The prolongation of the conflict in Syria and mass exodus of refugees has created what is now considered one of the worst humanitarian crises in modern history.
Position Paper on Refugees from Syria 2014 Read More »
The CIHRS, in conjunction with the EMHRN, the OMCT, and the FIDH, organized a special event on the right to peaceful assembly in the Euro-Mediterranean region.
Freedom of assembly Faces dangerous relapse in Egypt, Turkey, and Algeria Read More »
A prominent human rights defender and three of her colleagues believed to be in the custody of an armed opposition group should immediately be freed, 45 civil society organizations said today.
Syria: Free Prominent Rights Defenders Read More »
The veto has been used four times by Russia and China since the start of the Syrian conflict in 2011, preventing action that could have helped address the human rights tragedy.
Joint NGO Statement on the Use of the Veto Read More »
The undersigned organizations express their deep concern over the new policy of the Lebanese authorities towards Palestinian Refugees from Syria.
Declaration of Solidarity with Syria’s Palestinian Refugees Read More »
Over one hundred civil society groups from around the world issued a statement to urge the UN Security Council to approve a resolution to refer the situation in Syria to the prosecutor of the International Criminal Court.
Syria: Groups Call for ICC Referral Read More »
Over one and a half years after the disappearance of Syrian human rights lawyer Khalil Ma’touq, the undersigned organizations are reiterating their call on the Syrian authorities to release him immediately.
Call for the immediate release of disappeared human rights lawyer Khalil Ma’touq Read More »
In Syira, hundreds of journalists and media assistants have been killed, arbitrarily arrested, detained, abducted, subjected to enforced disappearance and tortured by the various parties of the conflict since the start of the uprising.
Joint Statement: Free All News Providers Arbitrarily Detained or Abducted in Syria! Read More »
Free-syrian-voices.org, launched by a group of international human rights groups hopes to shed light on the plight of Syrian civil society activists including human rights defenders, media and humanitarian workers.
Free-syrian-voices.org Read More »
The EMHRN and the GCHR call on the Syrian authorities to disclose the whereabouts of human rights defender, Abdulhadi Sheikh Awad, and grant his family and lawyer immediate access to him.
