Egypt: CFJ Documents Security Campaigns Targeting Sudanese and Syrian Refugees, Calls for an End to Forced Deportations and Respect for Legal Guarantees

13/02/2026

The Committee for Justice (CFJ) has documented a troubling escalation in security campaigns targeting Syrian and Sudanese refugees across several Egyptian governorates, resulting in the […]

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Syria: UN Syria Commission Urges Incoming Authorities to Break the Cycle of Violence and End a Decade of Persistent Abuses  

18/12/2024

Press Release   The UN Commission of Inquiry on Syria has called on incoming authorities in the country to take immediate measures to end the […]

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Syria: UN Commission of Inquiry Urges Immediate Ceasefire as Unprecedented Violence Grips Syria, Warning of War Crimes and Humanitarian Crisis”

13/03/2024

Press release Geneva – March 11, 2024   The UN Syria Commission of Inquiry revealed that Syria is currently grappling with an unprecedented surge in […]

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UN Calls for Immediate Investigation into the 2013 Tadamun Massacre in Syria

20/12/2023

News briefing By: Committee for Justice Geneva: December 20th 2023   United Nations experts have expressed their deep concerns about allegations regarding the killing of […]

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UN ‘appalled’ by death of Australian teenager in a detention facility in northeastern Syria

31/07/2022

News briefing Translated and edited by: Committee for Justice Geneva: July 31, 2022 UN experts have expressed their deep frustration and concern following confirmation of […]

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UN experts urge Security Council to prioritize humanitarian support in Syria

17/07/2022

News briefing Translated and Edited by: Committee for Justice Geneva: 17 July 2022 A group of United Nations experts has called on all relevant stakeholders […]

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Bachelet: More than 350,000 deaths documented in Syria since start of conflict 

03/07/2022

News briefing  Translated and edited by: Committee for Justice  Geneva: 3 July 2022  The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Michelle Bachelet, said that […]

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UN calls on Member States to establish mechanism for missing persons in Syria

19/06/2022

News briefing Translated and edited by: Committee for Justice Geneva: June 19, 2022 The Chair of the UN Commission of Inquiry on Syria, Paulo Pinheiro, […]

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Syria: UN’s Bachelet calls for more international efforts to clarify the fate of the missing

10/04/2022

News briefing Translated and edited by: Committee for Justice Geneva: 10 April 2022 The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Michelle Bachelet, has welcomed […]

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Northeastern Syria: UN concerned about the conditions of detention of boys 

06/04/2022

News briefing Translated and edited by: Committee for Justice Geneva: 6 April 2022 United Nations human rights experts have expressed deep concerns about the overall […]

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Chair of UN Commission of Inquiry on Syria calls for investigations into possible war crimes   

20/03/2022

News briefing   Translated and edited by: Committee for Justice   Geneva: March 20 2022   The Chair of the Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Syrian […]

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UN worried about situation of civilians in Syria’s Al-Hasakah, after prisoners affiliated with ISIS escaped from prison 

25/01/2022

News briefing  Translated and edited by: Committee for Justice Geneva: 25 January 2022 Spokesperson for the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Ravina Shamdasani, stressed that the […]

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Human Rights Council appoints new member for Syria’s Commission of Inquiry  

02/12/2021

News briefing   Translated and edited by: Committee for Justice Geneva: December 2, 2021 The Human Rights Council has appointed a new member of the United Kingdom of […]

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Bachelet: 350,209 Civilians have been killed in Syria’s conflict between 2011- 2021 

26/09/2021

News briefing   Geneva, 26 September 2021   Translated and edited by: The Committee for Justice  The Human Rights Council heard an oral update from the United Nations […]

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UN Syria Commission of Inquiry: Increasing violence and fighting add to Syria’s woes

15/09/2021

News briefing Geneva, 14 September 2021 Translated and edited by: The Committee for Justice The United Nations Commission of Inquiry on Syria stated Tuesday, at […]

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