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SYRIA
List of Documents
1.
General Information and Maps
Source:
United Nations. Cartographic Section.
Date of Document:
August 2022
Accessed Date:
1 December 2022
Title:
Syrie. L'Encyclopédie en ligne.
Accessed Date:
5 November 2012
Title:
Syria. The World Factbook.
Source:
United States. Central Intelligence Agency.
Date of Document:
2 December 2022
Accessed Date:
8 December 2022
Title:
Syrian Arab Republic: Humanitarian Atlas. Reference Maps.
Source:
United Nations. Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs.
Date of Document:
January 2017
Accessed Date:
29 September 2017
Title:
Syria: The 75-Day Siege of Daraa al-Balad
Source:
Syrians for Truth and Justice
Date of Document:
October 2021
Accessed Date:
1 December 2022
Title:
Country Policy and Information Note. Syria: Security situation. Version 1.0.
Source:
United Kingdom. Home Office.
Date of Document:
June 2022
Accessed Date:
1 December 2022
Title:
Syria: Health care services availability and accessibility in Damascus, Rural Damascus, Tartous and Latakia
Source:
Denmark. Danish Immigration Service.
Date of Document:
March 2022
Accessed Date:
1 December 2022
Title:
Armed Conflict in Syria: Overview and U.S. Response
Source:
United States. Congressional Research Service.
Date of Document:
8 November 2022
Accessed Date:
8 December 2022
Title:
Relevant Country of Origin Information to Assist with the Application of UNHCR's Country Guidance on Syria. Participation in Anti-Government Protests; Draft Evasion; Issuance and Application of Partial Amnesty Decrees; Residency in (Formerly...
Source:
United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
Date of Document:
7 May 2020
Accessed Date:
7 December 2020
Title:
Humanitarian Situation Overview in Syria (HSOS): Northeast Syria
Date of Document:
June 2022
Accessed Date:
1 December 2022
Title:
Syrie. L'aménagement linguistique dans le monde.
Source:
L'aménagement linguistique dans le monde
Date of Document:
22 April 2022
Accessed Date:
14 December 2022
Title:
International Protection Considerations with Regard to People Fleeing the Syrian Arab Republic, Update VI
Source:
United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
Date of Document:
March 2021
Accessed Date:
8 December 2021
Title:
Syria: Cholera outbreak in the northeastern regions
Source:
Assessment Capacities Project
Date of Document:
27 September 2022
Accessed Date:
1 December 2022
Title:
Siege Watch Final Report. Out of Sight, Out of Mind: The Aftermath of Syria's Sieges.
Date of Document:
6 March 2019
Author:
Valerie Szybala et al.
Accessed Date:
7 December 2020
Title:
Syria: Security and socio-economic situation in Tartous and Latakia governorates
Source:
Denmark. Danish Immigration Service.
Date of Document:
September 2021
Accessed Date:
8 December 2021
Title:
Syria: Fact-Finding Mission to Beirut and Damascus, April 2018
Source:
Finland. Finnish Immigration Service.
Date of Document:
14 December 2018
Accessed Date:
13 September 2019
Title:
Syrie: Reconquête du Sud par l'armée syrienne et accord de reddition
Source:
Swiss Refugee Council
Date of Document:
21 March 2019
Accessed Date:
21 March 2019
Title:
Humanitarian Needs Overview: Syrian Arab Republic
Source:
United Nations. Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs.
Date of Document:
February 2022
Accessed Date:
1 December 2022
Title:
Humanitarian Situation Overview in Syria (HSOS): Greater Idleb Area
Date of Document:
March 2022
Accessed Date:
2 December 2022
Title:
Présentation de la Syrie
Source:
France. Ministère de l'Europe et des Affaires étrangères.
Date of Document:
August 2021
Accessed Date:
10 December 2021
Title:
Syria: Security situation. Country of Origin Information Report.
Source:
European Union. European Union Agency for Asylum.
Date of Document:
September 2022
Accessed Date:
2 December 2022
Title:
Syria: Targeting of individuals. Country of Origin Information Report.
Source:
European Union. European Union Agency for Asylum.
Date of Document:
September 2022
Accessed Date:
2 December 2022
Title:
Syria: Socio-economic situation in Damascus City. Country of Origin Information Report.
Source:
European Union. European Union Agency for Asylum.
Date of Document:
August 2022
Accessed Date:
2 December 2022
Title:
EASO Country of Origin Information Report. Syria: Actors.
Source:
European Union. European Asylum Support Office.
Date of Document:
December 2019
Accessed Date:
9 December 2020
Title:
Country of origin information report Syria
Source:
Netherlands. Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Date of Document:
May 2022
Accessed Date:
14 December 2022
Title:
Syria. BTI 2022 Country Report.
Date of Document:
February 2022
Accessed Date:
2 December 2022
Title:
Syrian Arab Republic Public Health Situation Analysis (PHSA)
Source:
United Nations. World Health Organization.
Date of Document:
18 August 2022
Accessed Date:
2 December 2022
Title:
Country Policy and Information Note. Syria: Humanitarian situation. Version 1.0.
Source:
United Kingdom. Home Office.
Date of Document:
June 2022
Accessed Date:
2 December 2022
Title:
EASO Country of Origin Information Report. Syria: Exercise of authority in recaptured areas.
Source:
European Union. European Asylum Support Office.
Date of Document:
January 2020
Accessed Date:
9 December 2020
Title:
Syria: Security and Socioeconomic Situation in Homs Governorate
Source:
Denmark. Danish Immigration Service.
Date of Document:
May 2022
Accessed Date:
2 December 2022
Title:
Syria Conflict Overview: 2011-2021. In Focus.
Source:
United States. Congressional Research Service.
Date of Document:
10 February 2021
Accessed Date:
2 December 2022
Title:
Syria: Ruling over Aleppo's Ruins. Middle East Report N°234.
Source:
International Crisis Group
Date of Document:
9 May 2022
Accessed Date:
2 December 2022
Title:
Questions and Answers: Turkey's Threatened Incursion into Northern Syria
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
17 August 2022
Accessed Date:
2 December 2022
Title:
Syria: Cluster Munitions Used in November 6 Attacks
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
23 November 2022
Accessed Date:
8 December 2022
Title:
Syria: Parties to Conflict Aggravate Cholera Epidemic
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
7 November 2022
Accessed Date:
8 December 2022
Title:
Syria: Civilian Homes Demolished in Security Operation
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
1 November 2022
Accessed Date:
14 December 2022
Title:
Syria: Shoring Up Raqqa's Shaky Recovery. Middle East Report N°229.
Source:
International Crisis Group
Date of Document:
18 November 2021
Accessed Date:
1 December 2022
Title:
Syria. Country Reports on Human Rights Practices for 2022.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Date of Document:
20 March 2023
Accessed Date:
4 August 2023
Title:
Syria. Amnesty International Report 2021/22: The State of the World's Human Rights.
Source:
Amnesty International
Date of Document:
29 March 2022
Accessed Date:
8 December 2022
Title:
Syria. World Report 2022: Events of 2021.
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
January 2022
Accessed Date:
8 December 2022
Title:
The occupied Syrian Golan: Report of the Secretary-General
Source:
United Nations. Human Rights Council.
Date of Document:
12 October 2022
Accessed Date:
8 December 2022
Title:
Syria. Freedom in the World 2022.
Accessed Date:
8 December 2022
Title:
National report submitted in accordance with paragraph 15 (a) of the annex to Human Rights Council resolution 5/1: Syrian Arab Republic
Code:
A/HRC/WG.6/40/SYR/1
Date of Document:
17 November 2021
Accessed Date:
8 December 2022
Title:
Eleventh Annual Report: The Most Notable Human Rights Violations in Syria in 2021: The State's Collapse and Society's Fragmentation
Source:
Syrian Network for Human Rights
Date of Document:
21 January 2022
Accessed Date:
8 December 2022
Title:
Syria: Detention, Harassment in Retaken Areas
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
21 May 2019
Accessed Date:
17 September 2019
Title:
Report of the Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Syrian Arab Republic
Source:
United Nations. Human Rights Council.
Date of Document:
13 August 2021
Accessed Date:
10 December 2021
Title:
Implementation of Security Council resolutions 2139 (2014), 2165 (2014), 2191 (2014), 2258 (2015), 2332 (2016), 2393 (2017), 2401 (2018), 2449 (2018), 2504 (2020), 2533 (2020), 2585 (2021) and 2642 (2022): Report of the Secretary-General
Source:
United Nations. Security Council.
Date of Document:
22 August 2022
Accessed Date:
8 December 2022
Title:
‘Nowhere is safe for us': Unlawful attacks and mass displacement in North-West Syria
Source:
Amnesty International
Date of Document:
11 May 2020
Accessed Date:
9 December 2020
Title:
Sent to a war zone: Turkey's illegal deportations of Syrian refugees
Source:
Amnesty International
Date of Document:
25 October 2019
Accessed Date:
9 December 2020
Title:
Fourth periodic report submitted by the Syrian Arab Republic under article 40 of the Covenant, due in 2009
Date of Document:
30 May 2022
Accessed Date:
8 December 2022
Title:
‘Unbearable Living Conditions': Inadequate access to economic and social rights in displacement camps in north-west Syria
Source:
Amnesty International
Date of Document:
5 July 2022
Accessed Date:
8 December 2022
Title:
Compilation on the Syrian Arab Republic
Code:
A/HRC/WG.6/40/SYR/2
Source:
Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights
Date of Document:
17 November 2021
Accessed Date:
8 December 2022
Title:
Summary of Stakeholders' submissions on Syrian Arab Republic
Code:
A/HRC/WG.6/40/SYR/3
Source:
Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights
Date of Document:
1 November 2021
Accessed Date:
8 December 2022
3.
Identification Documents and Citizenship
Title:
Legislative Decree 276 - Nationality Law
Accessed Date:
5 November 2012
Title:
Syria. U.S. Visa: Reciprocity and Civil Documents by Country.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Accessed Date:
8 December 2022
Title:
Requirements and procedures to obtain, renew, and replace passports and national identity cards, including in Canada and in neighbouring countries; information and details contained in each document, including physical characteristics (2015-July 2017)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
11 September 2017
Accessed Date:
27 September 2017
Title:
Armenia and Syria: Procedure for Syrians of Armenian origin to obtain Armenian citizenship from other countries, such as Canada
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
11 October 2013
Accessed Date:
7 March 2014
Title:
Passport renewal options, requirements and procedures for Syrians living abroad, specifically those living in Canada and Greece (January-July 2013)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
30 July 2013
Accessed Date:
7 March 2014
Title:
The legal rights and obligations of a Palestinian who has been issued a Syrian travel document, including whether they must report for military service; whether the rights and obligations apply to Palestinians that have resided outside of the ...
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
22 November 2013
Accessed Date:
7 March 2014
Title:
Understanding statelessness in the Syria refugee context
Source:
Institute on Statelessness and Inclusion; Norwegian Refugee Council
Author:
Zahra Albarazi; Laura van Waas
Accessed Date:
31 August 2017
Title:
Nationality, Documentation, and Statelessness in Syria
Source:
Institute on Statelessness and Inclusion; Norwegian Refugee Council
Accessed Date:
31 August 2017
Title:
Saudi Arabia and United Arab Emirates: Work and residence permits; citizenship rights for children born to Syrians in Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
13 August 2014
Accessed Date:
28 August 2014
Title:
Civil Documentation and Registration in the Syrian Arab Republic
Source:
Syria. Ministry of Interior. Civil Affairs Directorate.; United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
Date of Document:
25 April 2019
Accessed Date:
10 December 2021
Title:
Report on Citizenship Law: Syria
Source:
European University Institute. Global Citizenship Observatory.
Date of Document:
July 2021
Accessed Date:
10 December 2021
Title:
Justice for Life Comment on New Civil Status Law 2021
Date of Document:
May 2021
Accessed Date:
8 December 2022
Title:
Returnees without Identity: The Crisis of Identity Documents Loss in the Autonomous Administration's Areas in Deir Ezzor
Date of Document:
June 2022
Accessed Date:
8 December 2022
4.
Political Activities and Organizations
Title:
Election results. Syrian Arab Republic: People's Assembly.
Source:
Inter-Parliamentary Union. Parline.
Accessed Date:
10 December 2021
Title:
Syria. Election for President of 26 May 2021.
Source:
International Foundation for Electoral Systems. Election Guide.
Accessed Date:
16 December 2021
Title:
Inside Syria's Clapping Chamber: Dynamics of the 2020 Parliamentary Elections
Source:
Middle East Institute
Date of Document:
28 January 2021
Author:
Karam Shaar; Samy Akil
Accessed Date:
16 December 2021
Title:
Assessment of the Syrian 2021 Presidential Election
Source:
International Foundation for Electoral Systems
Date of Document:
December 2021
Accessed Date:
8 December 2022
5.
Gender, Domestic Violence and Children
Title:
EASO Country of Origin Information Report. Syria: Situation of women.
Source:
European Union. European Asylum Support Office.
Date of Document:
February 2020
Accessed Date:
9 December 2020
Title:
“You want freedom? This is your freedom”: Rape as a Tactic of the Assad Regime.
Source:
London School of Economics. Centre for Women, Peace and Security.
Date of Document:
March 2017
Accessed Date:
5 September 2017
Title:
“I lost my dignity”: Sexual and gender-based violence in the Syrian Arab Republic. Conference room paper of the Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Syrian Arab Republic.
Source:
United Nations. Human Rights Council.
Date of Document:
8 March 2018
Accessed Date:
7 September 2018
Title:
On International Women's Day: Nearly 9,264 Women Still Arrested/ Forcibly Disappeared, and Women Targeted Due to Their Work
Source:
Syrian Network for Human Rights
Date of Document:
8 March 2021
Accessed Date:
10 December 2021
Title:
Sacrificing the Future to Survive the Present: Findings from the whole of Syria. Rapid Gender Analysis.
Date of Document:
April 2022
Editor:
Zenab Bagha; Johanna Wynn Mitscherlich
Accessed Date:
8 December 2022
Title:
Children and armed conflict in the Syrian Arab Republic: Report of the Secretary-General
Source:
United Nations. Security Council.
Date of Document:
23 April 2021
Accessed Date:
10 December 2021
Title:
Syrie : violence sexuelle et violence liée au genre
Source:
Swiss Refugee Council
Date of Document:
19 April 2018
Accessed Date:
16 September 2019
Title:
Syrian Arab Republic. Social Institutions and Gender Index 2019.
Source:
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
Date of Document:
7 December 2018
Accessed Date:
17 December 2020
Title:
How is Violence Against Women Written into Syrian Laws and Society?
Source:
Syrians for Truth and Justice
Date of Document:
November 2021
Accessed Date:
8 December 2022
Title:
Voices from Syria 2021: Assessment Findings of the Humanitarian Needs Overview
Source:
United Nations Population Fund
Date of Document:
1 January 2021
Accessed Date:
10 December 2021
Title:
Concluding observations on the fifth periodic report of the Syrian Arab Republic
Source:
United Nations. Committee on the Rights of the Child.
Date of Document:
6 March 2019
Accessed Date:
17 September 2019
Title:
“It Was Really Hard to Protect Myself”: Impact of the Armed Conflict in Syria on Children with Disabilities
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
8 September 2022
Accessed Date:
8 December 2022
Title:
Holding Up in Displacement Camps: Women and Girls Confronting Persistent Intersecting Patterns of Gender-based violence in Northwest Syria
Source:
Syrian Center for Media and Freedom of Expression
Date of Document:
February 2022
Accessed Date:
8 December 2022
Title:
Girls: Fuel for Democratic War – A report on the recruitment of underage females in Northeastern Syria
Source:
Syrian Center for Media and Freedom of Expression
Date of Document:
5 March 2022
Accessed Date:
8 December 2022
Title:
Syria: 185 Cases of “Honor Killing” since 2019
Source:
Syrians for Truth and Justice
Date of Document:
25 November 2022
Accessed Date:
8 December 2022
Title:
Syria. State-Sponsored Homophobia 2019.
Source:
International Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Association
Date of Document:
March 2019
Author:
Lucas Ramón Mendos
Accessed Date:
17 September 2019
Title:
“They Treated Us in Monstrous Ways”: Sexual Violence Against Men, Boys, and Transgender Women in the Syrian Conflict
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
29 July 2020
Author:
Zeynep Pınar Erdem
Accessed Date:
9 December 2020
7.
Criminality and Corruption
Title:
Syria: Tier 3. Trafficking in Persons Report 2022.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Date of Document:
19 July 2022
Accessed Date:
8 December 2022
Title:
Information on the opposition forces involved in abductions and extortions and their areas of operation in the country; frequency of abductions and extortions of civilians committed by rebel groups; whether rebel groups target particular ...
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
14 September 2017
Accessed Date:
27 September 2017
Title:
All Feasible Precautions? Civilian Casualties in Anti-ISIS Coalition Airstrikes in Syria.
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
24 September 2017
Author:
Ole Solvang; Nadim Houry
Editor:
Sarah Leah Whitson
Accessed Date:
27 September 2017
Title:
Death by Chemicals: The Syrian Government's Widespread and Systematic Use of Chemical Weapons.
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
18 October 2017
Editor:
Sarah Leah Whitson
Accessed Date:
14 December 2022
Title:
“War of Annihilation”: Devastating Toll on Civilians, Raqqa – Syria
Source:
Amnesty International
Date of Document:
5 June 2018
Accessed Date:
14 December 2022
Title:
The siege and recapture of eastern Ghouta. Conference room paper of the Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Syrian Arab Republic.
Source:
United Nations. Human Rights Council.
Date of Document:
20 June 2018
Accessed Date:
7 September 2018
Title:
'We had Nowhere to Go' - Forced Displacement and Demolitions in Northern Syria
Source:
Amnesty International
Date of Document:
13 October 2015
Accessed Date:
18 December 2015
Title:
Containing a Resilient ISIS in Central and North-eastern Syria. Middle East Report N°236.
Source:
International Crisis Group
Date of Document:
18 July 2022
Accessed Date:
8 December 2022
Title:
Syria. Country Reports on Terrorism 2020.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Date of Document:
16 December 2021
Accessed Date:
14 December 2022
Source:
Denmark. Danish Immigration Service.
Date of Document:
June 2020
Accessed Date:
9 December 2020
Title:
Kidnapped by ISIS: Failure to Uncover the Fate of Syria's Missing
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
11 February 2020
Author:
Sara Kayyali et al.
Accessed Date:
9 December 2020
Title:
“I Want to Continue to Study”: Barriers to Secondary Education for Syrian Refugee Children in Jordan
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
26 June 2020
Editor:
Bill Van Esveld et al.
Accessed Date:
9 December 2020
Title:
Silencing the Guns in Syria's Idlib. Middle East Report N°213.
Source:
International Crisis Group
Date of Document:
15 May 2020
Accessed Date:
9 December 2020
Title:
Syrie : Situation à Kobané (Aïn al-Arab) de 2014 à 2019
Source:
France. Office français de protection des réfugiés et apatrides.
Date of Document:
2 March 2020
Accessed Date:
14 December 2022
Title:
Syrie : Chronologie non exhaustive des principales offensives menées sur la ville et le gouvernorat de Qouneitra de 2011 à mai 2021
Source:
France. Office français de protection des réfugiés et apatrides.
Date of Document:
2 June 2021
Accessed Date:
13 December 2021
Title:
Syrie : La situation sécuritaire à Al-Barqoum (gouvernorat d'Alep) ; En 2012 notamment
Source:
France. Office français de protection des réfugiés et apatrides.
Date of Document:
17 May 2021
Accessed Date:
13 December 2021
Title:
Syrie : La 168e unité de la direction de l'Artillerie et des missiles
Source:
France. Office français de protection des réfugiés et apatrides.
Date of Document:
7 April 2021
Accessed Date:
13 December 2021
Title:
Syrie : Situation sécuritaire à Tell Kalakh (gouvernorat de Homs) et présence de groupes armés turkmènes de 2011 à 2019
Source:
France. Office français de protection des réfugiés et apatrides.
Date of Document:
6 January 2020
Accessed Date:
13 December 2021
Title:
Syrie : La situation sécuritaire dans le gouvernorat de Deraa entre juin 2018 et septembre 2021
Source:
France. Office français de protection des réfugiés et apatrides.
Date of Document:
18 January 2022
Accessed Date:
8 December 2022
Title:
Seventh Annual SNHR Report on Russian Forces' Violations since the Beginning of Russia's Military Intervention in Syria on September 30, 2015
Source:
Syrian Network for Human Rights
Date of Document:
30 September 2022
Accessed Date:
8 December 2022
Title:
“My Son is Just Another Kid”: Experiences of Children Repatriated from Camps for ISIS Suspects and Their Families in Northeast Syria
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
21 November 2022
Accessed Date:
8 December 2022
Title:
Syria: Military Service. Report based on a fact-finding mission to Istanbul and Beirut (17-25 February 2020).
Source:
Denmark. Danish Immigration Service.
Date of Document:
May 2020
Accessed Date:
9 December 2020
Title:
Changes to legal exemptions from compulsory military service, including implementation (January-July 2017)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
18 September 2017
Accessed Date:
27 September 2017
Title:
Syrie : Le service militaire dans l'Armée arabe syrienne (AAS)
Source:
France. Office français de protection des réfugiés et apatrides.
Date of Document:
9 December 2020
Accessed Date:
13 December 2021
Title:
EASO Country of Origin Information Report. Syria: Military service.
Source:
European Union. European Asylum Support Office.
Date of Document:
April 2021
Accessed Date:
13 December 2021
Title:
Syria : Reactions against deserters and draft evaders
Source:
Norway. Norwegian Country of Origin Information Centre, Landinfo.
Date of Document:
3 January 2018
Accessed Date:
17 September 2019
Title:
Syrie : report du service militaire pour les étudiants
Source:
Swiss Refugee Council
Date of Document:
11 June 2019
Accessed Date:
9 December 2020
Title:
Syrie: recrutement de Kurdes apatrides dans l'armée syrienne
Source:
Swiss Refugee Council
Date of Document:
21 January 2019
Accessed Date:
17 September 2019
Title:
Syria: Military recruitment in Hasakah Governorate
Source:
Denmark. Danish Immigration Service.
Date of Document:
June 2022
Accessed Date:
8 December 2022
Title:
At Least 156 Children Still Conscripted by Syrian Democratic Forces
Source:
Syrian Network for Human Rights
Date of Document:
16 December 2021
Accessed Date:
8 December 2022
9.
Judiciary, Legal and Penal Systems
Title:
ILAC Rule of Law Assessment Report: Syria 2021
Source:
International Legal Assistance Consortium
Editor:
Mikael Ekman; William D. Meyer
Accessed Date:
13 December 2021
Title:
Syrie : La justice syrienne : faillite d'un système
Source:
France. Office français de protection des réfugiés et apatrides.
Date of Document:
21 April 2016
Accessed Date:
22 September 2016
Title:
Syrie : La justice dans les territoires hors du contrôle gouvernemental : Système judiciaire dans les territoires de l'insurrection syrienne depuis 2011
Source:
France. Office français de protection des réfugiés et apatrides.
Date of Document:
1 June 2016
Accessed Date:
22 September 2016
Title:
Detention in the Syrian Arab Republic: A Way Forward
Source:
United Nations. Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Syrian Arab Republic.
Date of Document:
8 March 2018
Accessed Date:
7 September 2018
Title:
Report of the Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Syrian Arab Republic
Source:
United Nations. Human Rights Council.
Date of Document:
11 March 2021
Accessed Date:
13 December 2021
Title:
Human Slaughterhouse: Mass Hangings and Extermination at Saydnaya Prison, Syria
Source:
Amnesty International
Date of Document:
7 February 2017
Accessed Date:
5 September 2017
Title:
The 11th Annual Report on Torture in Syria on the International Day in Support of Victims of Torture
Source:
Syrian Network for Human Rights
Date of Document:
26 June 2022
Accessed Date:
8 December 2022
Title:
The Survivors, the Dead, and the Disappeared: Detention of Health Care Workers in Syria, 2011-2012
Source:
Physicians for Human Rights
Date of Document:
10 November 2021
Author:
Houssam al-Nahhas et al.
Editor:
Claudia Rader et al.
Accessed Date:
8 December 2022
Title:
Torture in Syrian Prisons is Not a Joke: Syria Passes Law Criminalizing Torture
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
1 April 2022
Accessed Date:
8 December 2022
Title:
Case Study: The Laws and Mechanisms Underlying the Death Penalty in Syria
Source:
Syrians for Truth and Justice
Date of Document:
October 2022
Accessed Date:
8 December 2022
10.
Police and Security Forces
Title:
Syrie : Les « chabbiha » ou miliciens pro-régime
Source:
France. Office français de protection des réfugiés et apatrides.
Date of Document:
2 November 2017
Accessed Date:
7 September 2018
Title:
Syrie : Traitement des combattants de l'Armée Syrienne Libre (ASL) prisonniers de l'organisation Etat Islamique (EI)
Source:
France. Office français de protection des réfugiés et apatrides.
Date of Document:
27 April 2017
Accessed Date:
7 September 2018
Title:
The 11th Annual Report on Enforced Disappearance in Syria on the International Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearances; the Number of Victims is Rising
Source:
Syrian Network for Human Rights
Date of Document:
30 August 2022
Accessed Date:
8 December 2022
Title:
Extrajudicial Killing Claims the Lives of 723 Civilians in Syria in the First Half of 2021
Source:
Syrian Network for Human Rights
Date of Document:
1 July 2021
Accessed Date:
13 December 2021
Title:
Assad Rex? Assessing the autonomy of Syrian armed groups fighting for the regime
Source:
Clingendael: Netherlands Institute of International Relations
Date of Document:
September 2017
Accessed Date:
7 September 2018
Title:
Steadying the New Status Quo in Syria's North East. Middle East Briefing N°72.
Source:
International Crisis Group
Date of Document:
27 November 2019
Accessed Date:
9 December 2020
Title:
Northeast Syria: Fate of Hundreds of Boys Trapped in Siege Unknown
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
4 February 2022
Accessed Date:
14 December 2022
Title:
Syria. Freedom on the Net 2020.
Accessed Date:
9 December 2020
Title:
The Annual Report on the Most Notable Violations against Media Workers in Syria on Workers in Syria on World Press Freedom Day
Source:
Syrian Network for Human Rights
Date of Document:
4 May 2022
Accessed Date:
8 December 2022
Title:
Syria. International Religious Freedom Report for 2021.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Date of Document:
2 June 2022
Accessed Date:
8 December 2022
Title:
Murshidis [Murshidiyya], including their treatment, particularly in the city of Latakia (2014-April 2016)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
22 April 2016
Accessed Date:
22 September 2016
Title:
The situation of Shias and Alawites, including treatment by authorities and insurgents; whether insurgents consider Shias and Alawites to be loyal to President al-Assad (March 2011-May 2013)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
3 June 2013
Accessed Date:
29 July 2013
Title:
Situation of atheists or individuals who are perceived to be atheists; treatment by society and authorities; state protection available (2013-July 2015)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
4 August 2015
Accessed Date:
24 August 2015
Title:
The situation of Christians, including whether Christians are perceived to be loyal to President Assad; treatment of Christians by the regime and the opposition forces, including incidents of violence against them; state protection (2013-July 2015)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
6 August 2015
Accessed Date:
24 August 2015
Title:
Situation of Jehovah's Witnesses, including treatment by society and authorities; state protection available in cases of discrimination or mistreatment (2009-November 2013)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
12 November 2013
Accessed Date:
7 March 2014
Title:
Egypt and Syria: Beliefs and practices of Coptic Christians in Egypt and Syriac Orthodox Christians in Syria, including sacraments, holy days, symbols and official documents; history and structure of the Coptic Church and Syriac Church, including leadership
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
10 October 2013
Accessed Date:
19 December 2013
Title:
Syria. United States Commission on International Religious Freedom. 2022 Annual Report.
Source:
United States. Commission on International Religious Freedom.
Date of Document:
April 2022
Accessed Date:
8 December 2022
Title:
Religious Governance in Syria Amid Territorial Fragmentation. Islamic Institutions in Arab States: Mapping the Dynamics of Control, Co-option, and Contention.
Source:
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
Date of Document:
7 June 2021
Author:
Thomas Pierret; Laila Alrefaai
Accessed Date:
8 December 2022
Title:
Christians in Syria: Current Situation and Future Outlook
Source:
Konrad Adenauer Stiftung
Date of Document:
7 February 2017
Accessed Date:
6 September 2017
Title:
Assyrians Under Kurdish Rule. The Situation in Northeastern Syria.
Source:
Assyrian Confederation of Europe
Date of Document:
January 2017
Accessed Date:
6 September 2017
Title:
Syrie : Les communautés ethniques et religieuses depuis le début du conflit
Source:
France. Office français de protection des réfugiés et apatrides.
Date of Document:
17 November 2016
Accessed Date:
6 September 2017
Title:
Syrie : Al-Qubaysiat : Un « mouvement de femmes sunnites rigoristes »
Source:
France. Office français de protection des réfugiés et apatrides.
Date of Document:
16 January 2020
Accessed Date:
13 December 2021
Title:
Factsheet: Religious Freedom in Syria
Source:
United States. Commission on International Religious Freedom.
Date of Document:
November 2022
Accessed Date:
8 December 2022
13.
Nationality, Ethnicity and Race
Title:
“They came to destroy”: ISIS Crimes Against the Yazidis
Source:
United Nations. Human Rights Council
Date of Document:
15 June 2016
Accessed Date:
7 September 2016
Title:
Syria: Palestinians in Damascus and Rural Damascus governorates
Source:
Denmark. Danish Immigration Service.
Date of Document:
October 2021
Accessed Date:
13 December 2021
Title:
Situation of the Druze, including whether they are perceived to be loyal to President Assad by the insurgent groups; treatment by the authorities and the insurgent groups (January 2015-November 2015)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
26 November 2015
Accessed Date:
17 December 2015
Title:
Syria. World Directory of Minorities and Indigenous Peoples.
Source:
Minority Rights Group International
Date of Document:
June 2019
Accessed Date:
8 December 2022
Title:
Syrie : Les personnes déplacées d'origine arabe dans la région d'Al Hol
Source:
France. Office français de protection des réfugiés et apatrides.
Date of Document:
14 September 2016
Accessed Date:
6 September 2017
Title:
Kurdish political parties in Syria. The Kurds: History, Religion, Language, Politics
Source:
Austrian Federal Office for Immigration and Asylum, COI unit
Accessed Date:
14 December 2022
Title:
Syrie : La communauté yézide de Syrie
Source:
France. Office français de protection des réfugiés et apatrides.
Date of Document:
24 January 2019
Accessed Date:
9 December 2020
Title:
Irak/Syrie : Situation des yézidis
Source:
France. Office français de protection des réfugiés et apatrides.
Date of Document:
23 January 2020
Accessed Date:
9 December 2020
Title:
Idlib's Druze Complain of Persecution
Source:
Syrians for Truth and Justice
Date of Document:
November 2022
Accessed Date:
8 December 2022
14.
Exit/Entry and Freedom of Movement
Title:
“Our Lives Are Like Death”: Syrian Refugee Returns from Lebanon and Jordan
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
20 October 2021
Accessed Date:
13 December 2021
Title:
Report of the Special Rapporteur on the human rights of internally displaced persons on his mission to the Syrian Arab Republic
Source:
United Nations. Human Rights Council.
Date of Document:
5 April 2016
Accessed Date:
7 September 2016
Title:
EASO Country of Origin Information Report. Syria: Situation of returnees from abroad.
Source:
European Union. European Asylum Support Office.
Date of Document:
June 2021
Accessed Date:
13 December 2021
Title:
Treatment of returnees upon arrival at Damascus International Airport and international land border crossing points, including failed refugee claimants, people who exited the country illegally, and people who have not completed military service...
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
19 January 2016
Accessed Date:
22 September 2016
Title:
Returnees in Syria: Sustainable reintegration and durable solutions, or a return to displacement?
Source:
Norwegian Refugee Council. Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre.
Date of Document:
November 2017
Accessed Date:
7 September 2018
Title:
“You're Going to Your Death”: Violations Against Syrian Refugees Returning to Syria
Source:
Amnesty International
Date of Document:
7 September 2021
Accessed Date:
13 December 2021
Title:
Syrian and Palestinian (in Lebanon and Exiting Syria) Refugees in Lebanon
Source:
Finland. Finnish Immigration Service.
Date of Document:
29 September 2016
Accessed Date:
6 September 2017
Title:
Trapped in Between Lebanon and Syria: The Absence of Durable Solutions for Syria's Refugees
Source:
Refugee Protection Watch
Date of Document:
October 2020
Accessed Date:
13 December 2021
Title:
Syria: Security clearance and status settlement for returnees
Source:
Denmark. Danish Immigration Service.
Date of Document:
December 2020
Accessed Date:
13 December 2021
Title:
Position paper on perspectives of forced displaced Syrian women on their conditions, rights, and demands
Source:
Women Now for Development
Date of Document:
January 2021
Accessed Date:
13 December 2021
Title:
Syria: Residents Blocked From Returning: Government Demolishes Homes, Denies Property Rights
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
16 October 2018
Accessed Date:
16 September 2019
Title:
Syria: Consequences of leaving a public sector position without notice
Source:
Denmark. Danish Immigration Service
Date of Document:
April 2021
Accessed Date:
13 December 2021
Title:
Exit controls and procedures at Damascus International Airport, including whether a foreigner's passport is stamped upon departure; whether airport authorities verify upon departure if a foreigner entered the country legally, including consequences ...
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
9 September 2019
Accessed Date:
26 September 2019
Title:
EASO Country of Origin Information Report. Syria: Internally displaced persons, returnees and internal mobility.
Source:
European Union. European Asylum Support Office.
Date of Document:
April 2020
Accessed Date:
9 December 2020
Title:
Syria: Return from abroad
Source:
Norway. Norwegian Country of Origin Information Centre, Landinfo.
Date of Document:
10 February 2020
Accessed Date:
9 December 2020
Title:
Into the unknown: Listening to Syria's displaced in the search for durable solutions
Source:
Norwegian Refugee Council et al.
Date of Document:
June 2020
Accessed Date:
9 December 2020
Title:
Lebanon: Access to Lebanon for Syrians Entitled to Courtesy Residence in Lebanon. Report based on a Fact Finding Mission to Beirut, Lebanon, in January and February 2020.
Source:
Denmark. Danish Immigration Service.
Date of Document:
May 2020
Accessed Date:
9 December 2020
Title:
Lebanon: The Situation of Palestinian Refugees from Syria. Report based on a Fact Finding Mission to Beirut, Lebanon, from 30 June to 7 July 2019.
Source:
Denmark. Danish Immigration Service.
Date of Document:
September 2019
Accessed Date:
9 December 2020
Title:
Syria: Access to Damascus Province for Individuals from Former Rebel-held Areas
Source:
Denmark. Danish Immigration Service.
Date of Document:
September 2019
Accessed Date:
9 December 2020
Title:
Easing Syrian Refugees' Plight in Lebanon. Middle East Report N°211.
Source:
International Crisis Group
Date of Document:
13 February 2020
Accessed Date:
9 December 2020
Title:
Syria: Issues regarding return
Source:
Denmark. Danish Immigration Service.
Date of Document:
October 2021
Accessed Date:
13 December 2021
Title:
Country Policy and Information Note. Syria: Returnees. Version 1.0.
Source:
United Kingdom. Home Office.
Date of Document:
June 2022
Accessed Date:
8 December 2022
Title:
On World Refugee Day: Ongoing Atrocious Violations in Syria Are the Main Reason for Generating More Refugees
Source:
Syrian Network for Human Rights
Date of Document:
20 June 2022
Accessed Date:
8 December 2022
Title:
Forced Return of Syrians by Lebanon Unsafe and Unlawful
Source:
Human Rights watch
Date of Document:
6 July 2022
Accessed Date:
8 December 2022
Title:
Syria: Treatment upon return
Source:
Denmark. Danish Immigration Service.
Date of Document:
May 2022
Accessed Date:
8 December 2022
Title:
Lebanon: Transit for Syrians and Palestinians from Syria (PRS)
Source:
Denmark. Danish Immigration Service.
Date of Document:
September 2022
Accessed Date:
8 December 2022
Title:
Turkey: Hundreds of Refugees Deported to Syria
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
24 October 2022
Accessed Date:
8 December 2022
15.
Labour, Employment and Unions - (No items in this section)
16.
Other - (No items in this section)
The following changes have been made to the previous package dated 21 December 2022:
Title:
Syria. Country Reports on Human Rights Practices for 2021.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Date of Document:
12 April 2022
URL:
https://www.state.gov/reports/2021-country-reports-on-human-rights-practices/syria
Accessed Date:
19 April 2022
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