Assessment of the Alternative Care System in the Syrian Arab Republic

This report is based on an independent assessment by ISS in 2011, commissioned by the Ministry of Social Affairs and Labour of Syria. It examines the system in place at that time of alternative care in Syria in light of the standards set up in the UN Guidelines for the Alternative Care of Children. In its mission report, ISS presents the findings of its fieldwork, pinpointing the main needs to be met by the State to comply with international obligations and proposes a series of preliminary observations.