Syrian Arab Republic

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Abduction 19
Abuse of psychiatry 1
Access to procedures 2
Access to water 1
Administrative law 1
Africans 1
Agents of persecution 1
Alawi 7
Albinism/Persons with Albinism 1
Anti-terrorism law 1
Appeal / Right to appeal 2
Arabs 6
Arbitrary arrest and detention 48
Armed attacks on camps 1
Armed forces / Military 52
Armed groups / Militias / Paramilitary forces / Resistance movements 58
Armenian 2
Assyrians 4
Asylum policy 1
Asylum-migration nexus 1
Asylum-seekers 16
Border conflict 11
Border controls 2
Border crossers 4
Burden-sharing and international co-operation 3
Camp management 2
Catholic 3
Ceasefire 7
Chechen 1
Child labour 4
Child prostitution 2
Child soldiers 9
Children's rights 23
Children-at-risk 26
Christian 9
Civil and political rights 1
Civil war 18
Climate change (including environmental migrants) 1
Combatants / Former combatants 1
Communal conflict / Social conflict 2
Community development 3
Conflict prevention 2
Conflict resolution 1
Conflict situation 28
Convention against Torture (CAT) 1
Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) 1
Copts 1
Corruption 3
Country of origin information (COI) 3
Crimes against humanity 16
Criminal justice 6
Death in custody 6
Death penalty 5
Demobilization / Disarmament 7
Democracy 2
Denial of refugee status 1
Deportation / Forcible return 7
Diplomatic assurances 1
Disappeared persons 22
Discrimination based on race, nationality, ethnicity 4
Domestic violence 3
Druze 6
Economic, social and cultural rights 5
Effective remedy 2
Elections 2
Entry / Exit 3
Extrajudicial executions 15
False documents 1
Family law 1
Family reunification 4
Female genital mutilation (FGM) 1
Forced marriage 2
Foreign occupation 20
Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment 42
Freedom of assembly and association 10
Freedom of conscience 1
Freedom of expression 24
Freedom of information 15
Freedom of movement 12
Freedom of religion 5
Freedom of speech 10
Gender discrimination 10
Gender mainstreaming 1
Gender-based persecution 12
Generalized violence 1
Good governance 18
Gross, systematic and large-scale 4
Group / Prima facie determination 1
HIV and AIDS 2
Hindu 1
Hmong 1
Honour killings 2
Housing, land and property rights (HLP) 10
Human Rights Council 22
Human rights activists 13
Human rights and fundamental freedoms 44
Human rights law 2
Human rights monitors 1
Humanitarian assistance 47
Humanitarian protection (including tolerated stay) 1
IDP camps 1
Immigration Detention 5
Immigration control after entry 1
Impunity 6
Independence of judiciary 7
Integration 6
Internal armed conflict 79
Internal flight alternative (IFA) / Internal relocation alternative (IRA) / Internal protection alternative (IPA) 1
Internally displaced persons (IDPs) 44
International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) 1
International armed conflict 7
International courts and tribunals 2
International criminal law 4
International humanitarian law (IHL) / Geneva Conventions 25
International protection 2
Involuntary repatriation 1
Iranians 1
Jehovah's Witness 2
Jew 2
Kurd 31
Landmines, unexploded ordnance (UXO) and improvised explosive devices (IEDs) 1
Legal representation / Legal aid 4
Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) 7
Livelihoods 1
Maronite 1
Maternal and child health care 3
Mental health 4
Mentally disadvantaged persons 3
Migrants 3
Military courts 3
Military operations 37
Military service / Conscientious objection / Desertion / Draft evasion / Forced conscription 4
Minorities 12
Minority rights 2
Muslim 9
Nomads 1
Non-refoulement 4
Non-state agents of persecution 6
Older persons 4
Opposition 22
Orthodox Christian 1
Palestinian 19
Passports 1
Peace agreements 2
Peace process 3
Peacekeeping 11
Persecution based on class/wealth/occupation 1
Persecution based on political opinion 3
Persecution of family members 2
Persecution on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity 4
Persons of concern to UNHCR 1
Persons with disabilities 13
Police 3
Political groups 5
Political parties 7
Political situation 61
Polygamy 1
Pre-entry procedures 1
Prevention of discrimination 1
Prison or detention conditions 18
Prostitution / Commercial sex work 1
Protection of civilian persons in time of war 34
Protests / Demonstrations / Riots / Civil unrest 4
Public health 9
Racial / Ethnic persecution 1
Re-entry 1
Reception 4
Reconciliation 2
Referendum 2
Refoulement 3
Refugee / Asylum law 2
Refugee camps 10
Refugee identity documents 2
Refugee seamen 1
Refugee status determination (RSD) / Asylum procedures 3
Refugees 78
Registration 6
Rejected asylum-seekers 2
Rejection at border 1
Religious discrimination 3
Religious persecution (including forced conversion) 4
Rescue at sea / Interception at sea 1
Resettlement 7
Residence permits / Residency 2
Return conditions 1
Returnees 1
Right to a nationality 1
Right to education 13
Right to employment 4
Right to family life 1
Right to food 4
Right to health 10
Right to liberty and security 2
Right to life 2
Right to registration at birth 5
Right to seek asylum 3
Right to self-determination 4
Rights of non-citizens 4
Roma 1
Rule of law / Due process / Procedural fairness 16
SGBV 29
Sabean Mandean 1
Salafi 3
Sanctions 8
Security forces 24
Security situation 92
Sexual and reproductive rights 2
Shia 10
Single heads of household 1
Social group discrimination 2
State of emergency 1
State protection 1
Statelessness 12
Sunni 10
Survivors of trafficking / Persons at risk of trafficking 2
Temporary protection 3
Terrorism 58
Torture 9
Trafficking in persons 8
Transitional justice (including amnesty laws) 1
Turkmen 2
UNHCR mandate 1
Unaccompanied / Separated children 5
Universal Periodic Review (UPR) 5
Urban refugees 4
Visas 3
Voluntary repatriation 3
War crimes 14
Widowed persons 1
Women's rights 19
Women-at-risk 19
Work permits 2
Yazīdī 3

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Report of the Secretary-General on the United Nations Disengagement Observer Force for the period from 29 August to 18 November 2015 3 December 2015 \| Publisher: UN Security Council \| Document type: Country Reports
Can States and Localities Bar the Resettlement of Syrian Refugees Within Their Jurisdictions? 28 November 2015 \| Publisher: United States Congressional Research Service \| Document type: Country Reports
The Islamic State—Frequently Asked Questions: Threats, Global Implications, and U.S. Policy Responses 25 November 2015 \| Publisher: United States Congressional Research Service \| Document type: Country Reports
State Sponsors of Acts of International Terrorism - Legislative Parameters: In Brief 19 November 2015 \| Publisher: United States Congressional Research Service \| Document type: Country Reports
Syrian Refugee Admissions and Resettlement in the United States: In Brief 19 November 2015 \| Publisher: United States Congressional Research Service \| Document type: Country Reports
The "Islamic State" and U.S. Policy 18 November 2015 \| Publisher: United States Congressional Research Service \| Document type: Country Reports
Report of the Secretary-General on the implementation of Security Council resolutions 2139 (2014), 2165 (2014) and 2191 (2014) 11 November 2015 \| Publisher: UN Security Council \| Document type: Country Reports
"When I Picture My Future, I See Nothing" - Barriers to Education for Syrian Refugee Children in Turkey 8 November 2015 \| Publisher: Human Rights Watch \| Document type: Country Reports
'Between Prison and the Grave' - Enforced Disappearances In Syria 5 November 2015 \| Publisher: Amnesty International \| Document type: Country Reports
Report of the Secretary-General on the implementation of Security Council resolutions 2139 (2014), 2165 (2014) and 2191 (2014) 22 October 2015 \| Publisher: UN Security Council \| Document type: Country Reports

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