Syrian Arab Republic

Country Information 568

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 8
Albinism/Persons with Albinism 1
Anti-terrorism law 3
Appeal / Right to appeal 2
Arabs 9
Arbitrary arrest and detention 54
Armed attacks on camps 1
Armed forces / Military 97
Armed groups / Militias / Paramilitary forces / Resistance movements 96
Armenian 3
Assyrians 4
Asylum policy 1
Asylum-migration nexus 2
Asylum-seekers 22
Baluchis 1
Border conflict 23
Border controls 3
Border crossers 5
Burden-sharing and international co-operation 4
Camp management 3
Catholic 3
Ceasefire 13
Chechen 1
Child labour 5
Child prostitution 2
Child soldiers 9
Children's rights 36
Children-at-risk 38
Christian 13
Civil and political rights 1
Civil war 78
Climate change (including environmental migrants) 2
Combatants / Former combatants 1
Communal conflict / Social conflict 4
Community development 3
Conflict prevention 3
Conflict resolution 4
Conflict situation 45
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 5
Country of origin information (COI) 3
Crimes against humanity 19
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 28
Discrimination based on race, nationality, ethnicity 5
Domestic violence 4
Druze 7
Economic, social and cultural rights 9
Effective protection 1
Effective remedy 5
Elections 6
Entry / Exit 4
Evacuation 3
Evidence (including age and language assessments / medico-legal reports) 1
Exclusion clauses 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 23
Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment 55
Freedom of assembly and association 14
Freedom of conscience 1
Freedom of expression 28
Freedom of information 17
Freedom of movement 20
Freedom of religion 9
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 3
Housing, land and property rights (HLP) 14
Human Rights Council 26
Human rights activists 15
Human rights and fundamental freedoms 54
Human rights law 2
Human rights monitors 3
Humanitarian assistance 77
Humanitarian protection (including tolerated stay) 1
IDP camps 1
Illegal entry 1
Immigration Detention 6
Immigration control after entry 1
Impunity 12
Independence of judiciary 7
Integration 14
Internal armed conflict 90
Internal flight alternative (IFA) / Internal relocation alternative (IRA) / Internal protection alternative (IPA) 1
Internally displaced persons (IDPs) 61
International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) 1
International armed conflict 17
International courts and tribunals 2
International criminal law 4
International humanitarian law (IHL) / Geneva Conventions 34
International protection 2
Involuntary repatriation 1
Iranians 1
Ismaili 1
Jehovah's Witness 2
Jew 3
Kurd 49
Landmines, unexploded ordnance (UXO) and improvised explosive devices (IEDs) 1
Legal representation / Legal aid 6
Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) 13
Livelihoods 11
Maronite 1
Maternal and child health care 7
Mental health 4
Mentally disadvantaged persons 3
Migrants 7
Military courts 3
Military operations 83
Military service / Conscientious objection / Desertion / Draft evasion / Forced conscription 11
Minorities 14
Minority rights 4
Muslim 12
National security / Public order 2
Nomads 1
Non-refoulement 4
Non-state agents of persecution 28
Older persons 4
Opposition 26
Orthodox Christian 1
Palestinian 33
Passports 2
Peace agreements 6
Peace process 5
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 9
Persons of concern to UNHCR 1
Persons with disabilities 16
Police 3
Political groups 5
Political parties 11
Political situation 86
Polygamy 1
Pre-entry procedures 1
Prevention of discrimination 1
Prison or detention conditions 23
Prisoners of war 1
Prostitution / Commercial sex work 1
Protection of civilian persons in time of war 63
Protests / Demonstrations / Riots / Civil unrest 14
Public health 8
Racial / Ethnic persecution 1
Re-entry 2
Readmission 1
Reception 4
Reconciliation 2
Referendum 5
Refoulement 4
Refugee / Asylum law 2
Refugee camps 12
Refugee identity documents 2
Refugee seamen 1
Refugee status determination (RSD) / Asylum procedures 3
Refugees 122
Registration 8
Reintegration 2
Rejected asylum-seekers 2
Rejection at border 1
Religious discrimination 6
Religious persecution (including forced conversion) 11
Rescue at sea / Interception at sea 1
Resettlement 15
Residence permits / Residency 6
Return conditions 3
Returnees 6
Right to a nationality 2
Right to education 28
Right to employment 8
Right to family life 1
Right to food 8
Right to health 19
Right to justice 5
Right to liberty and security 3
Right to life 3
Right to registration at birth 7
Right to seek asylum 5
Right to self-determination 5
Rights of non-citizens 4
Roma 1
Rule of law / Due process / Procedural fairness 18
Sabean Mandean 1
Salafi 4
Sanctions 8
Secondary movement 1
Security forces 26
Security situation 122
Sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV) 44
Sexual and reproductive rights 2
Shia 12
Single heads of household 1
Social group discrimination 2
State of emergency 2
State protection 1
Statelessness 15
Statelessness Determination Procedures 1
Sunni 11
Survivors of trafficking / Persons at risk of trafficking 5
Temporary protection 5
Terrorism 102
Torture 14
Trafficking in persons 9
Transitional justice (including amnesty laws) 2
Turkmen 5
UNHCR mandate 1
Unaccompanied / Separated children 7
Universal Periodic Review (UPR) 8
Urban refugees 6
Visas 4
Voluntary repatriation 5
War crimes 19
Widowed persons 1
Women's rights 29
Women-at-risk 32
Work permits 4
Yazīdī 5

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Jordan: Background and U.S. Relations 14 November 2017 \| Publisher: United States Congressional Research Service \| Document type: Country Reports
'We Leave or We Die' - Forced Displacement Under Syria's 'reconciliation' Agreements 13 November 2017 \| Publisher: Amnesty International \| Document type: Country Reports
Turkey: Background and U.S. Relations In Brief 9 November 2017 \| Publisher: United States Congressional Research Service \| Document type: Country Reports
Israeli settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and the occupied Syrian Golan : report of the Secretary-General 1 November 2017 \| Publisher: UN General Assembly \| Document type: Country Reports
Returnees in Syria - Sustainable reintegration and durable solutions, or a return to displacement? November 2017 \| Publisher: Norwegian Refugee Council/Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre (NRC/IDMC) \| Document type: Country Reports
A promise of tomorrow: the effects of UNHCR and UNICEF cash assistance on Syrian refugees in Jordan November 2017 \| Publisher: Overseas Development Institute (ODI) \| Document type: Country Reports
Armed Conflict in Syria: Overview and U.S. Response 13 October 2017 \| Publisher: United States Congressional Research Service \| Document type: Country Reports
Syria's Chemical Weapons: Continuing Challenges 11 October 2017 \| Publisher: United States Congressional Research Service \| Document type: Country Reports
"These are the Crimes we are Fleeing" - Justice for Syria in Swedish and German Courts 3 October 2017 \| Publisher: Human Rights Watch \| Document type: Country Reports
"We Keep It in Our Heart" - Sexual Violence Against Men and Boys in the Syria Crisis October 2017 \| Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) \| Document type: Country Reports

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