The Deteriorating Situation of Human Rights in Eastern Ghouta, in the Syrian Arab Republic

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Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the Human Rights Council, under agenda item 1 Organizational and procedural matters, published in 2018.

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10 subjects

Accountability Ceasefires Commissions of Inquiry Ghouta (Syrian Arab Republic)Human Rights in Armed Conflicts Human Rights Violations Humanitarian Assistance Internal Security Relief Corridors Syrian Arab Republic

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8 operative paragraphs

Strongly condemns all violations of international humanitarian law and all violations and abuses of human rights and fundamental freedoms in the Syrian Arab Republic;

Also strongly condemns the sustained denial of humanitarian access, the repeated attacks against medical facilities and civilian infrastructure, in contravention of international humanitarian law, the indiscriminate use of heavy weapons and aerial bombardments against civilians and the alleged use of chemical weapons in Eastern Ghouta;

Welcomes Security Council resolution 2401 (2018), in which the Council demanded that all parties to the conflict cease hostilities without delay for at least 30 consecutive days to enable the safe, unimpeded and sustained delivery of humanitarian assistance and medical evacuations of the critically sick and wounded, in accordance with applicable international law, and calls for its full and immediate implementation by all parties to the conflict;

Calls upon all parties, in particular the Syrian authorities, to meet their responsibility to protect the Syrian population and to end immediately all attacks against civilians in Eastern Ghouta, while the growing number of civilian casualties in Damascus are also of concern, as delays in the implementation of the ceasefire cause more suffering on all sides;

Stresses the need to ensure accountability for those responsible for violations and abuses of international human rights law and violations of international humanitarian law in Eastern Ghouta, and also stresses that those responsible for violations and abuses of international human rights law and serious violations of international humanitarian law in all areas of the Syrian Arab Republic must be held to account;

Demands that all parties, particularly the Syrian authorities, allow safe, unimpeded and sustained access by the United Nations, their implementing partners and humanitarian operators to all people in need, including immediate access for aid deliveries and medical evacuations to and from Eastern Ghouta, and the protection of medical and other humanitarian personnel, facilities and transport;

Requests the Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Syrian Arab Republic, upon renewal of its mandate, to urgently conduct a comprehensive and independent inquiry into the recent events in Eastern Ghouta, and to provide an update followed by an interactive dialogue on the situation to the Human Rights Council at its thirty-eighth session;

Decides to remain seized of the matter and to take further action on the situation of human rights in the Syrian Arab Republic.

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