In the context of the grave violations suffered by the Syrian people during the years of the revolution—including arbitrary detention, enforced disappearance, forced displacement, and ill-treatment—these practices have left profound consequences that extend beyond direct victims to affect their families, particularly women and children. Many have found themselves trapped in a prolonged state of loss, uncertainty, and lack of legal protection.
Based on a strategic analysis and field assessment conducted by Mizan for Legal Studies and Human Rights, it has become evident that victims’ families face complex, overlapping challenges. These include intricate legal crises resulting from the absence of their loved ones, alongside deepening psychological suffering caused by trauma, prolonged grief, and the persistent absence of justice and accountability.
This project, supported by the United Nations Voluntary Fund for Victims of Torture, responds to these urgent needs by providing integrated legal support—covering death registration procedures, inheritance cases, and legal claims—alongside specialized psychosocial support aimed at alleviating insomnia, grief-related pain, and psychological and mental disorders. The project seeks to strengthen families’ capacity for coping and resilience, and to help restore a minimum level of stability and human dignity.
Legal Component
The organization implemented a series of legal procedures to obtain judicial declarations of death for missing persons. These procedures included the provision of legal consultations, preparation of powers of attorney, coordination with the Public Prosecution, and the filing of cases before the competent courts, culminating in the official registration of death in the civil registry.
These interventions targeted a number of families of the missing in Daraya and Deir ez-Zor, ensuring the protection of their legal rights and enabling them to pursue inheritance claims and other legal entitlements, while preserving their right to seek accountability for enforced disappearance through transitional justice mechanisms.
Psychosocial Component
This component documents the most prevalent psychological disorders among women and families of the missing, particularly psychological trauma, depression, anxiety, insomnia, and heightened irritability, resulting from enforced loss, prolonged uncertainty, and the absence of justice.
It also outlines the therapeutic interventions applied, including individual psychosocial support, relaxation techniques, cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), and activities aimed at strengthening resilience and adaptive coping mechanisms.
The component highlights the positive impact of these interventions on mental health, social relationships, and overall quality of life, while emphasizing that psychological recovery is a gradual process that requires time, continuity, and sustained support.
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