Situation of Human Rights in the Syrian Arab Republic

A/HRC/RES/58/25View PDF

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A document of the Human Rights Council, under agenda item 4 Human rights situations that require the Council's attention, published in 2025.

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34 documents · 2011–2025

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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Entity	(Sub-)Programme	Title	Total mandates cited	Expenditure
	Subprogramme 3	Advisory services, technical cooperation and field activities	79

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1 entity

Entity	(Sub-)Programme	Title	Total mandates cited	Expenditure
	Subprogramme 3	Advisory services, technical cooperation and field activities	79	—

Historical expenditure covers the complete programme or subprogramme, not this mandate. For an overview of all UN entities and programmes, see UN entities and programmes.

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7 subjects

Accountability Commissions of Inquiry Human Rights Human Rights Violations Political Conditions Syrian Arab Republic Transitional Justice

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14 operative paragraphs

Affirms support for the Syrian people in their pursuit of a peaceful, representative and inclusive political process, in the spirit of the fundamental principles of Security Council resolution 2254 (2015) of 18 December 2015, and supports the efforts of the Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for Syria in aiding them in their endeavour;

Welcomes the formation of a government that includes a diverse array of Syrian society, and the commitment to build State institutions in advance of holding free and fair elections, and also welcomes in this regard the recommendations made at the National Dialogue Conference in February 2025, and strongly encourages the establishing and communicating of clear timelines and milestones to this end;

Also welcomes the provisions of the Constitutional Declaration signed in March 2025 affirming that the State shall guarantee human rights and fundamental freedoms, notes with support the provisions made on freedom of expression, freedom of religion and women’s rights, and in this regard calls for their implementation and expresses its hope that the Constitutional Declaration will serve as a solid framework for a successful, orderly and inclusive transition and a peaceful future for the Syrian Arab Republic, ensuring human rights and fundamental freedoms for all Syrians, achieving justice and accountability, and upholding good governance and the rule of law;

Encourages the Government of the Syrian Arab Republic to ensure a sustainable path towards credible accountability for all crimes that does justice to the victims, survivors and their families, and contributes to reconciliation and a peaceful future for all Syrians, and recognizes in this regard the fact that the Constitutional Declaration includes a provision to establish a transitional justice commission, but also the multitude of challenges faced by the Government in its pursuit of a Syrian-led, Syrian-owned accountability and transitional justice owing to the scale of the former regime’s serious violations and their complex consequences;

Calls upon the Government of the Syrian Arab Republic to ensure that allegations of all crimes that appear to constitute retaliation are investigated, and that perpetrators are held to account through transparent and appropriate judicial mechanisms which are compliant with human rights standards, and acknowledges in this regard the commitment made at the highest levels of the Syrian Arab Republic on 9 March 2025 to hold accountable all those involved in violations and abuses during the events of March 2025;

Supports the Government of the Syrian Arab Republic in their efforts to ensure the preservation of documentation, information and evidence related to violations and abuses of human rights and violations of international humanitarian law, including mass burial sites, and encourages the Government of the Syrian Arab Republic to develop a comprehensive and sustainable system for maintaining such evidence;

Welcomes the Secretary-General’s appointment of an Assistant Secretary-General of the Independent Institution on Missing Persons in the Syrian Arab Republic, and in this regard urges the Government of the Syrian Arab Republic to work with the said Independent Institution to assist Syrian-led efforts to clarify the fate and whereabouts of all missing persons in the Syrian Arab Republic, to provide adequate support to victims, survivors and the families of those missing, to ensure the full, equal, meaningful and safe participation and representation of victims, survivors and the families of missing persons in the Syrian Arab Republic in this endeavour and to coordinate support in this regard;

Encourages the Government of the Syrian Arab Republic to continue its positive engagement with the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, the International, Impartial and Independent Mechanism to Assist in the Investigation and Prosecution of Persons Responsible for the Most Serious Crimes under International Law Committed in the Syrian Arab Republic since March 2011, the Independent Institution on Missing Persons in the Syrian Arab Republic, the Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Syrian Arab Republic and other relevant special procedures, as well as with Syrian civil society, including victim associations and groups, and in this regard calls upon these organizations and mechanisms to coordinate their approach and activities to ensure effectiveness;

Expresses support for civil society, human rights defenders, victims, survivors and their families and for their continued role in Syrian-led, Syrian-owned, inclusive and victim-centred transitional justice and accountability efforts, and in this regard stresses the need for the protection of civic space and free, impartial media and for the full, equal, meaningful and safe participation and leadership of women in the political transition;

Decides to extend the mandate of the Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Syrian Arab Republic for a period of one year;

Requests the Office of the High Commissioner to strengthen the resources of the Commission of Inquiry in order for it to completely fulfil its mandate within the Syrian Arab Republic, in particular with regard to security and logistical support and victim protection expertise, welcomes the broad access granted by the Government of the Syrian Arab Republic to the Commission, and encourages the Government of the Syrian Arab Republic to grant the Commission necessary access throughout the Syrian Arab Republic and to cooperate closely with the Commission;

Requests the Commission of Inquiry to present an oral update to the Human Rights Council at both its fifty-ninth and its sixtieth sessions, to be followed by an updated report during an interactive dialogue at the sixty-first session of the Council;

Reaffirms its decision to transmit the report and oral updates of the Commission of Inquiry to relevant bodies of the United Nations;

Decides to remain seized of the matter.

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