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disrupts an individual’s ability to receive or impart information online or offline, including
partial or complete Internet shutdowns;
21.
Encourages relevant thematic special procedure mandate holders, within their
respective mandates, to pay particular attention to the situation of human rights in Ukraine;
22.
Reiterates the importance of ensuring accountability for violations and abuses
of human rights and violations of international humanitarian law, underscores the urgency of
continuing prompt, independent and impartial investigations into all alleged abuses and
violations to end impunity and ensure accountability for those responsible through the
appropriate justice mechanisms, including for the most serious crimes under international
law, and also underscores the importance of ensuring other dimensions of accountability,
such as truth, reparations and guarantees of non-recurrence, and that the rights, needs and
perspectives of the victims should be at the centre of these processes;
23.
Emphasizes the urgent need to ensure justice, responding to the immediate and
longer term needs of all victims of violations and abuses of human rights and violations of
international humanitarian law, as well as adequate, effective and prompt reparation,
including restitution, compensation, rehabilitation, satisfaction, guarantees of non-repetition
and reintegration into society, and also emphasizes that bringing those responsible to justice
is critical for the prevention of further human rights violations and abuses and violations of
international humanitarian law;
24.
Welcomes the accession of Ukraine to the Rome Statute of the International
Criminal Court, as of 1 January 2025, as an important contribution to international efforts to
establish accountability for the most serious crimes of international concern;
25.
Stresses the importance of respecting, protecting and fulfilling the human
rights of children and protecting children from all forms of violence, including sexual and
gender-based violence, and emphasizes the importance of investigating and documenting
violations and abuses of the rights of the child and violations of international humanitarian
law, including forcible transfers and deportation, by relevant mechanisms, including the
Commission of Inquiry;
26.
Decides to extend the mandate of the Independent International Commission
of Inquiry on Ukraine, defined by the Human Rights Council in its resolution 49/1, for a
further period of one year, complementing, consolidating and building upon the work of the
human rights monitoring mission in Ukraine, in close coordination with the human rights
monitoring mission in Ukraine and the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for
Human Rights;
27.
Requests the Commission of Inquiry to give an oral update to the Human
Rights Council at its sixtieth session, to be followed by an interactive dialogue, to submit a
comprehensive report to the Council at its sixty-first session, to be followed by an interactive
dialogue, and to submit a report to the General Assembly at its eightieth session, also to be
followed by an interactive dialogue;
28.
Requests the Secretary-General to ensure the availability of all the resources
necessary to enable the Commission of Inquiry to carry out its mandate, including legal,
investigative and gender expertise, and the resources and expertise necessary to enable the
Office of the High Commissioner to provide the administrative, technical and logistical
support that is essential to implement the provisions of the present resolution, in particular in
the areas of fact-finding, legal analysis and evidence-collection;
29.
Calls upon all relevant parties and States, and encourages civil society, the
media and other relevant stakeholders, to cooperate fully with the Commission of Inquiry to
allow it to effectively fulfil its mandate, and to provide it with relevant information or
documentation they may possess or come to possess, as appropriate;
30.
Calls upon the relevant organs, bodies and agencies of the United Nations
system to cooperate fully with the Commission of Inquiry and to respond promptly to any
request made by it, including with regard to access to relevant information and
documentation;
31.
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Decides to remain actively seized of the matter.