Alkarama Report on Syria: The Permanent State of Emergency – A Breeding
Ground for Torture
Report submitted to the Committee Against Torture in the context of the review of the initial periodic report of the Syrian Arab Republic
9 April 2010
Alkarama Report on Syria: The Permanent State of Emergency – A Breeding
Ground for Torture
Report submitted to the Committee Against Torture in the context of the review of the initial periodic report of the Syrian Arab Republic
9 April 2010
International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR)
ICCPR: Accession on 21.04.1969
Last report due: 01.04.2003 (3rd)
Submitted: 05.07.2004 (3rd)
Next report due: 01.08.2009 (4th)
ICCPR Optional Protocol: Not a signatory
Convention against Torture (CAT)
CAT : Accession on 19.08.2004
Last report due: 19.09.2005 (1st)
Submitted: N/A
Next report due: N/A
CAT Complaints Procedures
Art. 20 (Confidential inquiry): No
Art. 21 (Inter-State complaints): No
Art. 22 (Individual communications): No
CAT Optional Protocol
Not a signatory