Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Syrian Arab Republic

2020

• Report of the Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Syrian Arab Republic Release date
  Arabic | English
  2 March 2020

• “They have erased the dreams of my children”: children’s rights in the Syrian Arab Republic
  Arabic | English
  16 January 2020

2019

• Report of the Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Syrian Arab Republic
  Arabic | English
  11 September 2019
• Report of the Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Syrian Arab Republic
  Arabic | English
  28 February 2019

2018

• Report of the Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Syria Arab Republic A/HRC/39/65
  English | Arabic
  Release date: 12 September 2018
• "The siege and recapture of eastern Ghouta"
  20 June 2018
• Conference Room Paper (A/HRC/38/CRP.3)
  English
• Sieges as a weapon of war: Encircle, starve, surrender, evacuate
  العربية | English
  29 May 2018
• “I lost my dignity”: Sexual and gender-based violence in the Syrian Arab Republic
  15 March 2018
  Conference Room Paper (A/HRC/37/CRP.3)
  العربية | English
  Infographic
• Detention in the Syrian Arab Republic: A Way Forward
  العربية | English
  8 March 2018
• Report of the Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Syrian Arab Republic
  Release date: 6 March 2018
  العربية中文EnglishFrançaisрусскийEspañol
  (Annexes:  العربية | русский)
  Press Release: English | العربية

2017

• Report of the Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Syrian Arab Republic (Advance Edited Version)
  Release date: 6 September 2017
  English | العربية (Annex)
  Press Release: English | العربية
  Full press conference
  Chemical weapons' attacks documented by the Commission (Infographic)
  
  
• Human rights abuses and international humanitarian law violations in the Syrian Arab Republic, 21 July 2016- 28 February 2017*. Conference room paper of the Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Syrian Arab Republic - A/HRC/34/CRP.3
  English only
  Release date: 13 March 2017
  
  
• Report of the Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Syrian Arab Republic "Special inquiry into the events in Aleppo" - A/HRC/34/64
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  UNOSAT satellite imagery - 1
  UNOSAT satellite imagery - 2
  Supplementary maps to A/HRC/34/64 - 1
  Supplementary maps to A/HRC/34/64 - 2
  Supplementary maps to A/HRC/34/64 - 3
  Supplementary maps to A/HRC/34/64 - 4
  Supplementary maps to A/HRC/34/64 - 5
  Full press conference
  Release date: 1 March 2017

2016

• Human Rights Council resolution S-25/1 adopted on 21 October 2016
  The deteriorating situation of human rights in the Syrian Arab Republic, and the recent situation in Aleppo
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• Report of the Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Syrian Arab Republic - A/HRC/33/55
  English Français Español العربية 中文 русский
  Release date: 6 September 2016
• Report of the Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Syrian Arab Republic: “They came to destroy”: ISIS Crimes Against the Yazidis
  Release date: 16 June 2016
  English (Advance version) | العربية
  Press Release: UN Commission of Inquiry on Syria: ISIS is committing genocide against the Yazidis
  English | العربية | Kurdish
  Full press conference
• Remarks made by Paulo Pinheiro, Chair of the Commission of Inquiry on Syria, Human Rights Council
  15 March 2016
  English
• 15 March 2016 Press Stakeout by the OHCHR / Human Rights Council / Independent Commission of Inquiry on the Syrian Arab Republic (Audio)
• Commission of Inquiry on Syria - Media Stakeout (Geneva, 15 March 2016) (video)
• Report of the Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Syrian Arab Republic (Advance Edited Version)
  Release date: 22 February 2016
  English 
  Press Release: "Almost five years on, Syria is a country destroyed with civilians paying the biggest price: UN Commission of Inquiry on Syria"
  English
• Thematic Report: "Out of Sight, Out of Mind: Deaths in Detention in the Syrian Arab Republic"
  Release date: 8 February 2016
  English | العربية
  Press Release: "Syrian Civilians Suffering Large-Scale and Widespread Executions and Deaths in Detention Centres on All Sides of the Conflict"
  English | العربية

2015

• 10th Report of Commission of Inquiry on Syria - (A/HRC/30/48), 13 August 2015 (published on 3 September 2015)
  English | Français | Español | العربية | 中文 | русский
  A/HRC/30/48/Corr.1
  English | Français | Español | العربية | 中文 | русский
• Oral Update of the Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Syrian Arab Republic
  23 June 2015
  Speech (English, العربية) and Presentation (A/HRC/29/CRP.3)
• The use of barrel bombs and indiscriminate bombardment in Syria: the need to strengthen compliance with international humanitarian law, Presentation made by Mr. Paulo Sérgio Pinheiro, Chair of the COI at a side event hosted by the Permanent Mission of Austria and Article 36
  12 March 2015
  Speech and Presentation
• Oral Update of the Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Syrian Arab Republic
  17 March 2015
  English
  Press Conference: English
• 9th Report of Commission of Inquiry on Syria - A/HRC/28/69
  5 February 2015 (published on 20 February 2015)
  English | French | Spanish | Arabic | Chinese | Russian
  Press release: English
  

2014

• Rule of Terror: Living under ISIS in Syria
  14 November 2014
  English | Arabic
  Press Conference: English
• Conference Room Paper: Selected testimonies from victims of the Syrian conflict
  16 September 2014
  English
  Oral update: English
• 8th Report of Commission of Inquiry on Syria - A/HRC/27/60
  13 August (published on 27 August 2014)
  English | French | Spanish | Arabic | Chinese | Russian
  Press release: English
  Q & A on the 8th report: English
  
• 7th Report of Commission of Inquiry on Syria - A/HRC/25/65
  12 February (published on 5 March 2014)
  English | Arabic

2013

• Conference Room Paper: "Without a trace: enforced disappearances in Syria"
  19 December 2013
  English
  
• Conference Room Paper: "Assault on medical care in Syria"- A/HRC/24/CRP.2
  13 September 2013
  English | Arabic
  
• 6th Report of Commission of Inquiry on Syria - A/HRC/24/46
  11 September 2013
  English | French | Arabic | Chinese | Russian | Spanish
  
• 5th Report of Commission of Inquiry on Syria - A/HRC/23/58
  4 June 2013
  English | Arabic
  
• 4th Report of Commission of Inquiry on Syria - A/HRC/22/59
  5 February 2013
  English | Arabic | Spanish

2012

• 3rd report of the Commission of Inquiry on the Syrian Arab Republic – A/HRC/21/50
  15 August 2012
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• 2nd report of the Commission of Inquiry on the Syrian Arab Republic - A/HRC/19/69
  22 February 2012
  English | French | Spanish | Arabic | Chinese | Russian

2011

• 1st report of the Commission of Inquiry on the Syrian Arab Republic - A/HRC/S-17/2/Add.1
  23 November 2011
  English | French | Spanish | Arabic | Chinese | Russian

2014

• Oral Update of the Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Syrian Arab Republic
  17 June 2014
  English [Advance Version]
• Oral Update of the independent international commission of inquiry on the Syrian Arab Republic
  18 March 2014
  English

2013

• Oral Update of the Commission of Inquiry on the Syrian Arab Republic (covering period 15 January - 3 March 2013)
  11 March 2013
  English | Arabic

2012

• Periodic Update from the Commission on the Syrian Arab Republic (covering period 28 September to 16 December 2012).
  20 December 2012
  English | Arabic
• Oral Update of the Commission of Inquiry on the Syrian Arab Republic (Al-Houlah report) - A/HRC/20/CRP.1
  26 June 2012
  English | Arabic
• Periodic Update from the Commission of Inquiry on the Syrian Arab Republic(covering period mid-March to mid-May 2012)
  24 May 2012
  English only
• Update: Press Release by Commission of Inquiry on the Syrian Arab Republic
  16 April 2012
  English only

2020

• Statement at Human Rights Council, 43rd session
  English
  9 March 2020

2017

• Statement at Human Rights Council, 36th session
  English
  18 September 2017
• Statement at Human Rights Council, 35th session
  English
  14 June 2017
• Syria worst man-made disaster since World War II - Zeid
  English
  14 March 2017
• Statement at Human Rights Council, 34th session,
  English
  14 March 2017
• Opening Remarks made at Press Conference
  English
  1 March 2017

2016

• Statement by the Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Syrian Arab Republic on the situation of civilians affected by the capture of Aleppo
  English
  14 December 2016
• Statement by the Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Syrian Arab Republic on the aerial attack against school complex in Haas village, Idlib
  English
  28 October 2016
• Statement by Mr. Paulo Sérgio Pinheiro, Chair of the Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Syrian Arab Republic at the 25th Special Session of the UN Human Rights Council
  English
  21 October 2016
• Statement by the Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Syrian Arab Republic on Convoy to Orum al-Kubra, Western Aleppo
  English
  20 September 2016
• Statement by Mr. Paulo Sérgio Pinheiro, Chair of the Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Syrian Arab Republic to the Human Rights Council
  English
  19 September 2016
• Statement by the Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Syrian Arab Republic on the urgent need to protect civilians living amidst on-going attacks on Aleppo city
  English | العربية
  16 August 2016
• Statement by the Commission of Inquiry on Syria on the second anniversary of 3 August 2014 attack by ISIS of the Yazidis
  3 August 2016
  English | Arabic | Kurdish
• Statement by Mr. Paulo Sérgio Pinheiro, Chair of the Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Syrian Arab Republic presenting oral update to the Human Rights Council
  21 June 2016
• Statement attributable to the Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Syrian Arab Republic 
  16 February 2016

2015

• Statement by Mr. Paulo Sérgio Pinheiro, Chair of the Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Syrian Arab Republic
  23 June 2015
  
• Statement by Mr. Paulo Sérgio Pinheiro, Chair of the Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Syrian Arab Republic
  17 March 2015

2014

• Statement by Mr. Paulo Sérgio Pinheiro Chair of the Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Syrian Arab Republic
  16 September 2014
  
• Statement by Mr. Paulo Sérgio Pinheiro Chair of the Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Syrian Arab Republic
  17 June 2014
  
• Statement by Mr. Paulo Sérgio Pinheiro Chair of the Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Syrian Arab Republic
  18 March 2014

2013

• Statement by Paulo Sérgio Pinheiro, Chair of the Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Syrian Arab Republic, at the HRC 24th regular session, Geneva
  16 September 2013
• Address by Paulo Sérgio Pinheiro, Chair of the Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Syrian Arab Republic, to the United Nations General Assembly Plenary Session, New York
  29 July 2013
• Statement by Paulo Sérgio Pinheiro, Chair of the Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Syrian Arab Republic, at the HRC 22nd regular session, Geneva
  11 March 2013

2012

• Statement by Paulo Sérgio Pinheiro, Chair of the Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Syrian Arab Republic, at the HRC 21st regular session, Geneva
  17 September 2012
• Statement by Paulo Sérgio Pinheiro, Chair of the Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Syrian Arab Republic, at the HRC 20th regular session, Geneva
  27 June 2012

• Statement by Paulo Sérgio Pinheiro, Chair of the Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Syrian Arab Republic, at the HRC 19th regular session, Geneva
  12 March 2012

2011

• Statement by Paulo Sérgio Pinheiro, Chair of the Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Syrian Arab Republic, at the HRC 18th special session on the Syrian Arab Republic, Geneva
  2 December 2011

2015

• Resolution adopted at HRC 29th regular session [29 in favour, 6 against, 12 abstentions] - 
  2 July 2015
  A/HRC/29/16 
• Resolution adopted at HRC 28th regular session (Extends COI Mandate) [29in favour, 6 against, 12 abstentions]
  March 2015
  A/HRC/RES/28/20

2014

• Resolution adopted at HRC 27th regular session [32 in favour, 5 against, 10 abstentions]
  3 October 2014
  A/HRC/RES/27/16
• Resolution adopted at HRC 26th regular session [32 in favour, 5 against, 9 abstentions] - A/HRC/26/L.4/Rev.1
  27 June 2014
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• Resolution adopted at the HRC 25th regular session [32 in favour, 4 against, 11 abstentions] - A/HRC/RES/25/23
  28 March 2014
  English | French | Spanish | Arabic | Chinese | Russian

2013

• Resolution adopted at HRC 24th regular session [40 in favour, 1 against, 6 abstentions] - A/HRC/RES/24/22
  27 September 2013
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• Resolution adopted at HRC 23rd regular session [37 in favour, 1 against, 9 abstentions] - A/HRC/23/L.29
  10 June 2013
  English
  
• Resolution adopted at HRC 23rd special session (al-Qusayr) [36 in favour, 1 against, 8 abstentions, 2 non-member states of the HRC] - A/HRC/23/L.1
  25 May 2013
  English
  
• Resolution adopted at HRC 22nd regular session (Extends CoI mandate) [41 in favour, 1 against, 5 abstentions] - A/HRC/RES/22/24
  22 March 2013
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2012

• Resolution adopted at HRC 21st regular session (Extends and broadens CoI mandate) [41 in favour, 3 against, 3 abstentions] - A/HRC/RES/21/26
  28 September 2012
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• Resolution adopted at HRC 20th regular session [41 in favour, 3 against, 3 abstentions] - A/HRC/RES/20/22
  6 July 2012
  English | French | Spanish | Arabic | Chinese | Russian
• Resolution adopted at HRC 19th special session (Al-Houlah) [41 in favour, 3 against, 2 abstentions] – A/HRC/RES/S-19/1
  1 June 2012
  English | French | Spanish | Arabic | Chinese | Russian
• Resolution adopted at HRC 19th regular session (Extends CoI mandate) [41 in favour, 3 against, 2 abstentions] - A/HRC/RES/19/22
  23 March 2012
  English | French | Spanish | Arabic | Chinese | Russian
• Resolution adopted at "urgent meeting" of HRC at its 19th regular session [37 in favour, 3 against, 3 abstentions] - A/HRC/RES/19/1
  1 March 2012
  English | French | Spanish | Arabic | Chinese | Russian

2011

• Resolution adopted at HRC 18th special session [37 in favour, 4 against, 6 abstentions] - A/HRC/RES/S-18/1
  2 December 2011
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• Resolution adopted at HRC 17th special session (Establishing the CoI) [33 in favour, 4 against, 9 abstentions] – A/HRC/RES/S-17/1
  22-23 August 2011 (Resolution found in reports of special session)
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• Resolution adopted at HRC 16th special session [26 in favour, 9 against, 7 abstentions] - A/HRC/RES/S-16/1
  29 April 2011
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