Situation of human rights in the temporarily occupied territories of Ukraine, including the Autonomous Republic of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol A/RES/80/223 (e) To respect the laws in force in Ukraine, repeal laws unlawfully imposed by the Russian Federation in the temporarily occupied territories of Ukraine that allow for forced evictions and the confiscation of private property, including land, as well as the natural and agricultural resources of Ukraine, in violation of applicable international law, and respect the property rights of all former owners affected by previous confiscations; (f) To provide reliable information on the whereabouts of forcibly disappeared and missing Ukrainian citizens, as well as civilian detainees, transferred and deported children, and prisoners of war, so as to ensure their communication with their families, lawyers and relevant international actors, including the International Committee of the Red Cross, and to immediately release and allow the return to Ukraine, without preconditions, of Ukrainian citizens who were unlawfully detained, as well as those transferred or deported by the Russian Federation; (g) To disclose the number and identity of individuals deported from the temporarily occupied territories of Ukraine to the Russian Federation and take immediate action to allow the voluntary return of such individuals to Ukraine; (h) To end the practice of placing detainees in solitary confinement cells, punitive isolation or other severe conditions as a method of intimidation; (i) To monitor and accommodate the medical needs of all Ukrainian citizens in detention, including prisoners of war, those unlawfully detained and convicted on politically motivated grounds in the temporarily occupied territories of Ukraine and in the Russian Federation and allow the monitoring of those detainees’ state of health and conditions of detention by independent international monitors and physicians from reputable international health organizations, including the European Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment and the International Committee of the Red Cross, as well as to release detainees in critical health condition, especially if their illnesses are mentioned in the list of diseases that prevent detention, and investigate effectively all deaths in detention; (j) To uphold the rights, in accordance with international law and until their release, of Ukrainian prisoners and detainees in the temporarily occupied territories of Ukraine and in the Russian Federation, including those on hunger strike, and encourages it to respect the United Nations Standard Minimum Rules for the Treatment of Prisoners (the Nelson Mandela Rules) 39 and the United Nations Rules for the Treatment of Women Prisoners and Non-custodial Measures for Women Offenders (the Bangkok Rules); 40 (k) To address ongoing impunity and ensure that those responsible for violations and abuses of human rights law and violations of international humanitarian law are held accountable before an independent and impartial judiciary; (l) To create and maintain a safe and enabling environment for journalists and media workers and citizen journalists, human rights defenders and lawyers to perform their work independently and without undue interference, including by refraining from travel bans, deportations, arbitrary arrests, detention and prosecution, and other restrictions on the enjoyment of their rights; (m) To respect, protect and fulfil freedom of opinion and expression, which includes the freedom to seek, receive and impart information and ideas through any media and regardless of frontiers, and ensure a safe and enabling environment for independent media pluralism and for civil society organizations; _______________ 39 40 25-20987 Resolution 70/175, annex. Resolution 65/229, annex. 11/15