Date: 14 March 2017
Place: Geneva, Switzerland

Chair:
H.E. Mr. Joaquín Alexander Maza Martelli, President of the Human Rights Council

Opening statements:
Mr. Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein, United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights
Mr. Paulo Sérgio Pinheiro, Chair of the Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Syrian Arab Republic
Mr. Kevin Kennedy, United Nations Regional Humanitarian Coordinator for the Syrian Crisis

Moderator:
Ms. Arwa Damon, journalist and Senior International Correspondent for CNN

Panellists:
Mr. Fadel Abdul Ghani, Executive Director of the Syrian Network for Human Rights
Ms. Joumana Seif, lawyer actively engaged with the Syrian Women’s Network
Ms. Noura Aljizawi, former detainee, activist and former Vice-President of the Syrian National Coalition
Mr. Sarmad Al-Jilane, Co-Founder of Raqqa is Being Slaughtered Silently, Researcher on Extremist Groups in the Middle East
Mr. Mazen Darwish, lawyer and free speech advocate, Director of the Syrian Centre for Media and Freedom of Expression (SCM) and detained for over three years

UN Human Rights Council, Summary of the high-level panel discussion on the situation of human rights in the Syrian Arab Republic, 15 May 2017, A/HRC/35/15, available at: http://www.refworld.org/docid/595f780a4.html