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Text of Legal Agreement: Terms on the Departure of Armed Factions from the Remaining Eastern Neighbourhoods of the City of Aleppo

  • Country/entity

    Syria
  • Region

    Middle East and North Africa
  • Agreement name

    Text of Legal Agreement: Terms on the Departure of Armed Factions from the Remaining Eastern Neighbourhoods of the City of Aleppo
  • Date

    13 Dec 2016
  • Agreement status

    Multiparty signed/agreed
  • Interim arrangement

    Yes
  • Agreement/conflict level

  • Stage

    Implementation/renegotiation
  • Conflict nature

    Inter-group
  • Peace process

    Intra-Syrian Process (state/non-state)
  • Parties

    Representative of the Syrian Government;
    Representative of the Russian Government;
    Negotiating part from the State;
    Negotiating part from the opposition (Sheikh ‘Amr al-Rahmun);
  • Third parties

    -
  • Description

    -


Groups

  • Children/youth

    No specific mention.

  • Disabled persons

    No specific mention.

  • Elderly/age

    No specific mention.

  • Migrant workers

    No specific mention.

  • Racial/ethnic/national group

    No specific mention.

  • Religious groups

    No specific mention.

  • Indigenous people

    No specific mention.

  • Other groups

    No specific mention.

  • Refugees/displaced persons

    No specific mention.

  • Social class

    No specific mention.


Gender

  • Women, girls and gender

    No specific mention.

  • Men and boys

    No specific mention.

  • LGBTI

    No specific mention.

  • Family

    No specific mention.


State definition

  • Nature of state (general)

    No specific mention.

  • State configuration

    No specific mention.

  • Self determination

    No specific mention.

  • Referendum

    No specific mention.

  • State symbols

    No specific mention.

  • Independence/secession

    No specific mention.

  • Accession/unification

    No specific mention.

  • Border delimitation

    No specific mention.

  • Cross-border provision

    No specific mention.


Governance

  • Political institutions (new or reformed)

    No specific mention.

  • Elections

    No specific mention.

  • Electoral commission

    No specific mention.

  • Political parties reform

    No specific mention.

  • Civil society

    No specific mention.

  • Traditional/religious leaders

    No specific mention.

  • Public administration

    No specific mention.

  • Constitution

    No specific mention.


Power sharing

  • Political power sharing

    No specific mention.

  • Territorial power sharing

    No specific mention.

  • Economic power sharing

    No specific mention.

  • Military power sharing

    No specific mention.


Human rights and equality

  • Human rights/RoL general

    No specific mention.

  • Bill of rights/similar

    No specific mention.

  • Treaty incorporation

    No specific mention.

  • Civil and political rights

    No specific mention.

  • Socio-economic rights

    No specific mention.


Rights related issues

  • Citizenship

    No specific mention.

  • Democracy

    No specific mention.

  • Detention procedures

    No specific mention.

  • Media and communication

    No specific mention.

  • Mobility/access

    No specific mention.

  • Protection measures

    No specific mention.

  • Other

    No specific mention.


Rights institutions

  • NHRI

    No specific mention.

  • Regional or international human rights institutions

    No specific mention.


Justice sector reform

  • Criminal justice and emergency law

    No specific mention.

  • State of emergency provisions

    No specific mention.

  • Judiciary and courts

    No specific mention.

  • Prisons and detention

    No specific mention.

  • Traditional Laws

    No specific mention.


Socio-economic reconstruction

  • Development or socio-economic reconstruction

    No specific mention.

  • National economic plan

    No specific mention.

  • Natural resources

    No specific mention.

  • International funds

    No specific mention.

  • Business

    No specific mention.

  • Taxation

    No specific mention.

  • Banks

    No specific mention.


Land, property and environment

  • Land reform/rights

    No specific mention.

  • Pastoralist/nomadism rights

    No specific mention.

  • Cultural heritage

    No specific mention.

  • Environment

    No specific mention.

  • Water or riparian rights or access

    No specific mention.


Security sector

  • Security Guarantees
    Page 1, Number 1: Only the gunmen with individual weapons will pull out.

    Number 2: The gunmen and the civilians who want to depart from Aleppo towards West Aleppo will depart.

    Number 3: The Syrian and Russian forces will ensure that they will be guaranteed a peaceful departure, according to the Raqqa agreement. The gunmen and their workers will get off and the buses will return.

    Number 4: The two sides have pledged to have a ceasefire during the departure of the gunmen. This has been guaranteed by the negotiating part, represented by Sheikh ‘Amr al-Rahmun.
  • Ceasefire
    Security sector→Ceasefire→General commitments
    Page 1, Number 4: The two sides have pledged to have a ceasefire during the departure of the gunmen. This has been guaranteed by the negotiating part, represented by Sheikh ‘Amr al-Rahmun.
  • Police

    No specific mention.

  • Armed forces

    No specific mention.

  • DDR

    No specific mention.

  • Intelligence services

    No specific mention.

  • Parastatal/rebel and opposition group forces

    No specific mention.

  • Withdrawal of foreign forces

    No specific mention.

  • Corruption

    No specific mention.

  • Crime/organised crime

    No specific mention.

  • Drugs

    No specific mention.

  • Terrorism

    No specific mention.


Transitional justice

  • Transitional justice general

    No specific mention.

  • Amnesty/pardon

    No specific mention.

  • Courts

    No specific mention.

  • Mechanism

    No specific mention.

  • Prisoner release

    No specific mention.

  • Vetting

    No specific mention.

  • Victims

    No specific mention.

  • Missing persons

    No specific mention.

  • Reparations

    No specific mention.

  • Reconciliation

    No specific mention.


Implementation

  • UN signatory

    No specific mention.

  • Other international signatory

    No specific mention.

  • Referendum for agreement

    No specific mention.

  • International mission/force/similar

    No specific mention.

  • Enforcement mechanism

    No specific mention.

  • Related cases

    No specific mention.

  • Source
    Anapress.net, ‘From the Bosom of the Revolution to the Representative of the Regime… Who is Sheikh Omar Rahmoun?’, 17 December 2016, http://bit.ly/2Ge13WG

Text of Legal Agreement Terms on the Departure of Armed Factions from the Remaining Eastern Neighbourhoods of the City of Aleppo

On the date of 13/12/2016

Number 1:

Only the gunmen with individual weapons will pull out.

Number 2:

The gunmen and the civilians who want to depart from Aleppo towards West Aleppo will depart.

Number 3:

The Syrian and Russian forces will ensure that they will be guaranteed a peaceful departure, according to the Raqqa agreement.

The gunmen and their workers will get off and the buses will return.

Number 4:

The two sides have pledged to have a ceasefire during the departure of the gunmen.

This has been guaranteed by the negotiating part, represented by Sheikh ‘Amr al-Rahmun.

Representative of the Syrian Government

Representative of the Russian Government

Negotiating part from the State

Negotiating part from the gunmen