Date: April 2023
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Given the importance of benefiting from these experiences and ideas in the context of legal and institutional reform in the Syrian situation, this research comes in an attempt to form a conceptual and procedural approach to link the required reform mechanisms to the requirements needed for the success of the transitional justice process according to a research vision based on an introductory approach, dealing with the concepts and implications of legal and institutional reform through the reform of political institutions being the main entry point for various structural change processes in countries undergoing internal transformations and conflicts especially since the transition from an authoritarian to a democratic system of governance is now measured by the levels of reform and change in governance structures, based on an empowered legal system that preserves private and public rights and freedoms, and an administration that possesses competence and integrity in implementing economic and administrative reform programs.
Since the development of a comprehensive approach to reform in property and housing issues is the focus of the research, it tried to address the study of the cumulative impact of legislation and laws that have exacerbated property and housing problems in Syria.
The research is divided into four main sections, the first one is entitled: Cumulative Effect of Legislation and Laws in exacerbating property and housing problems, and the second is: The impact of the discrepancy in the management of private and public property over the Syrian regions, while the third topic discusses: International experiences in legal and institutional reform, and the fourth topic focuses on The Role of Constitutional, Legal, and Institutional Reform in HLP Issues.
The Day After organization had previously published research entitled “The Role of Transitional Justice (Reparations and Compensation Mechanisms) in Addressing Property and Housing Problems in Syria”, which prompted the researcher Ayman Abu Hashem, to complete and cover what establishes a deeper and more comprehensive research approach that explores the other side of legal and institutional reform in addressing property and housing problems.
