Syrian Arab Republic

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Abduction 22
Abuse of psychiatry 1
Access to procedures 2
Access to water 4
Administrative law 1
Africans 1
Agents of persecution 1
Alawi 7
Albinism/Persons with Albinism 1
Anti-terrorism law 2
Appeal / Right to appeal 2
Arabs 9
Arbitrary arrest and detention 54
Armed attacks on camps 1
Armed forces / Military 62
Armed groups / Militias / Paramilitary forces / Resistance movements 68
Armenian 2
Assyrians 4
Asylum policy 1
Asylum-migration nexus 1
Asylum-seekers 19
Baluchis 1
Border conflict 20
Border controls 3
Border crossers 4
Burden-sharing and international co-operation 3
Camp management 3
Catholic 3
Ceasefire 10
Chechen 1
Child labour 4
Child prostitution 2
Child soldiers 11
Children's rights 31
Children-at-risk 34
Christian 12
Civil and political rights 1
Civil war 35
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 33
Convention against Torture (CAT) 1
Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) 1
Copts 1
Corruption 4
Country of origin information (COI) 3
Crimes against humanity 17
Criminal justice 6
Death in custody 6
Death penalty 5
Demobilization / Disarmament 8
Democracy 2
Denial of refugee status 1
Deportation / Forcible return 7
Diplomatic assurances 1
Disappeared persons 26
Discrimination based on race, nationality, ethnicity 4
Domestic violence 4
Druze 5
Economic, social and cultural rights 7
Effective protection 1
Effective remedy 4
Elections 5
Entry / Exit 3
Evidence (including age and language assessments / medico-legal reports) 1
Extrajudicial executions 18
False documents 1
Family law 1
Family reunification 4
Female genital mutilation (FGM) 1
Forced labour 1
Forced marriage 2
Foreign occupation 22
Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment 49
Freedom of assembly and association 13
Freedom of conscience 1
Freedom of expression 26
Freedom of information 16
Freedom of movement 13
Freedom of religion 7
Freedom of speech 11
Gender discrimination 10
Gender mainstreaming 1
Gender-based persecution 14
Generalized violence 1
Genocide 1
Good governance 19
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) 14
Human Rights Council 22
Human rights activists 15
Human rights and fundamental freedoms 49
Human rights law 2
Human rights monitors 1
Humanitarian assistance 58
Humanitarian protection (including tolerated stay) 1
IDP camps 1
Immigration Detention 5
Immigration control after entry 1
Impunity 7
Independence of judiciary 7
Integration 9
Internal armed conflict 86
Internal flight alternative (IFA) / Internal relocation alternative (IRA) / Internal protection alternative (IPA) 1
Internally displaced persons (IDPs) 49
International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) 1
International armed conflict 8
International courts and tribunals 2
International criminal law 4
International humanitarian law (IHL) / Geneva Conventions 27
International protection 2
Involuntary repatriation 1
Iranians 1
Jehovah's Witness 2
Jew 3
Kurd 36
Landmines, unexploded ordnance (UXO) and improvised explosive devices (IEDs) 1
Legal representation / Legal aid 5
Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) 11
Livelihoods 4
Maronite 1
Maternal and child health care 6
Mental health 5
Mentally disadvantaged persons 3
Migrants 5
Military courts 3
Military operations 48
Military service / Conscientious objection / Desertion / Draft evasion / Forced conscription 7
Minorities 13
Minority rights 2
Muslim 12
National security / Public order 1
Nomads 1
Non-refoulement 4
Non-state agents of persecution 12
Older persons 4
Opposition 23
Orthodox Christian 1
Palestinian 27
Passports 1
Peace agreements 5
Peace process 4
Peacekeeping 13
Persecution based on class/wealth/occupation 2
Persecution based on political opinion 4
Persecution of family members 2
Persecution on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity 6
Persons of concern to UNHCR 1
Persons with disabilities 16
Police 3
Political groups 5
Political parties 8
Political situation 68
Polygamy 1
Pre-entry procedures 1
Prevention of discrimination 1
Prison or detention conditions 22
Prostitution / Commercial sex work 1
Protection of civilian persons in time of war 41
Protests / Demonstrations / Riots / Civil unrest 7
Public health 9
Racial / Ethnic persecution 1
Re-entry 1
Reception 4
Reconciliation 2
Referendum 4
Refoulement 4
Refugee / Asylum law 2
Refugee camps 11
Refugee identity documents 2
Refugee seamen 1
Refugee status determination (RSD) / Asylum procedures 3
Refugees 105
Registration 6
Rejected asylum-seekers 2
Rejection at border 1
Religious discrimination 4
Religious persecution (including forced conversion) 9
Rescue at sea / Interception at sea 1
Resettlement 13
Residence permits / Residency 4
Return conditions 1
Returnees 3
Right to a nationality 1
Right to education 23
Right to employment 7
Right to family life 1
Right to food 6
Right to health 15
Right to justice 3
Right to liberty and security 3
Right to life 2
Right to registration at birth 6
Right to seek asylum 4
Right to self-determination 4
Rights of non-citizens 4
Roma 1
Rule of law / Due process / Procedural fairness 16
SGBV 36
Sabean Mandean 1
Salafi 4
Sanctions 8
Secondary movement 1
Security forces 25
Security situation 103
Sexual and reproductive rights 2
Shia 11
Single heads of household 1
Social group discrimination 2
State of emergency 1
State protection 1
Statelessness 13
Sunni 10
Survivors of trafficking / Persons at risk of trafficking 4
Temporary protection 5
Terrorism 78
Torture 12
Trafficking in persons 8
Transitional justice (including amnesty laws) 1
Turkmen 5
UNHCR mandate 1
Unaccompanied / Separated children 6
Universal Periodic Review (UPR) 5
Urban refugees 5
Visas 3
Voluntary repatriation 4
War crimes 16
Widowed persons 1
Women's rights 24
Women-at-risk 27
Work permits 3
Yazīdī 4

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'It Breaks the Human': Torture, Disease and Death in Syria's Prisons 18 August 2016 \| Publisher: Amnesty International \| Document type: Country Reports
Implementation of Security Council resolutions 2139 (2014), 2165 (2014), 2191 (2014) and 2258 (2015) 16 August 2016 \| Publisher: UN Security Council \| Document type: Country Reports
Al Qaeda and U.S. Policy: Middle East and Africa 11 August 2016 \| Publisher: United States Congressional Research Service \| Document type: Country Reports
Report of the Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Syrian Arab Republic 11 August 2016 \| Publisher: UN Human Rights Council \| Document type: Country Reports
A Call for Accountability and Protection: Yezidi Survivors of Atrocities Committed by ISIL August 2016 \| Publisher: UN Assistance Mission for Iraq (UNAMI) \| Document type: Country Reports
Helping to Save Lives and Rebuild Communities August 2016 \| Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) \| Document type: Country Reports
'Torture Was My Punishment' - Abductions, Torture and Summary Killings Under Armed Group Rule in Aleppo and Idleb, Syria 5 July 2016 \| Publisher: Amnesty International \| Document type: Country Reports
Syrian Refugee Journalists: Leaving...to Tell the Tale 20 June 2016 \| Publisher: Reporters Without Borders \| Document type: Country Reports
Implementation of Security Council resolutions 2139 (2014), 2165 (2014), 2191 (2014) and 2258 (2015) 17 June 2016 \| Publisher: UN Security Council \| Document type: Country Reports
"They came to destroy": ISIS Crimes Against the Yazidis 15 June 2016 \| Publisher: UN Human Rights Council \| Document type: Country Reports

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