This document is part of a series of notes meant to offer an overview of some key economic and social rights. It provides guidance to partners on how to apply relevant IHRL/IHL norms as well as easy...
This document is part of a series of notes meant to offer an overview of some key economic and social rights in Syria. It provides guidance to partners on how to use relevant human rights norms as...
Syrian returnees subjected to “gross human rights violations and abuses”, UN report details Many Syrians who had fled the war face gross human rights violations and abuses upon their return to Syria,...
Commissioner Lynn Welchman’s remarks to webinar The policy paper we are presenting today focuses on the direct negative consequences of the protracted conflict on women and girls in Syria,...
This Digest on Syria is prepared by the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR). It is intended to provide an overview of the impact of armed conflict and violence on...
The issue of conflict-related missing persons and detainees remains of serious concern in Syria. In the course of the conflict anti-Government armed groups have subjected individuals to kidnapping,...
Between a Rock and a Hard Place – Civilians in North-western Syria Parts of north-western Syria are currently under the control of Turkish forces and a number of affiliated Syrian armed groups that...
The situation in areas currently under the control of armed opposition groups, primarily the Hay’at Tahrir Al-Sham alliance (including the group formerly known as Jabhat Al-Nusra), in Idleb...
The declaration of “de-escalation” areas in certain parts of Syria, along with the Government of Syria having taken control over the most populated cities in Syria, including those from which...
Overall levels of violence affecting the well-being of civilians in the majority of areas covered by the 4 May 2017 "Memorandum on the Creation of De-escalation Areas in the Syrian Arab Republic"...
Radically increased airstrikes in and around Ar-Raqqa city have resulted in high civilian casualties in this area. At the same time, the dramatic reduction in military engagements including...
OHCHR continues to receive reports of the alleged targeting of persons believed to be affiliated with enemy parties to the conflict in contravention of international law. Such reports include the...
The situation facing civilians in Islamic State-held areas continues to be of increasing concern. In the city of Ar-Raqqa alone up to 100,000 civilians are now trapped inside the city alongside...
The significant number of civilian casualties as a result of airstrikes and ground-based strikes hitting areas under the control of IS remains and issue of serious concern. These strikes are taking...
Increasing attacks aimed at causing large numbers of casualties are putting civilians at grave risk as well as fuelling calls for further violence and pushing the parties to the conflict together...
“With additional killings reported from earlier periods, in addition to the new killings that have taken place, the total is more than double the number documented a year ago," Navi Pillay said.
“The best thing is when you pass out, because then the pain stops.” University student detained in Hama Victims of torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment languish in official and...
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An estimated 240,000 people remain trapped in areas under siege in Syria. The paper focuses on several ongoing sieges in the Governorates of Rural Damascus, Damascus, Homs and Aleppo.
An updated analysis has led to the compilation of a list of 92,901 documented cases of individuals killed in Syria between March 2011 and the end of April 2013.
An analysis has resulted in a list of 59,648 individuals reported killed in Syria between 15 March 2011 and 30 November 2012.
