A/HRC/RES/58/24 of the war of aggression by the Russian Federation against Ukraine, as was recommended by the General Assembly in its resolution ES-11/5 of 14 November 2022, recognizing, inter alia, that the Russian Federation must bear the legal consequences of all of its internationally wrongful acts in or against Ukraine, including by making reparation for the injury, and for any damage, caused by such acts, Acknowledging the importance of the investigation conducted by the Commission of Inquiry, and emphasizing the role played by the Office of the High Commissioner and its monitoring mission in Ukraine in contributing to an objective appraisal of the situation of human rights in Ukraine, 1. Condemns in the strongest possible terms the ongoing systematic, widespread and gross human rights violations and any abuses and violations of international humanitarian law resulting from the war of aggression against Ukraine by the Russian Federation; 2. Reaffirms its strong commitment to the sovereignty, political independence, unity and territorial integrity of Ukraine within its internationally recognized borders, extending to its territorial waters; 3. Strongly condemns all attacks directed against civilians and other protected persons and civilian objects, including civilian evacuation convoys, and indiscriminate and disproportionate attacks, including indiscriminate shelling and the indiscriminate use of explosive weapons, and expresses concern at the long-term risks posed by damage to civilian infrastructure and by unexploded ordnance to the civilian population; 4. Calls upon the Russian Federation to immediately end its human rights violations and abuses and violations of international humanitarian law in Ukraine, including in the temporarily controlled or occupied territories of Ukraine, and calls for the strict observance of all human rights and fundamental freedoms and for the protection of civilians and critical civilian infrastructure in Ukraine; 5. Calls for the swift and verifiable withdrawal of Russian Federation troops and Russian-backed armed groups from the entire territory of Ukraine, within its internationally recognized borders and its territorial waters, in order to prevent further violations and abuses of human rights and violations of international humanitarian law in the country, and stresses the urgent need for the immediate cessation of military hostilities against Ukraine; 6. Demands the immediate cessation of the unlawful forced transfer and deportation of civilians and other protected persons within Ukraine, to the Russian Federation or to Belarus, in particular of children, including those from institutional care, unaccompanied children and children separated from their legal guardians, and demands that the Russian Federation and Belarus grant representatives and staff of established international human rights and humanitarian mechanisms unhindered, immediate, sustained and safe access, provide reliable and comprehensive information about the number, identity and whereabouts of those civilians, and ensure their dignified treatment and their safe return without preconditions; 7. Urges the Russian Federation to end the practice of deporting Ukrainian citizens from the temporarily occupied territories of Ukraine for not taking Russian citizenship, to stop transferring its own civilian population to these territories and to end the policy of forcibly altering the demographic composition, including the ethnic composition, by encouraging or facilitating the migration and settlement of Russian citizens in these areas; 8. Also urges the Russian Federation to stop the illegal drafting and mobilization of residents of the temporarily controlled or occupied territories of Ukraine into the armed forces of the Russian Federation; 9. Demands that all parties to the armed conflict treat all prisoners of war in accordance with the provisions of the Geneva Convention relative to the Treatment of Prisoners of War of 12 August 1949 and the Protocol Additional to the Geneva Conventions of 12 August 1949, and relating to the Protection of Victims of International Armed Conflicts (Protocol I), and calls for the complete exchange of prisoners of war, including the immediate and unconditional repatriation of seriously wounded and seriously sick prisoners of war, and the release of all civilians detained in violation of international humanitarian law; 6

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