Far From Justice - Human Rights Watch

With respect to Syria’s more general respect of human rights• Condition any further progress in your relations with Syria, in particular the entry intoforce of the Association Agreement, on real and lasting improvements in Syria’shuman rights situation, such as the dissolution of the SSSC, as well as on concreteand measurable commitments by Syria to further improve its policies in this field.• Identify specific and measurable indicators for use by senior EU officials to assessand publicly report on the steps being taken by the Syrian government to improve itshuman rights record.• Adopt the improvement of the human rights situation in Syria as a guiding principleof your foreign policy. In particular, adhere to the EU Guidelines on Human RightsDialogues (adopted in 2001)which state that “issues of human rights, democracyand the rule of law will be included in all future meetings and discussions with thirdcountries and at all levels, whether ministerial talks etc, joint committee meetings orformal dialogue led by the Presidency of the Council.”55 Human Rights Watch February 2009