Outputs of the thirteenth dialogue session in Hasaka

Ezdina Organization held its thirteenth dialogue session at Khabour Hall in Hasakah within the project “A Constitution That Protects Us” on 02.06.2021, for all who representing religious and national minorities Hasakah and its countryside. The session started at 11:00 and ended at 15:00.


Facilitator:
The session was moderated by Dr. Abeer Hassaf.

Participants:
16 women and men representing religious and national minorities in the city of Hasakah and its countryside participated in the session, 
6 Female - 8 Male

• Avin Al-Amo - Civil activist
• Nawzad Ma'o - Civil activist
• Hiba Asia - Head of the Syriac Union Party 
• Rana Ado - Member of the Yazidi House 
• Hajar Amin - Activities Coordinator at Pêl
• Dara Abdo - Journalist
• Suleiman Hamo - Member of the Administrative Council of the Yazidi House
• Masoud Seydo - Member of the Khabour Association
• Iman Jamo - Member of the Khabour Association
• Afaf Hasaki - Administrator in the cultural department of Hasaka County Council
• Hemo Ibrahim - General Coordinator of the C4D Program
• Imad Al-Abdullah - Member of the Armenian Assembly
• Armina Al-Abdullah - Member of the Armenian Sociology Council
• Ibrahim Qas Ibrahim - Member of the Legal Committee in the Legislative Council of the Jazira

National background of the participants:
Arabs: 2 - Syriacs: 2 - Armenians: 2 - Kurds: 8

Religious background of the participants:
Christians: 4 - Yazidis: 2 - Muslims: 8


Main topics of the session:

• The Syrian crisis and the Geneva conferences.
• Syria's next constitution.
• The Syrian Constitutional Committee in Geneva.
• The role of the constitution in protecting religious and national minorities.

The facilitator started talking about the nine Geneva conferences and their results in detail, then opened the door for discussion, consultations and questions from the participants, and the facilitator answered all the participants' questions.

In the second axis, a member of the Constitutional Committee, Dr. Dorsen Oskan, joined the session via the “Zoom”, to talk about the establishment and composition of the Constitutional Committee and the drawbacks on the representation of the Committee, in addition to talking about the main reasons for the failure of the Constitutional Committee in its work so far.

Then the discussion was opened between the participants and a member of the Constitutional Committee, Dr. Dorsen Oskan in order to address the most important objectives of this committee, how to form it and who chose them.

Then the session facilitator divided the attendees into two groups to develop and discuss a set of recommendations and proposals, to arrive at several general proposals that were agreed upon by all participants.


Session results:
At the conclusion of the dialogue session, the attendees agreed on a set of recommendations and proposals to be submitted to the Syrian Constitutional Committee, which included:

• Involving North and East Syria represented by the Autonomous Administration in the Constitutional Committee.
• The form of the state should be pluralistic and decentralized.
• Recognition of the Kurdish and Syriac languages ​​as an official national language.
• Recognition of all religions in Syria.
• Freedom of religious practice.
• Separation of religion and state.
• Fair representation of both genders in all aspects of life.
• The candidate for the presidency of the Syrian Republic should have Syrian nationality since birth.
• Not specifying the religion and gender of the candidate for the presidency.
• Equitable distribution of resources.
• Activating the role of youth in all political, social and economic fields.