According to the UN Human Rights Office report, between March 1, 2011, when the civil war began in that country and the end of March 2021, more than 300,000 civilians were killed in Syria.
A new statistical analysis has come on the basis of the available data on this figure. This is the highest ever estimate of civilian casualties related to the conflict in Syria. The report documents each civilian’s death, including the victim’s full name and the date and place of death.
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet said the conflict-related casualties in the report are not just a set of abstract numbers but represent individual human beings.
His spokeswoman Raveena Shamdasani said the high commissioner believes monitoring and documenting these deaths is important in helping families and communities establish the truth about the fate of their loved ones. This will allow them to take accountability and adopt effective measures.
“This analysis will also give a clear idea of ​​the gravity and scale of the conflict,” Shamdasani said. “And let’s be clear, these are the people who died as a direct result of combat operations. And that doesn’t include the many, many civilians who died because of loss of access to health care, food, sanitation. . for water and other essential human rights.”
The United Nations reports that the war forced 13.5 million people to be forcibly displaced and internally displaced. This is more than two-thirds of Syria’s population of about 18 million people. The United Nations estimates that 11 million people inside Syria need international humanitarian aid to survive.
The High Commissioner’s Office reports that civilian casualties over the past 10 years represent 1.5 percent of Syria’s population at the start of the conflict in 2011.
The report’s authors say the high number of casualties points to a serious failure by the warring parties to respect international humanitarian law on the protection of civilians. They warn that civilian deaths will continue to rise as long as the war continues.
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