2014 Syrian detainee report , also known as the Caesar Report , formally titled A Report into the credibility of certain evidence with regard to Torture and Execution of Persons Incarcerated by the current Syrian regime is a report that claims to detail " the systematic killing of more than 11,000 detainees by the Syrian government in one region during the Syrian Civil War over a two and half year period from March 2011 to August 2013 " . It was released on 21 January 2014 , a day before talks were due to begin at the Geneva II Conference on Syria , and was commissioned by the government of Qatar . Qatar has been a key funder of the rebels in Syria . According to Human Rights Watch , following a 6-month investigation , the photo evidence of the report is genuine ; in a report published on 16 December 2015 , it said that Syrian officials should be tried for crimes against humanity
Geneva II Conference on Syria
Geneva II Conference on Syria
2014 Syrian detainee report