The Syrian League for Human Rights is an independent human rights organization founded in 2004 in Damascus, Syria. Since its establishment, the League has been documenting and monitoring human rights violations in Syria, mobilizing efforts to curb such abuses, contributing to the protection of victims rights, exposing perpetrators in order to hold them accountable, and raising awareness among Syrian society about their civil and political rights as well as promoting the overall human rights situation.

In recent years, the League has played a significant role in uncovering numerous serious human rights violations—particularly after the outbreak of the Syrian revolution in March 2011.
Due to the arrest of its chairman in August 2011 and widespread repression against activists, the Leagues operations were initially relocated to Egypt and later to Germany.

Many League activists continue to work in the field—either through monitoring and documentation or as part of the legal team, which consists of specialized lawyers advocating for prisoners of conscience and opinion—all in the pursuit of justice before the fall of the Baath regime.

In recent years, the League has participated in several sessions of the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva and made important contributions regarding the human rights situation in Syria.

In 2013, during the armed conflict with the Assad regime, the League trained hundreds of commanders of armed groups in Syria in the rules of international humanitarian law and the laws of war—with support from the British Foreign Office.

Currently, the League continues its regular activities and is working on reopening its main office in Damascus in the coming weeks.