Syria forms transitional justice, missing persons commissions

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Syria forms transitional justice, missing persons commissions

Syria will set up commissions for justice and missing persons tasked with probing crimes committed during the rule of the Assad family, compensating victims and finding thousands of people whose whereabouts remain unknown, the presidency said.

Tens of thousands of detainees and missing persons continue to be one of the allies of the Syrian conflict, which exploded in 2011.