Nineteenth special session

1 June 2012

S-19/…  The deteriorating situation of human rights in the Syrian Arab Republic, and the recent killings in El-Houleh

29 February 2012

Human Rights Council

Nineteenth session, Agenda item 1

Organizational and procedural mattes

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Human Rights Council

Nineteenth session, Agenda item 4

Human rights situations that require the Council’s attention

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Sixty-sixth session, Agenda item 34

Prevention of armed conflict: The situation in the Syrian Arab Republic

Monday 17 October 2011

On 11 October, the United States took the floor during the adoption of Syria’s UPR Working Group report to regret that recommendations were either accepted or rejected by the delegation depending of which country made them. In the Report of Working Group of Syria’s review, recommendations are clustered into six categories: those which enjoy the support of the delegation, those which are already implemented, those which are in the process of implementation, those to which the delegation will respond at the 19th Human Rights Council session in March 2012, those which do not enjoy its support and those which do not enjoy its support because they are “based on incorrect assumption or premises”.

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On Tuesday 11 October, the United Kingdom, Norway, Poland and Japan took the floor during the adoption of Syria’s Working Group Report to contest the delegation’s decision to consider their recommendations as already implemented.

The present report is a compilation of the information contained in the reports of treaty bodies, special procedures, including observations and comments by the State concerned, and other relevant official United Nations documents.

It does not contain any opinions, views or suggestions on the part of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), other than those contained in public reports issued by OHCHR. It follows the structure of the general guidelines adopted by the Human Rights Council. Information included herein has been systematically referenced in endnotes. The report has been prepared taking into consideration the four-year periodicity of the first cycle of the review.

In recent months, the Syrian Arab Republic has been subjected to a series of criminal attacks against the nation and the people by armed terrorist groups. These attacks, which continue to the present time, have been accompanied by an unprecedented media campaign of lies and allegations targeting national security, stability and unity.

The present report is a summary of 24 stakeholders' submissions1 to the universal periodic review. It follows the structure of the general guidelines adopted by the Human Rights Council. It does not contain any opinions, views or suggestions on the part of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), nor any judgement or determination in relation to specific claims.

The information included herein has been systematically referenced in endnotes and, to the extent possible, the original texts have not been altered. Lack of information or focus on specific issues may be due to the absence of submissions by stakeholders regarding these particular issues. The full texts of all submissions received are available on the OHCHR website. The report has been prepared taking into consideration the four-year periodicity of the first cycle of the review. The deadline for submissions by stakeholders was 31 March 2011.