2012 Constitution of Ba'athist Syria

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The 2012 Ba'athist Syrian Constitution was the constitution of Ba'athist Syria between 27 February 2012 until the fall of the Assad regime on 8 December 2024.

Following the 2011 Syrian revolution, Ba'athist Syria drafted a new constitution and put it to a referendum on 26 February 2012, which was unmonitored by international observers. The modifications in the constitution were cosmetic and part of Ba'athist government's response to the nation-wide protests. Since the move monopolized power of the Government of Syria and was drafted without consultation outside loyalist circles, Syrian opposition and revolutionary parties boycotted the referendum, resulting in very low participation as per Assad government's data.^[1] The referendum resulted in the adoption of the new constitution, which came into force on 27 February 2012.^[2] This constitution will be phased out once the new constitution by the Syrian Transitional Government takes place.^[3]

After the fall of the Assad regime, spokesman of the Syrian transitional government stated that during the government's three-month transition term, the Ba'athist constitution and parliament was suspended, adding that a 'judicial and human rights committee' would be established to review the constitution prior to making amendments.^[4]