Situation of human rights in the Syrian Arab Republic
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25. Urges all parties to the conflict to develop effective measures to prevent
acts of violence, attacks and threats of attacks against sick and wounded persons,
internally displaced persons, as well as medical personnel and humanitarian personnel
exclusively engaged in medical duties, hospitals and other medical facilities,
including through the conduct of full, prompt, impartial and effective investigations
to hold those responsible for any such acts to account;
26. Expresses its profound concern about the findings contained in the report
of the Commission of Inquiry regarding the displacement of more than half of the
2.5 million people residing in Idlib who have been displaced since the onset of
conflict, often multiple times, stresses that the situation in Idlib is of particular
concern, expresses its support for the current agreement to cease hostilities in order
to avoid a further humanitarian catastrophe, and calls upon the guarantors of that
agreement to ensure that the ceasefire is upheld and that access is granted in a rapid,
unimpeded and sustainable manner;
27. Demands that the Syrian regime cooperate fully with the Commission of
Inquiry, including by granting it immediate, full and unhindered access throughou t
the Syrian Arab Republic;
28. Strongly condemns the intervention in the Syrian Arab Republic of all
foreign terrorist fighters and those foreign organizations and foreign forces fighting
on behalf of the Syrian regime, expresses deep concern that their involvement further
exacerbates the deteriorating situation in the Syrian Arab Republic, including the
human rights and humanitarian situation, which has a serious negative impact on the
region, and further demands that all foreign terrorist fighters, and those who are
fighting in support of the Syrian regime, including all militias sponsored by foreign
Governments, must immediately withdraw from the Syrian Arab Republic;
29. Demands that all parties immediately put an end to all violations and
abuses of international human rights law and violations of international humanitarian
law, recalls, in particular, the obligation under international humanitarian law to
distinguish between civilians and combatants and the prohibition against
indiscriminate and disproportionate attacks and all attacks against civilians and
civilian objects, further demands that all parties to the conflict take all appropriate
steps to protect civilians, in compliance with international law, including by desisting
from attacks directed against civilian objects, such as medical centres, schools and
water stations, and refrain from militarizing such facilities, seek to avoid establishing
military positions in densely populated areas and enable the evacuation of the
wounded and all civilians who wish to leave areas of conflict, including besieged
areas, and recalls in this regard that the Syrian regime bears primary responsibility
for protecting its population;
30. Condemns in the strongest terms all attacks on protected objects, including
indiscriminate and disproportionate attacks and those which may constitute a war
crime, taking place in the Syrian Arab Republic, and requests the Commission of
Inquiry to continue to investigate all such acts, and demands that the Syrian regime
meet its responsibility to protect the Syrian population;
31. Demands that the Syrian regime immediately cease any attacks on
civilians, any disproportionate attacks and any indiscriminate use of weapons in
populated areas, and recalls in this regard the obligation to respect international
humanitarian law in all circumstances;
32. Emphasizes the need for accountability for crimes involving breaches of
international law, in particular of international humanitarian law and human rights
law, some of which may constitute war crimes or crimes against humanity, committed
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