SNHR The Primary Source of Information in the US Department of State Report on the Human Rights Situation in Syria for the Year 2024 The Assad Regime Continued Perpetrating Horrific Violations Until Its Last Moment

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Damascus – The Syrian Network for Human Rights: 

The Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor at the U.S. State Department released its annual report on the state of human rights in the countries of the world for 2024. The Syria report, which was 36 pages long, included multiple patterns of violations of international humanitarian law and international human rights law. 

The report relied on several human rights sources, listed in order of frequency of quotation as follows: 

1. Syrian Network for Human Rights (SNHR): 47 quotations. 
2. Independent International Commission of Inquiry (COI): 35 quotations. 

It also drew on other sources, including the UNHCR, Human Rights Watch, and various local organizations, as well as the expertise and investigations of staff at the Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor in the US State Department. 

This is the thirteenth consecutive year that the Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor has relied on SNHR as a primary source for its report on the human rights situation in Syria. The report is an official reference document that accurately describes the human rights situation in the country and is a trusted resource for various U.S. government agencies, as well as for a large number of members of Congress and policymakers in the United States. 

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