UN Commission on Syria: protect civil society

UN Commission on Syria: protect civil society

The UN Human Rights Council’s Commission of Inquiry on Syria (COI) announced March 6 that it has completed an in-country mission to Damascus as it prepares to brief the Council in Geneva this week. The Commission said it pressed Syria’s transitional authorities on accountability, institutional reform, and protections for civil society amid renewed regional volatility. Commissioners Monia Ammar and Fionnuala Ní Aoláin met with senior Syrian offic…