On 24 March 2021 the UN Human Rights Council (HRC) adopted Resolution 46/22 on the situation in Syria. The HRC acknowledged that March 2021 marks 10 years since the peaceful uprising and its brutal repression that led to the conflict Syria. The HRC also requests the OHCHR to resume its work to establish the extent of civilian casualties and to report on progress through an oral update to the HRC at its 48^th session and decides to extend the mandate of the Commission of Inquiry on Syria for a period of one year. The resolution demands that “the Syrian authorities meet their responsibility to protect the Syrian population.”