14. This report – the first of two addressing the situation of the European nationals detained in North East Syria – sets out RSI’s factual findings from extensive field and desk work. It establishes the conditions which detainees are subject to in the camps and the chain of responsibility for those conditions. It further raises a number of troubling questions of UK and EU States’ legal responsibility and further argues that, given these European States’ ability to bring the detention of their nationals to an end, their refusal to do so in the face of gross abuses amounts to wilful blindness and complicity. 15. This report is comprised of eight sections: 15.1. The first section introduces the camps in North East Syria, explaining their structure, governance, mandate, and operations; 15.2. The second section briefly sets out the nature of the conflict in North East Syria; 15.3. The third section examines the circumstances in which the women and children held in the camps were detained, and how that fits within the international legal framework governing detention during conflict; 15.4. The fourth section sets out the conditions on the ground in the camps which European States’ inaction has allowed to persist; 15.5. The fifth section sets out the degree of European States’ influence over and involvement in the detention of women and children in the camps, and what unused powers European States have at their disposal to bring the detention to an end; 15.6. The sixth section briefly sets out the concerns of security experts with European States’ failure to repatriate; 15.7. The seventh section briefly sets out the fundamental legal questions posed for European States by the detention of women and children in these camps, and the consequences of inaction; and 15.8. The eighth section sets out RSI’s conclusions. 10 RIGHTS & SECURITY INTERNATIONAL