UN Documents for Syria: Human Rights Council Documents

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16 January 2020 A/HRC/43/CRP.6 This was a report on children’s rights published by the Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Syrian Arab Republic
24 September 2019 A/HRC/42/L.22 This was a resolution on human rights in Syria by a vote of 27 in favour, six against and 13 abstentions.
15 August 2019 A/HRC/42/51 This was a report of the Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Syrian Arab Republic.
15 May 2018 A/HRC/38/29 This was the summary report on the high-level panel discussion on violations of the human rights of children in Syria.
23 March 2018 A/HRC/RES/37/29 This was a resolution extending the mandate of the Commission of Inquiry on Syria for one year.
5 March 2018 A/HRC/RES/37/1 This was a resolution on the deteriorating situation of human rights in Eastern Ghouta.
23 February 2018 A/HRC/31/CRP.3 This was a report by the Commission of Inquiry on sexual and gender-based violence in Syria, covering March 2011 to December 2017 and based on 454 interviews.
1 February 2018 A/HRC/37/72 This was the report of the Independent International Commission of Inquiry on Syria, presented at the Human Rights Council's 37th session.
29 September 2017 A/HRC/RES/36/20 This was a resolution adopted during the 36th session of the Human Rights Council, convening a high-level panel discussion on violations of the human rights of children in Syria at the HRC's 37th session.
2 February 2017 A/HRC/34/64 This was a report of the HRC's Commission of Inquiry on Aleppo.
21 October 2016 A/HRC/S-25/L.1 This resolution was adopted at a special session of the Human Rights Council and it demands that the Syrian regime and its allies end immediately all aerial bombardments of, and military flights over, Aleppo; and requests the Commission of Inquiry to conduct an inquiry into the events in Aleppo and present a report to the Human Rights Council in March.
30 September 2016 A/HRC/33/L.30 This is a Human Rights Council resolution strongly condemning the military offensive on eastern Aleppo by forces loyal to the Syrian authorities. It was adopted with a vote of 26 in favour, seven against (including Security Council members China, Russia and Venezuela and incoming member Bolivia) and 14 abstentions.
15 August 2016 S/2016/708 This was a letter from the Secretary-General transmitting the Syria Commission of Inquiry’s 21 June oral update to the Human Rights Council and the Commission’s 16 June report on ISIL crimes against the Yazidis (A/HRC/32/CRP.2).
11 August 2016 A/HRC/33/55 This was the report of the Independent International Commission of Inquiry on Syria considered by the Human Rights Council during its 33rd session in September.
1 July 2016 A/HRC/RES/32/25 Condemns the continued systematic, widespread and gross violations and abuses of human rights and all violations of international humanitarian law by the Syrian authorities and affiliated militias, and the terrorist acts committed by ISIL and Al-Nusra. Expresses concern about the escalation in the intolerable suffering of civilians in and around Aleppo. Calls for appropriate international monitoring bodies to be granted immediate access to all detainees and for the Syrian authorities to publish a list of all detention facilities. The resolution was adopted with a vote of 27 in favour, six against (including Security Council members China, Russia and Venezuela) and 14 abstentions.