A/HRC/RES/33/23
Expressing full support for the efforts of the Special Envoy of the Secretary-General
for Syria with a view to the full implementation of the Syrian political process that
establishes credible, inclusive and non-sectarian governance, in accordance with the
Geneva communiqué and consistent with Security Council resolutions 2254 (2015) of 18
December 2015 and 2258 (2015) of 22 December 2015, urging the Special Envoy to
continue to push the parties to negotiate a political transition, demanding that all parties to
the cessation of hostilities in the Syrian Arab Republic fulfil their commitments, and urging
all Member States, especially the members of the International Syria Support Group, to use
their influence with the parties to the cessation of hostilities to ensure fulfilment of those
commitments and the full implementation of those resolutions, to support efforts to create
conditions for a durable and lasting ceasefire, which is essential to achieving a political
solution to the conflict in the Syrian Arab Republic and to bringing to an end the
systematic, widespread and gross violations and abuses of human rights and violations of
international humanitarian law,
Acknowledging the ongoing efforts by human rights defenders active in the Syrian
Arab Republic to document violations and abuses of international human rights law and
violations of international humanitarian law, despite grave risks,
1.
Expresses its deep concern at the serious, continued violations of the
cessation of hostilities in the Syrian Arab Republic, demands that all parties to the cessation
of hostilities in the Syrian Arab Republic redouble their efforts to fulfil their commitments,
and urges all Member States, especially the members of the International Syria Support
Group, to use their influence with the parties to the cessation of hostilities to ensure
fulfilment of those commitments, and to support efforts to create conditions for a durable
and lasting ceasefire, which is essential to achieving a political solution to the conflict in
the Syrian Arab Republic and to bringing to an end the systematic, widespread and gross
violations and abuses of human rights and violations of humanitarian law;
2.
Strongly condemns the military offensive on eastern Aleppo being conducted
by forces loyal to the Syrian authorities, and calls upon them to halt immediately the
indiscriminate bombing of the civilian population;
3.
Also strongly condemns the airstrikes on 19 September 2016 on a United
Nations/Syrian Arab Red Crescent aid convoy in rural Aleppo, which may constitute a
serious violation of international humanitarian law, supports the call by the United Nations
for an immediate, impartial and independent investigation into this incident, and calls upon
all parties to the conflict to respect all humanitarian organizations, including personnel,
facilities and other relief assets;
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Welcomes the work of the Independent International Commission of Inquiry
on the Syrian Arab Republic to investigate all alleged violations and abuses of international
human rights law since March 2011 in the Syrian Arab Republic, to establish the facts and
circumstances and to support efforts to ensure that perpetrators of abuses and violations,
including those who may be responsible for crimes against humanity, are held accountable,
and notes the importance of the work of the Commission of Inquiry and the information it
has collected in support of future accountability efforts, in particular the information on
those who have allegedly violated international law;
5.
Also welcomes the statement of the International Syria Support Group of 17
May 2016 in Vienna, including its request for the Special Envoy of the Secretary-General
for Syria to facilitate agreements between the Syrian parties for the release of detainees and
its call for any party holding detainees to protect the health and safety of those in their
custody;
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