A/HRC/45/31 United Nations General Assembly Distr.: General 14 August 2020 Original: English Human Rights Council Forty-fifth session 14 September–2 October 2020 Agenda item 4 Human rights situations that require the Council’s attention Report of the Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Syrian Arab Republic*, ** Summary In the present report, submitted to the Human Rights Council pursuant to its resolution 43/28, the Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Syrian Arab Republic presents its findings based on investigations conducted from 11 January 2020 to 1 July 2020. * Agreement was reached to publish the present report after the standard publication date owing to circumstances beyond the submitter’s’ control. ** The annexes to the present report are circulated as received, in the language of submission only. GE.20-10723(E) 