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Expressing deep concern at the situation of persons with disabilities and of older
persons, recognizing the urgent need to measure the effects of the conflict on their situations
and to take enhanced measures to ensure their protection during conflict, and noting the
importance of ensuring the full, equal and meaningful participation of persons with
disabilities and older persons and their representative organizations in all stages of the peace
continuum,
Stressing the urgent need for the Russian Federation to immediately stop its
aggression against Ukraine, to withdraw its troops from Ukraine and to cease its military
hostilities against Ukraine and for Belarus to immediately cease its support for these
hostilities, for the prioritization of the protection of civilians, including those displaced, and
civilian objects, and for full, timely, immediate, unhindered and safe humanitarian access,
and demanding that the parties respect human rights and fully comply with their applicable
obligations under international law, including international human rights law, international
humanitarian law and international refugee law,
Recalling that the States Members of the Human Rights Council are required to
uphold the highest standards in the promotion and protection of human rights,
Deploring the suffering of people in Ukraine, and reaffirming its profound solidarity
with them, while stressing the importance of providing all victims with proper support and
assistance, and effective remedy and redress,
Expressing concern at the humanitarian needs of all those fleeing from or displaced
by the military hostilities,
Reaffirming the importance of the full, equal and meaningful participation and
leadership of women, including women with disabilities, in planning and decision-making
with regard to mediation, confidence-building, conflict prevention and resolution, and
reconstruction, and of their involvement in all efforts to maintain and promote peace and
security, and the need to prevent and redress human rights violations and abuses, such as all
forms of sexual and gender-based violence, including conflict-related sexual violence,
Reaffirming also that the right to freedom of opinion and expression, both online and
offline, is a human right guaranteed to all, reiterating in this regard the important role of free
and independent media and non-governmental organizations, and condemning any attack
against journalists, media outlets, media workers and human rights defenders,
Stressing that the disinformation spread by States and State-sponsored actors can
accompany serious violations of international law and can have a far-reaching negative
impact on the enjoyment of human rights, in particular in times of emergency, crisis and
armed conflict,
Underscoring the obligation on all parties to the Geneva Conventions of 12 August
1949 and to the Protocol Additional to the Geneva Conventions of 12 August 1949, and
relating to the Protection of Victims of International Armed Conflicts (Protocol I), to
investigate and prosecute or extradite persons alleged to have committed, or to have ordered
to be committed, grave breaches of the Geneva Conventions or of Protocol I Additional
thereto, as applicable,
Welcoming the investigation by the Office of the Prosecutor of the International
Criminal Court into the situation in Ukraine, and noting the issuance by its Pre-Trial Chamber
of arrest warrants for two individuals on 17 March 2023 for the alleged war crimes of
“unlawful deportation of population (children)” and “unlawful transfer of population
(children) from occupied areas of Ukraine to the Russian Federation”,
Noting the role of the International Court of Justice in settling, in accordance with
international law, legal disputes submitted to it by States, and recalling the order issued by
the Court on 16 March 2022 for the Russian Federation to immediately suspend the military
operations that it had commenced on 24 February 2022 in the territory of Ukraine,
Acknowledging the importance of the investigation conducted by the Commission of
Inquiry, and emphasizing the role played by the Office of the High Commissioner and its
monitoring mission in Ukraine in contributing to an objective appraisal of the situation of
human rights in Ukraine,
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