Joint submission on Syria to the Human Rights Council of the United Nations

The Global Campaign for Equal Nationality Rights and the Institute on Statelessness and Inclusion made the following submission to the 26th Session of the Human Rights Council to inform the Universal Periodic Review of the Syrian Arab Republic. The submission focuses on human rights violations due to gender discrimination in Syria’s nationality law, including statelessness, and violations of the State’s obligations to uphold the right to non-discrimination and women’s equal human rights.