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Publications

	UN Human Rights Report 2019
	OHCHR Management Plan 2018-2021
	Human Rights in Action (PDF)
	A Handbook for Civil Society (PDF)

Syrian Arab Republic

Status of Ratifications
Reporting Status
Standing invitation to Special Procedures
(No invitation extended)
General Assembly Resolutions, Decisions and Chairperson's Statements
Human Rights Council Resolutions, Decisions and Chairperson's Statements
Commission on Human Rights Resolutions, Decisions and Chairperson's Statements
Voluntary Pledges and Commitments
(not member of the Human Rights Council)

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Syrian Arab Republic and UN Charter-based Bodies

Syrian Arab Republic and UN Treaty Bodies

Special Procedures

Country visits by Special Procedures

Most recent Special Procedures' reports

Report of the Special Rapporteur on the negative impact of unilateral coercive measures on the enjoyment of human rights - Mission to the Syrian Arab Republic (A/HRC/39/54/Add.2)
Advance Unedited Version

Report of the Special Rapporteur on the human rights of internally displaced - Mission in the Syrian Arab Republic (A/HRC/32/35/Add.2)

Report of the Special Rapporteur on the human rights of internally displaced persons on the situation of internally displaced persons in the Syrian Arab Republic (A/HRC/24/58)

Report of the Special Rapporteur on the right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health - Mission to the Syrian Arab Republic (A/HRC/17/25/Add.3)

Report of the Special Rapporteur on the right to food - Mission to the Syrian Arab Republic (A/HRC/16/49/Add.2)

Most recent reports by the UN Secretary-General, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights and Secretariat

Summary report of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights on the high-level panel discussion on the situation of human rights in the Syrian Arab Republic (A/HRC/35/15)

Secretary-General's Report to the GA on the situation of Human Rights in the Syrian Arab Republic (A/70/919)

Protection of and assistance to internally displaced persons : situation of internally displaced persons in the Syrian Arab Republic - Note by the Secretary-General (A/67/931)

Situation of human rights in the Syrian Arab Republic: implementation of Human Rights Council resolution 19/22 - Report of the Secretary-General (A/HRC/21/32)

Report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights on the situation of human rights in the Syrian Arab Republic (A/HRC/18/53)

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Main page of the Special Procedures

Most recent concluding observations

Committee on the Rights of the Child
Concluding observations (2019) CRC/C/SYR/CO/5

Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women
Concluding observations (2014) CEDAW/C/SYR/CO/2

Committee against Torture
Concluding observations (2012) CAT/C/SYR/CO/1/Add.2

Committee on Migrant Workers
Concluding observations (2008) CMW/C/SYR/CO/1

Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the involvement of children in armed conflict
Concluding observations (2007) CRC/C/OPAC/SYR/CO/1

Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the sale of children child prostitution and child pornography
Concluding observations (2006) CRC/C/OPSC/SYR/CO/1

Human Rights Committee
Concluding observations (2005) CCPR/CO/84/SYR

Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights
Concluding observations (2001) E/C.12/1/Add.63

Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination
Concluding observations (1999) CERD/C/304/Add.70

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Contact Information

Headquarters

Field Operations and Technical Cooperation Division (FOTCD)
Contact is in Geneva, Switzerland.
Middle East and North Africa Section
Tel. + 41 22 917 9777