Law

Syrian National law

•  Syrian constitution

•  Criminal law

•  Criminal procedure law

•  Military criminal law

•  Law for establishment of military courts

•  Law of the population census

•  Declaration of state of emergency and customary law

•  Law of state of emergency

•  Law for establishment of state security courts

•  Law of not prosecution of security forces

•  Public servants law

•  Nationality law

•  Family law

•  Constitution of Al Baath party

•  Program of Al Baath party
   

Government decisions

International law

• Charter of the United Nations

• Bill of human rights
  - Universal Declaration of Human Rights 1948 
  - International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights 1966 
  - International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights 1966 
  - Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights 
  - Second Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, 
     aiming at the abolition of the death penalt
   

• The Core International Human Rights Instruments 
  - ICERD International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination 
    1965 
  - ICESCR International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights 16 Dec 1966 
  - CEDAW Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women 
    1979 
  - CAT Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or 
     Punishment 1984  
  - CRC Convention on the Rights of the Child 1989  
  - ICRMW International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers 
     and Members of Their Families 1990  
  - International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance 
    (not yet into force) 
  - Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (not yet into force)  
  - OP-CEDAW Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Elimination of Discrimination 
     against Women 1999  
  - OP-CRC-AC Optional protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the 
     involvement of children in armed conflict 2000 
  - OP-CRC-SC Optional protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the sale 
     of children, child prostitution and child pornography 2000  
  - OP-CAT Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman 
     or Degrading Treatment or Punishment 2002  
  - Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (not yet 
     into force)