UN: Implement Human Rights Principles for Assistance in Syria

Click to expand Image An aid convoy drives through the city of Douma, Eastern Ghouta, Syria, in March 2018 when it was still held by anti-government armed groups. © 2018 Samer Bouidani/picture-alliance/dpa/AP Images (Beirut) – United Nations agencies should activate the UN’s human rights framework for Syria in their aid plans, Human Rights Watch said today in a letter to the agencies that developed the principles. Major donors should support this effort at their meeting on November 24, 2020. In recognition of the difficult operating environment for aid groups in Syria, the UN Department…

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