A/HRC/RES/58/24 Condemning all acts of unlawful destruction of, damage to and targeting of cultural heritage, such as sites, institutions and objects of cultural, historical and religious significance in Ukraine, through military attacks by the Russian Federation, and condemning also the reported unlawful seizure of cultural property by the Russian authorities, Strongly condemning all environmental damage and negative spillover effects stemming from the war of aggression by the Russian Federation against Ukraine, in particular the destruction of the Kakhovka hydroelectric power plant, and recalling the environmental assessment by the United Nations Environment Programme of the Kakhovka dam breach, as well as other environmental impacts in terms of air, water and soil pollution and biodiversity loss, Expressing grave concern at the growing number of civilian casualties caused by the war of aggression by the Russian Federation against Ukraine and the large-scale forced displacement of civilians in and from Ukraine, resulting, to date, in more than 3.7 million internally displaced persons and approximately 6.9 million refugees, of whom the majority are women and children who are at heightened risk of sexual and gender-based violence, trafficking in persons, exploitation and abuse, Expressing grave concern also at the conclusion of the Commission of Inquiry that Russian authorities have committed enforced disappearances as crimes against humanity, since the enforced disappearances were committed for a prolonged period of time as part of a widespread and systematic attack against civilian populations, pursuant to a coordinated State policy, Expressing grave concern further at the reported continued denial by the Russian authorities of information to the families of forcibly disappeared and missing persons, as well as prisoners of war and civilian detainees, on their fate and whereabouts, which denies victims and their families justice, truth, reparations and guarantees of non-repetition, Expressing grave concern at the further conclusion of the Commission of Inquiry that the Russian authorities have acted pursuant to a coordinated State policy to torture Ukrainian civilians and prisoners of war, and that the use of torture has been widespread and systematic, and its conclusion that the Russian authorities have committed crimes against humanity of torture in the context of the full-scale invasion of Ukraine, Expressing grave concern also at the conclusion of the Commission of Inquiry that the Russian authorities have continued to systematically use sexual violence as a form of torture against civilians and prisoners of war and have committed the war crimes of rape and sexual violence as a form of torture against both male and female detainees, Expressing grave concern further at the sharp increase in 2024 in the number of reported executions and wilful killings by the Russian armed forces of Ukrainian prisoners of war and persons hors de combat, the conclusion of the Commission of Inquiry that the Russian armed forces have committed the war crimes of killing or wounding Ukrainian soldiers who were captured or attempted to surrender, and indications that the Russian armed forces have acted pursuant to a policy to kill surrendering or captured soldiers, in violation of international humanitarian law, Noting that international humanitarian law prohibits the wilful killing of persons protected under the Geneva Conventions of 12 August 1949, such as civilians or persons hors de combat, and that such killing constitutes a war crime, Expressing grave concern at the conclusion of the Commission of Inquiry that the war crime of excessive incidental death, injury or damage was committed by the Russian armed forces in the context of the fighting and the siege in Mariupol, and deploring the grave impact on civilians and civilian objects, Expressing grave concern also at the finding of the Commission of Inquiry of a pattern of widespread unlawful confinement of civilians in areas controlled by the Russian armed forces, which in the case of protected persons may constitute a war crime, Expressing grave concern further at the conclusion of the Commission of Inquiry that the Russian authorities have been responsible for the unlawful transfer and deportation of civilians and of other protected persons, in particular children, within Ukraine or to the 3