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Syria : The Human rights Council condemns Al Assad's regime

SYR - News | 23 August 2011
For the second time this year, the Human Rights Council met today to consider the human rights situation in Syria, resulting in the adoption of Resolution A/HRC/S-17/L.1.

Syria : A detainee killed in prison

SYR - News | 19 August 2011
On 31 July 2011, Fahd Ali Adnan was arrested by State Security agents at Badran Printers in Duma, a city located 10 kilometers north-east from Damascus. At 4pm that day, he was transferred to Al Khatib prison and subjected to violent torture.

Syria: Ziad Ramadan remains detained despite end of sentence and WGAD Opinion calling for his release

SYR - News | 22 August 2011

Ziad Ramadan, the Syrian man detained more than 6 years ago by the Syrian authorities who accused him of being implicated in the assassination of Rafik Hariri, remains detained despite having served his entire 6 year sentence and despite the call made by the UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention last November for his release.

Saudi Arabia: A Syrian writer disappeared as of 20 March

SYR - News | 18 August 2011
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Alaaeddin Al Rashi, a 37-year-old Syrian human rights activist and publisher, was arrested on 20 March by agents of the Saudi Intelligence services as he was travelling to Saudi Arabia on a business trip. He was taking part in the International Book Fair of Riyadh, where he met prominent figures of contemporary literature and local civil society. As a member of the Arab Commission for Human Rights, located in Paris, he has regularly and publicly expressed his opinions about various subjects and he is the author of numerous books.

Syria : Hanadi Zahlout, young activist, detained by security forces

SYR - News | 16 August 2011
Hanadi Zahlout was arrested on 4 August as she was meeting friends in a restaurant in Jaramana, a small city near Damascus. Aged 29, she had participated in the coordination of the demonstrations and worked on women's rights.

Mauritania - HR Instruments

International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR)

ICCPR: Accessed on 17.11.2004
Optional Protocol: No

State report: Due on 01.11.2017 (2nd)
Last concluding observations: 20.11.2013

Convention against Torture (CAT)

CAT: Accessed on 17.11.2004
Optional Protocol: Yes
Art. 20 (Confidential inquiry): No
Art. 22 (Individual communications): No

State report: Due on 31.05.2017 (2nd)
Last concluding observations: 18.06.2013

International Convention for the Protection of all Persons from Enforced Disappearance (CED)

CED: Ratified on 03.10.2012
Art. 33 (Inquiry procedure): Yes

State report: Overdue since 03.11.2014
Last concluding observations: N/A

Universal Periodic Review (UPR)

Last review: 11.2010 (1st cycle)
Next review: 2015 (2nd cycle)

National Human Rights Institution (NHRI)

Commission Nationale des Droits de l'Homme (CNDH) – Status A

Last review: 05.2011
Next review: 2016