Syrian Arab Republic

• Annual Reports 27
• Country News 256
• Country Reports 38
• Speeches/Statements 1
• Thematic Reports 1

• Abduction 8
• Access to procedures 1
• Access to water 1
• Agents of persecution 1
• Alawi 1
• Anti-terrorism law 1
• Arabs 1
• Arbitrary arrest and detention 60
• Armed attacks on camps 2
• Armed forces / Military 31
• Armed groups / Militias / Paramilitary forces / Resistance movements 29
• Asylum policy 1
• Asylum-seekers 20
• Border conflict 1
• Border controls 5
• Border crossers 5
• Ceasefire 1
• Child labour 1
• Child soldiers 7
• Children's rights 10
• Children-at-risk 13
• Christian 1
• Civil and political rights 3
• Civil war 37
• Communal conflict / Social conflict 1
• Conflict resolution 4
• Conflict situation 18
• Contemporary forms of slavery 1
• Convention against Torture (CAT) 1
• Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) 1
• Crimes against humanity 9
• Criminal justice 7
• Death in custody 9
• Demobilization / Disarmament 1
• Deportation / Forcible return 8
• Diplomatic assurances 1
• Disappeared persons 26
• Discrimination based on race, nationality, ethnicity 7
• Effective remedy 7
• Entry / Exit 3
• Evacuation 1
• Expedited procedures 1
• Expulsion 2
• Extrajudicial executions 15
• Flight by land, air or sea 1
• Forced marriage 1
• Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment 38
• Freedom of assembly and association 21
• Freedom of expression 38
• Freedom of information 26
• Freedom of movement 6
• Freedom of religion 1
• Freedom of speech 24
• Gender discrimination 4
• Gender-based persecution 2
• Good governance 13
• Gross, systematic and large-scale 5
• Honour killings 1
• Housing, land and property rights (HLP) 1
• Human Rights Council 2
• Human rights activists 30
• Human rights and fundamental freedoms 27
• Human rights courts 1
• Human rights monitors 5
• Humanitarian assistance 21
• Immigration Detention 3
• Immigration control after entry 1
• Immigration law 1
• Impunity 4
• Independence of judiciary 1
• Integration 1
• Internal armed conflict 48
• Internally displaced persons (IDPs) 7
• International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) 1
• International armed conflict 1
• International courts and tribunals 11
• International criminal law 8
• International humanitarian law (IHL) / Geneva Conventions 18
• Jurisdiction 1
• Kurd 22
• Landmines, unexploded ordnance (UXO) and improvised explosive devices (IEDs) 7
• Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) 1
• Mandate status 1
• Migrants 10
• Military operations 26
• Military service / Conscientious objection / Desertion / Draft evasion / Forced conscription 1
• Minority rights 1
• National security / Public order 1
• Non-refoulement 4
• Non-state agents of persecution 5
• Opposition 19
• Palestinian 8
• Peace agreements 1
• Peace process 1
• Persecution based on class/wealth/occupation 4
• Persecution based on political opinion 11
• Persons with disabilities 2
• Police 2
• Political groups 2
• Political parties 7
• Political situation 18
• Pre-trial detention 1
• Prison or detention conditions 19
• Prostitution / Commercial sex work 1
• Protection of civilian persons in time of war 61
• Protests / Demonstrations / Riots / Civil unrest 5
• Public health 1
• Racial / Ethnic persecution 4
• Reception 3
• Refoulement 1
• Refugee / Asylum law 1
• Refugee camps 1
• Refugee seamen 1
• Refugees 47
• Registration 2
• Rejected asylum-seekers 2
• Rejection at border 10
• Rescue at sea / Interception at sea 1
• Resettlement 3
• Residence permits / Residency 1
• Right to education 8
• Right to health 3
• Right to justice 3
• Right to leave 1
• Right to life 2
• Right to seek asylum 9
• Rule of law / Due process / Procedural fairness 20
• SGBV 7
• Safe third country 1
• Sanctions 2
• Secondary movement 1
• Security forces 39
• Security situation 67
• Sharia law 2
• Shia 1
• Smuggling of persons 1
• Social group discrimination 1
• State of emergency 2
• Statelessness 1
• Survivors of trafficking / Persons at risk of trafficking 1
• Temporary admission 1
• Temporary protection 1
• Terrorism 15
• Torture 12
• Trafficking in persons 2
• Unaccompanied / Separated children 5
• War crimes 23
• Women's rights 10
• Women-at-risk 7
• Yazīdī 1

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• Amnesty International - Syria
• Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) - Syrian Arab Rep
• Human Rights Watch (HRW) - Syria
• Integrated Regional Information Networks (IRIN) - Syria
• Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre (IDMC) - Syria
• International Committee of the Red Cross - The ICRC in Syria
• International Crisis Group (ICG) - Syria
• Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) - Syrian Arab Republic
• ReliefWeb - Syrian Arab Republic (the)
• Syrian Human Rights Committee (SHRC)
• UNHCR - Syrian Arab Republic
• United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) - Syrian Arab Republic
• United Nations Disengagement Observer Force (UNDOF)
• United Nations Truce Supervision Organization (UNTSO)
• United States Department of State - Syria
• Women's Learning Partnership - Claiming Equal Citizenship
• World Food Programme (WFP) - Syria
• World Health Organization (WHO) - Syrian Arab Republic