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Agreement on Local Councils between Tribes and Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS)

  • Country/entity

    Syria
  • Region

    Middle East and North Africa
  • Agreement name

    Agreement on Local Councils between Tribes and Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS)
  • Date

    23 Jul 2017
  • Agreement status

    Multiparty signed/agreed
  • Interim arrangement

    Yes
  • Agreement/conflict level

  • Stage

    Framework/substantive - partial
  • Conflict nature

    Inter-group
  • Peace process

    Syrian Local Agreements
  • Parties

    Idlib Tribes - six signatories, but all illegible.
    [Ostensibly with Hayat Tahrir al-Sham organisation as statement is in response to their call]
  • Third parties

    -
  • Description

    Statement issued in response the statement, "The Ongoing Revolution" issued by Hayat Tahrir al-Sham on establishing a civil administration to rule areas under opposition control, the Idlib tribes issue a pre-negotiation document outlining (1) the principle: supporting the formation of civil administration and (2) the process: by establishing a conference between military and civil forces.


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
    Page 1, We declare the following:
    1-  We support this project which gives our people a chance to administer the liberated areas beyond military force. [We also support] its implications.
    2- We request that a conference should be hold, at which all the revolutionary and civil force will participate. We also announce our willingness to participate at it.
  • 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

    No specific mention.

  • Ceasefire

    No specific mention.

  • Police

    No specific mention.

  • Armed forces

    No specific mention.

  • DDR

    No specific mention.

  • Intelligence services

    No specific mention.

  • Parastatal/rebel and opposition group forces
    Page 1, 2-  We request that a conference should be hold, at which all the revolutionary and civil force will participate. We also announce our willingness to participate at it.
  • 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
    Mepa News. ‘Tahriru'ş Şam Suriye'de 'büyük birleşme' için aşiretlerle görüşüyor’, 2 August 2017, https://www.mepanews.com/haberler/7974-tahriru-s-sam-suriye-de-bueyuek-birlesme-icin- asiretlerle-goeruesueyor.html

In the Name of Allah the Merciful

Praise be to Allah the Lord of the worlds and may the blessings and peace of Allah be upon the most honoured of messengers, and upon all his family and companions, and after.

Due to the urgent need to consolidate the disputes and heal the wounds on the fields of Syria and to continue and preserve the revolution, following the call of Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham [Organisation for the Liberation of the Levant] in its statement titled “The Ongoing Revolution”, issued on 23/7/2017.

[In the statement], we saw a blessing step regarding the establishment of a civil administration to rule the liberated areas.

It will be involved in all legal, revolutionary, political, tribal and civil affairs.

They will also possess the military force of the resistance to the regime of Ward Sayaleh and of liberating the rest of Syria.

We declare the following:

1- We support this project which gives our people a chance to administer the liberated areas beyond military force. [

We also support] its implications.

2- We request that a conference should be hold, at which all the revolutionary and civil force will participate.

We also announce our willingness to participate at it.

We say to our people:

Try to have the taste of victory after years spent making the highest and most precious sacrifices.

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