21/March/2016 To: The Syrian negotiating parties The International Syria Support Group (ISSG) The United Nations Special Envoy to Syria Staffan de Mistura and his team We, the signatories
Le Temps’ Luis Lema reports that amidst the arrival of possible extremists among the many Syrian refugees in Europe are members of the Shabiha, militia loyal to the Syrian government.
Since the UN Security Council endorsed [http://www.un.org/press/en/2016/sc12261.doc.htm] the United States and Russia’s Joint Statement [http://www.state.gov/r/pa/
The UN Human Rights Council (HRC) recently released a report [http://www.ohchr.org/Documents/HRBodies/HRCouncil/CoISyria/A-HRC-31-CRP1_en.pdf] on the systematic abuses and deaths of detainees in
The MSF-supported hospital in Maarat Al Numan was destroyed on Monday 15th Feb. Photo Credit:La Veu del País Valencià [https://www.flickr.com/photos/93060662@N03/25049361085/in/
04/February/2016 To: The Syrian negotiating parties The International Syria Support Group (ISSG) The United Nations Special Envoy to Syria Staffan de Mistura and his team We, the signatories
Worldwide, 21 million [http://www.ilo.org/global/topics/forced-labour/lang--en/index.htm] people are victims of human trafficking. In areas of conflict, people are particularly vulnerable to exploitation – erosion
On December 9, the Syria Justice and Accountability Centre, in cooperation with InterAction, held an event on sexual and gender based violence (SGBV) in the Syrian conflict. Speakers included Sussan
Since the attacks in Paris last month, discussions about Syria have focused exclusively on the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS) and the growing refugee crisis. In an effort
In the wake of the tragedies in Paris and Beirut, public debate has been mounting on the proper response to the brutality of the Islamic State of Iraq and the