A/HRC/RES/58/24 Acknowledging that international human rights law and international humanitarian law are complementary and mutually reinforcing, Strongly condemning the war of aggression by the Russian Federation against Ukraine in violation of Article 2, paragraph 4, of the Charter, Expressing grave concern at the ongoing human rights and humanitarian crisis in Ukraine, particularly at the reports of a wide array of gross and systematic violations and abuses of international human rights law and violations of international humanitarian law and corresponding crimes in the context of the war of aggression by the Russian Federation against Ukraine, and recalling the strong expressions of concern made by the SecretaryGeneral, the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, the Independent International Commission of Inquiry on Ukraine, the special procedures of the Human Rights Council and the treaty bodies, Reaffirming the significance of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide, and recalling that massive, serious and systematic violations of human rights and international humanitarian law might result in genocide, Recalling the reports of the Secretary-General and the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights based on the work of the human rights monitoring mission in Ukraine established in 2014, and the relevant reports of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe Moscow Mechanism missions of experts, Strongly condemning the continued missile and drone attacks against civilians and civilian objects across Ukraine and indiscriminate use of explosive weapons with wide area effects in densely populated areas, which have caused numerous civilian casualties, including children, and damage to and destruction of residential areas and critical civilian infrastructure, including ports and agricultural infrastructure, water and sanitation, fuel supplies and telecommunications, and noting that these attacks have deprived much of the civilian population of water and sanitation, and heating, including during the cold winter months, and continue to hamper access to essential services, as reported by the Commission of Inquiry, which are indispensable to the survival of the civilian population, Expressing grave concern at the conclusion of the Commission of Inquiry that the continuous, large-scale waves of attacks carried out by the Russian Federation against energy-related infrastructure, including on and in the vicinity of nuclear facilities, in particular the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant of Ukraine, have resulted in blackouts, at times affecting millions of civilians, and noting the Commission’s conclusion that such waves of attacks by Russian armed forces on Ukrainian energy-related infrastructure may amount to crimes against humanity, Strongly condemning all attacks affecting healthcare facilities, as well as healthcare workers, and recalling the obligation under international humanitarian law to protect civilian objects, including healthcare facilities, and being cognizant of the fact that such attacks, which have immediate and long-lasting impacts and deprive communities of much-needed health services, undermine the right to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health, Expressing alarm about the reported use of so-called double-tap attacks, which are successive attacks on the same location within a relatively short time interval and especially affect first responders, including medical personnel, and at a minimum raise concerns regarding a lack of precaution, required under international humanitarian law to minimize the harm caused to civilians, and which may amount to war crimes if these attacks were conducted with the purpose of killing or injuring first responders or other civilians or protected persons, Strongly condemning the attacks by the Russian armed forces on schools and other educational facilities across Ukraine, which have had a devastating impact on children’s right to education and a profound psychological impact on children, parents and teachers, and recalling the obligations under international humanitarian law to protect civilian objects, including schools and educational facilities, in situations of armed conflict, 2