In light of the increasing tendencies amongst donor countries and UN agencies to increase their support for early recovery interventions in Syria in addition to the humanitarian assistance, this side event will discuss the extent to which the early recovery interventions might conflict with protecting HLP rights of millions of displaced Syrians, and what measures could be taken to preserve HLP rights of Syrians while implementing early recovery activities by the Syrian and international actors.

This side event will be moderated in 2 panels:

The first panel aims to understand the landscape of early recovery activities across all regions in Syria, focusing on the challenges related to HLP rights while implementing these activities. The panel will also address these challenges, exploring how early recovery programs can navigate legal, financial, and logistical hurdles to safeguard HLP rights for all Syrians. Understanding these complexities will be vital in developing inclusive and effective strategies for early recovery in Syria.

This second panel aims to shed light on the different roles of donors, UN agencies, and international, national, and local organizations in prioritizing the human rights approach in early recovery programs. Moreover, it seeks to explore the role of the private sector in the challenging environment, the diverted aid, and strategies to navigate around the Syrian regime and other de-facto authorities that influence the early recovery agenda.

This side event will delve into the critical aspects of early recovery and HLP rights, considering the fractured nature of Syria's control areas poses significant challenges in addressing these rights. Compounding this, politicized approaches by donors in different control areas exacerbate aid dependency and hinder effective recovery strategies. Fragmentation in aid distribution leads to disjointed operations and limits integration, hindering comprehensive approaches to addressing these rights violations.