presence in Syria
Establish clear and time-bound mechanisms for the withdrawal of all foreign armed groups from Syrian territory, ensuring non-interference by external powers in the country’s internal affairs.
2. Inclusive National Dialogue
Launch a comprehensive national dialogue that includes all political, social, ethnic, and religious components without exclusion, under the supervision of a specialized UN committee to ensure transparency and fairness.
3. A New Syrian Constitution
Draft a new constitution that represents the will of all Syrians, with meaningful participation from women, youth, and civil society organizations in the constitutional process.
4. Decentralized Governance that Preserves Unity
Adopt a decentralized system allowing local self-administration while maintaining Syria’s unity, ensuring equitable distribution of powers and resources between central and local authorities.
5. Revealing the Fate of the Disappeared
Establish an independent national mechanism to uncover the fate of the forcibly disappeared and arbitrarily detained, ensuring families’ right to truth and justice.
6. A Democratic and Pluralistic State
Build a democratic political system based on pluralism, peaceful transfer of power, and the freedom to form political parties and engage in political life.
7. Comprehensive Transitional Justice
Create mechanisms for transitional justice that include accountability, truth-seeking, and reparations, guaranteeing that perpetrators of war crimes and crimes against humanity do not go unpunished.
8. Reconstruction and Sustainable Development
Develop a transparent and equitable reconstruction plan focused on empowering local communities and prioritizing the most affected regions.
The organizations stressed that these demands represent the minimum foundation for a peaceful transition toward a state of law and institutions, and for fulfilling the Syrian people’s aspirations to live in dignity within a united homeland.
Signed in Qamishlo, Syria – October 12, 2025
Signatory Organizations:
1. Defense Organization for Prisoners of Conscience in Syria (Rawanga)
2. Kurdish Committee for Human Rights in Syria – Rasd
3. Human Rights Organization in Syria – MAF
4. Kurdish Human Rights Organization in Syria (DAD)
5. Kurdish Human Rights Network in Syria
6. Kurdish Civil Society Organization in Europe
7. Human Rights Organization in Afrin
8. Free Kurdish Women’s Organization
9. Kurdish Civil Society Forces

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