A/HRC/RES/46/22 United Nations General Assembly Distr.: General 30 March 2021 Original: English Human Rights Council Forty-sixth session 22 February–24 March 2021 Agenda item 4 Human rights situations that require the Council’s attention Resolution adopted by the Human Rights Council on 24 March 2021 46/22. Situation of human rights in the Syrian Arab Republic The Human Rights Council, Guided by the principles and purposes of the Charter of the United Nations, Reaffirming its previous resolutions on the Syrian Arab Republic, Reaffirming also its strong commitment to full respect for the sovereignty, independence, unity and territorial integrity of the Syrian Arab Republic, Deploring the fact that March 2021 marks 10 years since the peaceful uprising and its brutal repression that led to the conflict in the Syrian Arab Republic, which has had a devastating impact on civilians, including through grave violations and abuses of international human rights law and violations of international humanitarian law, resulting in over 500,000 civilian casualties, and urging all parties to implement a complete, immediate and nationwide ceasefire monitored under the auspices of the United Nations and to engage with the United Nations-led political process to achieve a peaceful end to the conflict, Condemning the grave situation of human rights across the Syrian Arab Republic, and demanding that the Syrian authorities meet their responsibility to protect the Syrian population and to respect, protect and fulfil the human rights of all persons within its jurisdiction, Noting that, under applicable international law, and in line with Security Council resolution 2474 (2019) of 11 June 2019, parties to armed conflict bear the primary responsibility to take all feasible measures to account for persons reported missing as a result of hostilities and to put into place appropriate channels enabling response and communication with families on the search process, and noting also that, in the same resolution, the Council called upon parties to armed conflict to take steps to prevent people from going missing as a result of armed conflict, Recalling the statements made by the Secretary-General and the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights that crimes against humanity and war crimes are likely to have been committed in the Syrian Arab Republic, Expressing its deepest concern about the findings of the Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Syrian Arab Republic, including in its most recent reports, 1 1 A/HRC/46/54 and A/HRC/46/55. GE.21-04200(E)