Press releases and meeting summaries
COMMISSION PRESS RELEASES
2023
- Marked increase in fighting and a rapidly plummeting economy require urgent Syrian and international responses, UN Syria Commission of Inquiry warns
12 September 2023
العربية | English - UN Syria Commission of Inquiry lauds long-awaited international institution to clarify fate and whereabouts of tens of thousands missing and disappeared
29 June 2023
العربية | English - UN Syria Commission of Inquiry: Those responsible for atrocities during 12 years of violence must be brought to justice
17 March 2023
English - Epicentre of Neglect: Protection of Civilians in Syria Remains an Illusion says UN Syria Commission of Inquiry
13 March 2023
العربية | English - UN Syria Commission: Urgent action required to assist those impacted by earthquakes, including a countrywide ceasefire to enable humanitarian access 07 February 2023
العربية | English
2022
- UN Syria Commission: Don't look away: Syrian civilians face the prospect of a new escalation - 14 September 2022
العربية | English - UN Syria Commission of Inquiry on Syria: Member States must seize moment to establish mechanism for missing persons - 17 June 2022
العربية | English - UN Syria Commission calls on Security Council to ensure live-saving humanitarian aid to Syria: “Unconscionable to consider closing last border crossing when needs are at their highest” - 26 May 2022
العربية | English - Syria’s abyss: UN Syria Commission warns of escalating violence, plummeting economy and a humanitarian disaster - 9 March 2022
العربية | English | Français - UN panel welcomes landmark guilty verdict in Germany’s prosecution of former Syrian intelligence officer for crimes against humanity - 14 January 2022
English - Commissioners’ op-ed in Página 12
Español - Commissioners’ op-ed in Al Jazeera Opinion
English - Commissioners’ op-ed in Al Jazeera Opinion
English - Commissioners’ op-ed in Tagesspiegel
Deutsch
2021
- ”War against the Syrian people continues unabated” - UN Syria Commission of Inquiry to Third Committee of General Assembly - 25 October 2021
العربية | English | Français - Military solutions” in Syria have led to a decade of death, denial, and destruction - UN Syria Commission of Inquiry report - 18 February 2021
العربية | English - Commissioners’ op-ed in Le Monde
Français - Commissioners’ op-ed in The Times
English
2020
- Rampant human rights violations and war crimes as war-torn Idlib faces the pandemic UN Syria Commission of Inquiry report - 7 July 2020
English | العربية - UN Commission of Inquiry on Syria: As global pandemic reaches Syria, fighting must stop and urgent steps taken to prevent an even greater tragedy - 28 March 2020
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COI Syria: No clean hands – behind the frontlines and the headlines, armed actors continue to subject civilians to horrific and increasingly targeted abuse - 15 September 2020
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UN Commission of Inquiry on Syria: Unprecedented levels of displacement and dire conditions for civilians in the Syrian Arab Republic - 2 March 2020
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Parties to the conflict must act immediately and collectively to bring meaningful respite to civilians in northwest Syria - 4 February 2020
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“They have erased the dreams of my children”: UN Commission of Inquiry on Syria Publishes Report on Children’s Rights over the course of the Syrian War - 16 January 2020
English | العربية
2019
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UN Commission of Inquiry on Syria: Continued hostilities and lawlessness countrywide render safe and sustainable returns impossible - 28 February 2019
English | العربية
Press Conference - English
2018
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UN Commission of Inquiry on Syria: Unparalleled numbers of Syrians displaced in under six months - 12 September 2018
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Press Statement on presentation of oral report to the Human Rights Council - 26 June 2018
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The siege and recapture of eastern Ghouta marked by war crimes, crimes against humanity - 20 June 2018
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Press statement on on the alleged use of chemical weapons in eastern Ghouta - 13 April 2018
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UN Commission of Inquiry on Syria: Amid the ruins of Ar-Raqqah and Dayr al-Zawr, calls for justice and accountability by victims and families must be urgently addressed - 6 March 2018
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UN Commission of Inquiry on Syria Condemns Upsurge in Violence in the Idlib Governorate and eastern Ghouta: Syrian Arab Republic - 6 February 2018
English | العربية
2017
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Human Rights Council President appoints Hanny Megally of Egypt to serve on Commission of Inquiry on the Syrian Arab Republic - 13 October 2017
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UN Commission of Inquiry on Syria: Despite tenuous progress on de-escalation in some locations in Syria, civilians continue to suffer from wide-ranging human rights violations and abuse - 6 September 2017
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Statement of the Independent International Commission of Inquiry on Syria Regarding the Announcement of the Resignation of Ms. Carla Del Ponte - 6 August 2017
English - Commission of Inquiry on Syria calls for justice on the occasion of the third anniversary of ISIL’s attack on the Yazidis - 3 August 2017
English | العربية | Kurdish - Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Syrian Arab Republic - UN Syria Commission Condemns Khan Shikhoun Attack - 4 April 2017
العربية | English - Warring parties continued to target civilians for abuses over last seven months – UN Commission - 14 March 2017
English - Aleppo aerial campaign deliberately targeted hospitals and humanitarian convoy amounting to war crimes, while armed groups’ indiscriminate shelling terrorised civilians – UN Commission - 1 March 2017
العربية | English
2016
- Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Syrian Arab Republic As peace talks stall, violence soars once again in Syria – New UN report - 6 September 2016
English | العربية - UN Commission of Inquiry on Syria Condemns Unlawful Attacks in the Syrian Arab Republic - 11 May 2016
English
2015
- The Commission of Inquiry on Syria Welcomes the UN Security Council’s Road Map for Peace in the Syrian Arab Republic - 21 December 2015
English - Video Press Conference by COI on the Syrian Arab Republic - 12 November 2015
English - Human Rights Council holds interactive dialogue with the Commission on Inquiry on Syria - 21 September 2015
English - Video Press Conference by COI on the Syrian Arab Republic - 3 September 2015
English - UN Commission of Inquiry on Syria: No end in sight for Syrian civilians - 3 September 2015
English Press conference opening remarks by Mr. Paulo Sérgio Pinheiro - 3 September 2015
English - UN Commission of Inquiry on Syria: No end in sight for Syrian civilians - 3 September 2015
English - Commission of Inquiry on Syria welcomes release of three human rights defenders held by the Government - 14 August 2015
English - Oral Update of the Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Syrian Arab Republic - 23 June 2015
English - UN Commission of Inquiry on Syria: Impunity prevails as little progress is made towards securing peace and justice for Syrians - 20 February 2015
English
2014
- UN Commission of Inquiry: Syrian victims reveal ISIS’s calculated use of brutality and indoctrination - 14 November 2014
English - Syria’s brutal war threatens international peace and security: UN commission of inquiry - 27 August 2014
English
2013
- UN panel concludes that enforced disappearances in Syria widespread and being used as tactic of war - 19 December 2013
English العربية - Commission of inquiry on Syria to brief General Assembly, Monday 29 July - 26 July 2013
English - Press release from the Commission of Inquiry on Syria (chemical weapons) - 6 May 2013
English Arabic French - UN Commission of Inquiry releases update on Syria - 11 March 2013
English - UN commission of inquiry: all parties becoming increasingly reckless with human life as the Syrian conflict drags on - 18 February 2013
English Arabic French Spanish Russian Chinese
2012
- Syria Commission of Inquiry releases new update - 20 December 2012
English Arabic French - Syrian Government forces and anti-Government groups responsible for war crimes: UN Commission of Inquiry - 15 August 2012
English Arabic - Press Release by Commission of Inquiry on Syria (Periodic Update) - 16 April 2012
English
2011
- The findings of the Independent Commission of Inquiry on Syria – 28 November 2011
English - Members of Commission of Inquiry on Syria meet in Geneva – 27 September 2011
English - President of Human Rights Council appoints International Commission of Inquiry to investigate human rights violations in Syria – 12 September 2011
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