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14 september 2026 The Centre Zagros pour les Droits de l’Homme is deeply concerned by the worsening security situation in Kobani (Ayn al-Arab) and other Kurdish-majority areas of northern and north-eastern Syria during September 2026. Recent events highlight the serious risk that individual acts of violence may trigger broader confrontation, …

On 7 September 2026, the Centre Zagros pour les Droits de l’Homme organized a side event during the 63rd session of the United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva, entitled “Human Rights in the Syrian Arab Republic.” Moderated by Ms. Paria SAREMI, an international human rights lawyer and the Centre …

January 7, 2026 The events that occurred on 6 and 7 January 2026 in the city of Aleppo, particularly in the neighborhoods of Sheikh Maqsoud and Ashrafieh, which are predominantly Kurdish-populated, constitute a serious humanitarian emergency and call for an immediate response from the international community. According to consistent information …

The Third Committee of the United Nations General Assembly adopted, on 19 November 2025, resolution A/C.3/80/L.30 on the human rights situation in the Islamic Republic of Iran. The draft, introduced by Canada and carrying no programme budget implications, was approved by 79 votes in favour, 28 against and 63 abstentions, …

Date: 28 October 2025 To the Members of the Third Committee United Nations General Assembly New York, NY Your Excellencies, We, the undersigned, a group of human rights defenders, civil society activists, and families of victims of human rights violations in Iran — express our deepest concern over the intensifying …

Report of the Side Event Human Rights in Syria: Focus on Minorities and Accountability Palais des Nations, Geneva – Room XI Friday, 26 September 2025 | 12:00–13:00 Introduction On 26 September 2025, during the 60th session of the United Nations Human Rights Council, the Centre Zagros pour les Droits de …

On 24 June 1974, the Syrian authorities began implementing the so-called “Arab Belt” project, following Decree No. 521 issued by the leadership of the Ba’ath Party. This plan, developed as early as 1966, was part of a systematic policy of discrimination against the Kurdish population, aiming to erase their national …

On June 19, 2025, on the sidelines of the 59th session of the United Nations Human Rights Council, the Zagros Human Rights Center, in collaboration with Maloca Internationale and the Association Solidarité Internationale pour la Paix (ASIP), organized a side event entitled “Human Rights in Iran: Political Prisoners, Deaths in …

Introduction In the first half of 2025, the human rights situation in Türkiye continues to raise serious concerns within the international community. Despite a constitutional framework that formally guarantees fundamental freedoms, the Turkish authorities have intensified restrictive measures targeting freedom of expression, press freedom, the right to assembly and association, …

The Zagros Center for Human Rights expresses deep concern over the alarming escalation of executions targeting Kurdish and Baluch prisoners in Iran. These executions, carried out within a context of systematic political repression, occur as the Islamic Republic of Iran appears to exploit the international community’s silence and diplomatic engagements …

Commission on the Status of Women Sixty-ninth session 10–21 March 2025 Follow-up to the Fourth World Conference on Women and to the twenty-third special session of the General Assembly entitled “Women 2000: gender equality, development and peace for the twenty-first century”   Statement submitted by Centre Zagros pour les Droits …

Venue: United Nations Headquarters, New YorkDates: 10–21 March 2025Organized by: Commission on the Status of Women (CSW), United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) General Context In 2025, the international community commemorated the 30th anniversary of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action (1995) during the 69th session of the …