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OHCHR has a mandate to ensure the inclusion of the rights of persons with disabilities in the United Nations system by raising awareness, understanding and recognition of disability as a human rights...

Located in northeastern Syria, in an area under the de facto authority of the Autonomous Administration of Northeast Syria (AANES), al-Hol camp is run by the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), a...

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 apply relevant IHRL/IHL norms as well...

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 use relevant human rights norms as well as an...

This document is part of a series of notes meant to offer an overview of key economic and social rights. It provides guidance to partners on how to use relevant human rights norms and easy access to...

In September 2020, the Netherlands invoked Syria’s responsibility for human rights violations committed during more than a decade of conflict and violence under the UN Convention against Torture and...

OHCHR has a mandate to ensure the inclusion of the rights of persons with disabilities in the United Nations system by raising awareness, understanding and recognition of disability as a human rights...

After 11 years of violence and conflict in Syria, the decrease in hostilities and narratives of normalisation hide a grim reality that remains as pressing as ever: the need to address the tragedy of...

Over the decade of conflict and violence in Syria, scores of international humanitarian law (IHL) violations and international human rights law (IHRL) violations and abuses have been committed by all...

Background Many ISIL fighters (or alleged ISIL fighters) and their families, as well as those presumed to have been associated with fighters or to have family ties with them, are being held in areas...

Determining the existence of a belligerent occupation for the purposes of international law The 1907 Hague Regulations (“Hague Regulations”), Fourth Geneva Convention of 1949 (“Fourth Geneva...

Ongoing reports continue to be received on the recruitment and use of children in hostilities in Syria, in violation of international humanitarian and human rights law. The Security Council-mandated...

International Humanitarian Law Article 3 common to the three Geneva Conventions (Common Article 3)- applicable both to state and non-state actors, lays out that in non-international armed conflicts...

The Syrian conflict has been characterised by the damaging or destruction of a high number of medical units. The sheer number of incidents recorded alone indicates that in many cases such facilities...

An increasing number of localised ceasefire agreements are being agreed between armed opposition groups and the Government of Syria. While efforts aimed at ending the fighting are to be encouraged,...

This note seeks to provide humanitarians working in Syria and other relevant actors with an overview of some of the key international humanitarian law (IHL) and international human rights law (IHRL)...

In the context of the ongoing conflict in Syria there has at times been some confusion surrounding the difference between the international humanitarian law principle prohibiting the use of...