United Nations Human Rights Council Joint Submission to the Universal Periodic Review (UPR)

This joint stakeholders’ submission evaluates the human rights situation in Syria since January 2022, with a particular focus on the post-December 2024 transitional period. Grounded in the international law principle of state continuity, this framework treats the transitional government as fully bound by the international obligations of the Syrian state. Consequently, this report addresses the current government's immediate duty to cease ongoing violations without minimizing or obscuring the systematic, institutionalized rights violations inherited from the former government.