GENEVA (16 November 2023) – The UN Syria Commission of Inquiry welcomes today’s landmark order by the International Court of Justice in The Hague binding the Syrian Arab Republic to take all measures...

78th Session of the United Nations General Assembly Third Committee New York, 24 October 2023 Excellences, Collègues, Mesdames et Messieurs, In the context of the conflict in Syria you have heard us...

GENEVA (12 October 2023) – UN independent experts* today unequivocally condemned targeted and deadly violence directed at civilians in Israel and violent and indiscriminate attacks against Palestinian...

54th Session of the UN Human Rights Council Geneva, 22 September 2023 Monsieur le Président, Excellences, Bonjour, The present stalemate in Syria is intolerable. The war has not ended. There are no...

GENEVA (12 September 2023) – Despite diplomatic efforts to stabilize the situation in Syria, including through its re-admission to the League of Arab States, Syrians suffered from escalating fighting...

United Nations Human Rights Council 53rd Session of the UN Human Rights Council Geneva, 5 July 2023 Monsieur le Président du Conseil des Droits de l´Homme, Excellences, chers collègues, As we speak...

GENEVA (29 June 2023) – The UN Syria Commission of Inquiry lauds today’s UN General Assembly adoption of the resolution to establish an independent institution to clarify the fate and whereabouts of...

The policy paper ( العربية | English ) we are presenting today focuses on the direct negative consequences of the protracted conflict on women and girls in Syria, particularly as a result of massive...

Geneva, 21 March 2023 M. le President, Excellences, Today we offer our heartfelt condolences to the victims of last month’s devastating earthquake in Türkiye and the Syrian Arab Republic and we urge...

17 March 2023 This week marks 12 years of crisis and bloodshed in Syria. The country remains deeply divided, plagued by predatory armed actors, its people shelled by their own government and bombed by...