Situation of Human Rights in the Syrian Arab Republic

A/HRC/RES/20/22View PDF

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A Resolution of the Human Rights Council, under agenda item 4 Human rights situations that require the Council's attention, published in 2012.

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34 documents · 2011–2025

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Year	Symbol	Title	Word length	Text similarity
2025	A/RES/80/224	Situation of human rights in the Syrian Arab Republic	3,420	–
2025	A/HRC/RES/58/25	Situation of human rights in the Syrian Arab Republic	2,313	–
2024	A/RES/79/185	Situation of human rights in the Syrian Arab Republic	9,733	–
2024	A/HRC/RES/57/21	Situation of human rights in the Syrian Arab Republic	2,527	–
2024	A/HRC/RES/55/22	Situation of human rights in the Syrian Arab Republic	3,802	–

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14 subjects

Arbitrary Detention Armed Forces Commissions of Inquiry Detained Persons Extralegal Executions Freedom of Expression Government Investigations Human Rights Human Rights Activists Human Rights Violations Humanitarian Assistance Journalists Syrian Arab Republic Torture and Other Cruel Treatment

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17 operative paragraphs

Demands that the Syrian authorities release all persons arbitrarily detained and immediately allow the access of independent human rights monitors to all detention facilities, in particular those facilities where torture has been alleged to have occurred;

Deplores the alarming humanitarian and human rights consequences of the lack of implementation of the six-point plan of the Joint Special Envoy of the United Nations and the League of Arab States, and calls for the urgent, comprehensive and immediate implementation by all sides of all its elements without any preconditions and in the sequence prescribed by the plan;

Reiterates its urgent call upon the Syrian authorities to put an immediate end to all violence and all human rights violations, and to meet its responsibility to protect the Syrian population;

Reiterates that all violence in all its forms by all parties must cease;

Demands an immediate end to all attacks against journalists and media outlets, and also that independent and international media be able to operate in the Syrian Arab Republic without restrictions, harassment, intimidation or risk to life;

Stresses its support for the aspirations of the people of the Syrian Arab Republic for a peaceful, democratic and pluralistic society, in which there is no room for sectarianism or discrimination on ethnic, religious, linguistic or any other grounds, based on the promotion of universal respect for and observance of human rights and fundamental freedoms;

Urges the Syrian authorities to immediately and fully implement the agreed humanitarian response plan, including by granting immediate, safe, unimpeded and full access of humanitarian organizations to all areas of the Syrian Arab Republic;

Invites all relevant United Nations agencies, in particular the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, to continue to provide support to Syrian refugees and their host countries;

Reiterates the importance of bringing to justice those responsible for the widespread and systematic use of violence against the Syrian people;

Underscores the importance of the recommendation of the commission of inquiry that the Syrian people, on the basis of broad, inclusive and credible consultations, should determine, within the framework provided by international law, the process and mechanisms to achieve reconciliation, truth and accountability for gross violations, as well as reparations and effective remedies for the victims;

Emphasizes the continued importance of the efforts of the commission of inquiry to conduct international, transparent, independent and unfettered investigations into alleged violations of international human rights law with a view to hold to account those responsible for such violations, including for those that may amount to crimes against humanity;

Encourages the international community to ensure that there is no impunity for such crimes, stressing that the Syrian authorities have failed to prosecute alleged perpetrators of such crimes;

Looks forward to the full report of the commission of inquiry, to be presented to Human Rights Council at its twentieth-first session;

Recognizes that the commission will need additional resources in order to completely fulfil its mandate;

Calls upon the Syrian authorities to cooperate fully with the commission of inquiry, including by granting it immediate, full and unfettered access throughout the Syrian Arab Republic, noting the unofficial visit of commissioner Paulo Pinheiro;

Decides to transmit all reports and oral updates by the commission of inquiry to all relevant bodies of the United Nations and the Secretary-General for appropriate action;

Recalls the standards for membership of the Human Rights Council as set forth in paragraph 8 of General Assembly resolution 60/251 of 15 March 2006;

Decides to remain seized of the matter.

  The resolutions and decisions adopted by the Human Rights Council will be contained in the report of the Council on its twentieth session (A/HRC/20/2), chap. I.

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