Syrian Arab Republic

Country Information 512

Abduction 22
Abuse of psychiatry 1
Access to procedures 2
Access to water 6
Administrative law 1
Afars 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 52
Armed attacks on camps 1
Armed forces / Military 77
Armed groups / Militias / Paramilitary forces / Resistance movements 83
Armenian 3
Assyrians 4
Asylum policy 1
Asylum-migration nexus 1
Asylum-seekers 20
Baluchis 1
Border conflict 23
Border controls 3
Border crossers 5
Burden-sharing and international co-operation 4
Camp management 3
Catholic 3
Ceasefire 11
Chechen 1
Child labour 4
Child prostitution 2
Child soldiers 9
Children's rights 34
Children-at-risk 36
Christian 13
Civil and political rights 1
Civil war 55
Climate change (including environmental migrants) 1
Combatants / Former combatants 1
Communal conflict / Social conflict 4
Community development 3
Conflict prevention 3
Conflict resolution 2
Conflict situation 41
Contemporary forms of slavery 1
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 18
Criminal justice 7
Death in custody 7
Death penalty 7
Demobilization / Disarmament 8
Democracy 2
Denial of refugee status 1
Deportation / Forcible return 7
Diplomatic assurances 1
Disappeared persons 27
Discrimination based on race, nationality, ethnicity 4
Domestic violence 4
Druze 6
Economic, social and cultural rights 8
Effective protection 1
Effective remedy 5
Elections 6
Entry / Exit 3
Evacuation 2
Evidence (including age and language assessments / medico-legal reports) 1
Extrajudicial executions 20
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 54
Freedom of assembly and association 14
Freedom of conscience 1
Freedom of expression 28
Freedom of information 17
Freedom of movement 18
Freedom of religion 8
Freedom of speech 12
Gender discrimination 11
Gender mainstreaming 1
Gender-based persecution 15
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 26
Human rights activists 15
Human rights and fundamental freedoms 48
Human rights law 2
Human rights monitors 1
Humanitarian assistance 65
Humanitarian protection (including tolerated stay) 1
IDP camps 1
Illegal entry 1
Immigration Detention 6
Immigration control after entry 1
Impunity 9
Independence of judiciary 7
Integration 12
Internal armed conflict 83
Internal flight alternative (IFA) / Internal relocation alternative (IRA) / Internal protection alternative (IPA) 1
Internally displaced persons (IDPs) 53
International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) 1
International armed conflict 10
International courts and tribunals 2
International criminal law 4
International humanitarian law (IHL) / Geneva Conventions 29
International protection 2
Involuntary repatriation 1
Iranians 1
Ismaili 1
Jehovah's Witness 2
Jew 3
Kurd 42
Landmines, unexploded ordnance (UXO) and improvised explosive devices (IEDs) 1
Legal representation / Legal aid 6
Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) 13
Livelihoods 9
Maronite 1
Maternal and child health care 7
Mental health 5
Mentally disadvantaged persons 3
Migrants 5
Military courts 3
Military operations 66
Military service / Conscientious objection / Desertion / Draft evasion / Forced conscription 8
Minorities 13
Minority rights 3
Muslim 12
National security / Public order 2
Nomads 1
Non-refoulement 4
Non-state agents of persecution 18
Older persons 4
Opposition 25
Orthodox Christian 1
Palestinian 30
Passports 1
Peace agreements 6
Peace process 4
Peacekeeping 14
Persecution based on class/wealth/occupation 2
Persecution based on political opinion 5
Persecution of family members 2
Persecution on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity 8
Persons of concern to UNHCR 1
Persons with disabilities 16
Police 3
Political groups 5
Political parties 11
Political situation 77
Polygamy 1
Pre-entry procedures 1
Prevention of discrimination 1
Prison or detention conditions 22
Prisoners of war 1
Prostitution / Commercial sex work 1
Protection of civilian persons in time of war 47
Protests / Demonstrations / Riots / Civil unrest 14
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 118
Registration 7
Rejected asylum-seekers 2
Rejection at border 1
Religious discrimination 5
Religious persecution (including forced conversion) 10
Rescue at sea / Interception at sea 1
Resettlement 13
Residence permits / Residency 6
Return conditions 1
Returnees 3
Right to a nationality 1
Right to education 27
Right to employment 7
Right to family life 1
Right to food 8
Right to health 18
Right to justice 4
Right to liberty and security 3
Right to life 3
Right to registration at birth 6
Right to seek asylum 5
Right to self-determination 5
Rights of non-citizens 4
Roma 1
Rule of law / Due process / Procedural fairness 17
SGBV 42
Sabean Mandean 1
Salafi 4
Sanctions 8
Secondary movement 1
Security forces 25
Security situation 116
Sexual and reproductive rights 2
Shia 11
Single heads of household 1
Social group discrimination 2
State of emergency 2
State protection 1
Statelessness 14
Sunni 10
Survivors of trafficking / Persons at risk of trafficking 5
Temporary protection 5
Terrorism 92
Torture 14
Trafficking in persons 9
Transitional justice (including amnesty laws) 1
Turkmen 5
UNHCR mandate 1
Unaccompanied / Separated children 6
Universal Periodic Review (UPR) 8
Urban refugees 5
Visas 4
Voluntary repatriation 5
War crimes 17
Widowed persons 1
Women's rights 25
Women-at-risk 30
Work permits 3
Yazīdī 5

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Armed Conflict in Syria: Overview and U.S. Response 26 May 2017 \| Publisher: United States Congressional Research Service \| Document type: Country Reports
Implementation of Security Council resolutions 2139 (2014), 2165 (2014), 2191 (2014), 2258 (2015) and 2332 (2016) 23 May 2017 \| Publisher: UN Security Council \| Document type: Country Reports
The PKK's Fateful Choice in Northern Syria 4 May 2017 \| Publisher: International Crisis Group (ICG) \| Document type: Country Reports
Fighting ISIS: The Road to and beyond Raqqa 28 April 2017 \| Publisher: International Crisis Group (ICG) \| Document type: Country Reports
Armed Conflict in Syria: Overview and U.S. Response 26 April 2017 \| Publisher: United States Congressional Research Service \| Document type: Country Reports
Implementation of Security Council resolutions 2139 (2014), 2165 (2014), 2191 (2014), 2258 (2015) and 2332 (2016) 19 April 2017 \| Publisher: UN Security Council \| Document type: Country Reports
Attack on the Omar Ibn al-Khatab Mosque: US Authorities' Failure to Take Adequate Precautions 18 April 2017 \| Publisher: Human Rights Watch \| Document type: Country Reports
Implementation of Security Council resolutions 2139 (2014), 2165 (2014), 2191 (2014), 2258 (2015) and 2332 (2016) 22 March 2017 \| Publisher: UN Security Council \| Document type: Country Reports
Hizbollah's Syria Conundrum 14 March 2017 \| Publisher: International Crisis Group (ICG) \| Document type: Country Reports
Hitting Rock Bottom: How 2016 became the worst year for Syria's children 8 March 2017 \| Publisher: UN Children's Fund (UNICEF) \| Document type: Country Reports

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