Situation of Human Rights in the Syrian Arab Republic

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A Resolution of the Human Rights Council, under agenda item 4Human rights situations that require the Council's attention, published in 2024.

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Accountability Children in Armed Conflicts Human Rights Human Rights Violations Internal Security Syrian Arab Republic

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Expresses grave concern that the crisis in the Syrian Arab Republic continues and that the conflict has been marked by consistent patterns of gross violations and abuses of international human rights law and violations of international humanitarian law, strongly condemns all violations and abuses and the ongoing human rights situation, demands that all parties to the conflict immediately comply with their respective obligations under international humanitarian law and international human rights law, and emphasizes the need to ensure that all those responsible for such violations and abuses are held to account;

Reaffirms the importance of establishing appropriate processes and mechanisms to achieve justice, reconciliation, truth and accountability for violations and abuses of international human rights law and violations of international humanitarian law, and reparations and effective remedies for victims and survivors, and the prerequisite role that accountability and transitional justice mechanisms, with the meaningful participation of victims, can play in any effort to bring about a sustainable, inclusive and peaceful conclusion to the conflict, welcomes in this regard victim-led initiatives on truth and justice, also welcomes the significant endeavours of the Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Syrian Arab Republic and the International, Impartial and Independent Mechanism to Assist in the Investigation and Prosecution of Persons Responsible for the Most Serious Crimes under International Law Committed in the Syrian Arab Republic since March 2011, while noting the important role that the International Criminal Court can play in this regard, and demands that the Syrian authorities cooperate fully with the Human Rights Council and the Commission of Inquiry by granting the Commission immediate, full and unfettered access throughout the Syrian Arab Republic;

Deeply deplores the fact that the civilian population continues to bear the brunt of the conflict and that civilians, and objects indispensable to their survival, continue to be the target of deliberate and indiscriminate attacks, including with prohibited weapons and munitions, by all parties to the conflict, notably by the Syrian regime and its State and non-State allies;

Expresses grave concern in this regard at the continued and escalating violence, including air strikes and the use of cluster munitions, and the resulting civilian deaths and casualties, including children, and the destruction and military use of civilian infrastructure, including medical facilities and schools, and cultural property across the Syrian Arab Republic, demands that all parties comply immediately with their respective obligations under international human rights law and international humanitarian law, and emphasizes the need to ensure that all those responsible for violations and abuses are held to account and that civilians are protected;

Condemns the attacks against civilian objects, such as schools, as reported by the Commission of Inquiry, and the negative effects of the ongoing conflict on the rights and welfare of children, including their access to schools, medical care and healthcare, education and humanitarian assistance and decries the violations and abuses of international human rights law and violations of international humanitarian law, as applicable;

Recalls the obligations of the Syrian Arab Republic under the Convention on the Rights of the Child to respect and ensure respect for rules of international humanitarian law applicable to them in armed conflicts which are relevant to the child, and its obligation under international humanitarian law to protect the civilian population in armed conflicts, and calls upon all parties, first and foremost the Syrian regime, to take all feasible measures to ensure the protection and care of children who are affected by the conflict;

Urges all parties to immediately respect and protect the full enjoyment by children of all their human rights, and to prevent, and to protect children from, all forms of torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment, all forms of violence, including sexual and gender-based violence, child, early and forced marriage, denial of humanitarian access, exploitation, arbitrary detention, enforced disappearance, and violations and abuses, including the recruitment and use of children in the armed conflict, in contravention of international law, and attacks on schools, in contravention of international law;

Also urges all parties to ensure that children affected by the conflict receive appropriate assistance, including access to identity documentation, education, justice and healthcare, including the provision of mental health and psychosocial support, strongly condemns the use of schools for military purposes, in contravention of international law, and encourages the Commission of Inquiry to continue its investigation and documentation of violations and abuses of the rights of the child;

Expresses grave concern at the dire humanitarian conditions across the Syrian Arab Republic, demands that all parties to the conflict maintain rapid, unhindered, safe and sustainable humanitarian access and ensure that humanitarian assistance reaches its intended recipients, also demands in this regard that all parties consent to humanitarian operations into the north-west of the Syrian Arab Republic, through all modalities, including cross-border and cross-line modalities, and notes that humanitarian aid must be delivered on the basis of need and guided by the humanitarian principles of humanity, neutrality, impartiality and independence;

Recalls the findings of the Commission of Inquiry and the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights that the Syrian Arab Republic does not yet offer a safe and stable environment for the safe, voluntary and dignified return of refugees or for those displaced inside the country, and calls upon the Syrian authorities to protect returning refugees and internally displaced persons from human rights violations and abuses and to help to create the conditions necessary for the safe, voluntary and dignified return of refugees;

Strongly reiterates the call of the Secretary-General for a global ceasefire, the call of the Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for Syria for a complete, immediate and nationwide ceasefire throughout the Syrian Arab Republic and the recommendation made by the Commission of Inquiry to immediately institute a permanent ceasefire in order to provide the space for Syrian-led negotiations, including the full, equal, meaningful and safe participation of women, and for the restoration of respect for human rights, and urges all parties to the conflict to direct their efforts to enact such a ceasefire;

Strongly supports the efforts of the Special Envoy to make progress in the political process and the work of the Constitutional Committee to advance further aspects of Security Council resolution 2254 (2015) of 18 December 2015, deplores the stalling of efforts to engage meaningfully and in good faith with the political process, and urges all parties to the conflict, and the Syrian authorities in particular, to advance all aspects of resolution 2254 (2015);

Supports efforts to ensure that children and youth in the Syrian Arab Republic are represented and empowered to play a meaningful role in the political process and that a key component of any political settlement is access to justice for child victims of abuses and violations;

Decides to remain seized of the matter.

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