Dear friends, It is a pleasure to see you all. I am joined here virtually by my fellow Commissioners Hanny Megally and Lynn Welchman. Please allow me a moment to very briefly introduce Professor...

Dear friends, It is a pleasure to see you all. I am joined here virtually by my fellow Commissioners Hanny Megally and Lynn Welchman. Please allow me a moment to very briefly introduce Professor...

GENEVA - The recent escalation in violence combined with a plunging war economy and a devastating humanitarian crisis are inflicting new levels of hardship and suffering on a Syrian civilian...

GENEVA (13 January 2022) - The UN Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Syrian Arab Republic today welcomed the verdict announced by the Koblenz Higher Regional Court in the case of...

GENEVA (1 December 2021) – The President of the Human Rights Council, Ambassador Nazhat Shameem Khan of Fiji, announced today the appointment of Lynn Welchman of the United Kingdom of Great Britain...

New York/São Paulo (Virtual), 25 October 2021 Monsieur le Président de l'Assemblée Générale des Nations Unies, Excellencies, Colleagues, Mesdames et Messieurs, Last month, we presented our 36th report...

Addressing the Third Committee of the General Assembly today, the Chair of the UN Syria Commission of Inquiry, Paulo Pinheiro, warned the international community that while some might be thinking the...

Madam President, Excellencies, Ten years after this body established our Commission, the parties to the conflict continue to perpetrate war crimes and crimes against humanity and infringing the basic...