A/HRC/RES/51/27 to sustainable peace at the national level, to the furtherance of cooperation among peoples and to the promotion of international peace and security, Stressing the importance of collecting, preserving and analysing evidence in view of advancing accountability, and that bringing perpetrators to justice is critical for the prevention of further human rights violations and abuses and violations of international humanitarian law and international refugee law and for comprehensive post-conflict transitional justice and reconciliation developed with input from victims and survivors, and emphasizing that the seriousness of the situation requires a swift and thorough response, 1. Condemns in the strongest terms all human rights violations and abuses and violations of international humanitarian law and international refugee law committed in northern Ethiopia by all parties to the conflict since it began on 3 November 2020, and stresses that all those responsible for such violations and abuses must be held accountable for their actions and brought to justice; 2. Reiterates its call for an immediate halt to all human rights violations and abuses and violations of international humanitarian law and international refugee law and for the full respect of international humanitarian law and all human rights and fundamental freedoms by all parties to the conflict in northern Ethiopia; 3. Urges all parties to the conflict in northern Ethiopia to heed the repeated calls to immediately end hostilities and restore the cessation of hostilities, without preconditions, and to engage in the ongoing mediation efforts led by the African Union High Representative for the Horn of Africa Region and in an inclusive national dialogue, with a view to reducing tensions and achieving sustainable and inclusive peace; 4. Demands that all parties to the conflict comply with their obligations under international humanitarian law, refrain from directing attacks against civilians, including on the basis of their ethnicity or gender, and civilian objects, in particular those indispensable to the survival of the population, including crops, livestock and medicines, refrain from incitement to hatred and violence, avoid further damage to critical civilian infrastructure, including hospitals and schools, take special measures to end and prevent violations and abuses and ensure the protection of women and children, and end any measures that may exacerbate the already acute humanitarian crisis; 5. Calls upon all parties to the conflict to facilitate full, safe, rapid and unimpeded humanitarian access and the delivery of humanitarian supplies, including across conflict lines, to ensure that humanitarian relief reaches all civilians in need, in particular internally displaced persons and those in vulnerable situations, to respect the independence of humanitarian agencies and guarantee the protection of humanitarian personnel, and to end attacks on and the intimidation of humanitarian workers and agencies; 6. Calls upon all parties to the conflict that have not yet acknowledged responsibility and committed to concrete measures with clear time frames for implementing the recommendations made by the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights and the Ethiopian Human Rights Commission in the report on the joint investigation and by the International Commission of Human Rights Experts on Ethiopia to do so without delay; 7. Welcomes the steps taken to date by the Government of Ethiopia to implement the recommendations made by the Office of the High Commissioner and the Ethiopian Human Rights Commission in the report on the joint investigation, and encourages the Government to proceed without delay and in an impartial and transparent manner to ensure accountability and redress for the victims of violations and abuses committed in the conflict; 8. Notes with concern that the current circumstances of ongoing hostilities may not be conducive to ensuring prompt, independent, transparent and impartial investigations at the national level in line with the standards of international law; 9. Decides to renew the mandate of the International Commission of Human Rights Experts on Ethiopia for a further period of one year; 10. Requests the International Commission of Human Rights Experts on Ethiopia to present an oral briefing to the Human Rights Council at its fifty-second session, to be 4