Syrian Arab Republic

• Annual Reports 23
• Country News 115
• Country Reports 17

• Abduction 3
• Arbitrary arrest and detention 33
• Armed attacks on camps 2
• Armed forces / Military 9
• Armed groups / Militias / Paramilitary forces / Resistance movements 5
• Asylum policy 1
• Asylum-seekers 5
• Border conflict 1
• Child soldiers 1
• Children's rights 2
• Children-at-risk 1
• Christian 1
• Civil and political rights 1
• Civil war 3
• Conflict resolution 2
• Conflict situation 13
• Convention against Torture (CAT) 1
• Crimes against humanity 5
• Criminal justice 5
• Death in custody 3
• Deportation / Forcible return 2
• Diplomatic assurances 1
• Disappeared persons 16
• Discrimination based on race, nationality, ethnicity 6
• Expedited procedures 1
• Extrajudicial executions 7
• Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment 30
• Freedom of assembly and association 18
• Freedom of expression 29
• Freedom of information 19
• Freedom of movement 1
• Freedom of religion 1
• Freedom of speech 22
• Gender discrimination 3
• Good governance 10
• Gross, systematic and large-scale 4
• Human Rights Council 2
• Human rights activists 17
• Human rights and fundamental freedoms 23
• Human rights courts 1
• Human rights monitors 4
• Humanitarian assistance 4
• Immigration Detention 2
• Immigration law 1
• Impunity 2
• Internal armed conflict 17
• Internally displaced persons (IDPs) 1
• International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) 1
• International armed conflict 1
• International criminal law 2
• International humanitarian law (IHL) / Geneva Conventions 8
• Jurisdiction 1
• Kurd 12
• Landmines, unexploded ordnance (UXO) and improvised explosive devices (IEDs) 6
• Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) 1
• Mandate status 1
• Military operations 4
• Minority rights 1
• National security / Public order 1
• Non-refoulement 1
• Opposition 11
• Palestinian 3
• Persecution based on political opinion 9
• Political groups 2
• Political parties 5
• Political situation 15
• Pre-trial detention 1
• Prison or detention conditions 12
• Protection of civilian persons in time of war 15
• Protests / Demonstrations / Riots / Civil unrest 1
• Public health 1
• Racial / Ethnic persecution 3
• Refugee camps 1
• Refugees 9
• Rejection at border 1
• Residence permits / Residency 1
• Right to health 1
• Right to life 2
• Right to seek asylum 2
• Rule of law / Due process / Procedural fairness 16
• SGBV 4
• Sanctions 1
• Security forces 34
• Security situation 54
• Shia 1
• State of emergency 1
• Temporary admission 1
• Temporary protection 1
• Terrorism 1
• Torture 7
• Trafficking in persons 1
• War crimes 5
• Women's rights 5

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• AlertNet - Syria
• 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