A/HRC/S-17/2 I. Resolution adopted by the Human Rights Council at its seventeenth special session S-17/1. Situation of human rights in the Syrian Arab Republic The Human Rights Council, Guided by the Charter of the United Nations, Reaffirming the purposes and principles of the Charter, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and relevant international human rights treaties, including the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, and that all States are bound to promote and protect human rights and fundamental freedoms, Recalling article 4 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights with regard to rights that may not be derogated from under any circumstances, even in a public emergency, Recalling also General Assembly resolutions 60/251 of 15 March 2006 and 65/281 of 17 June 2011, Recalling further Human Rights Council resolution S-16/1 of 29 April 2011, on the human rights situation in the Syrian Arab Republic in the context of recent events, Recalling the statement by the President of the Security Council S/PRST/2011/16 of 3 August 2011, Taking note of the fact that the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights briefed the Security Council on the situation of human rights in the Syrian Arab Republic on 18 August 2011, Taking note also of the recent statements by the Secretary-General and the High Commissioner, and of the joint statement of the Human Rights Council special procedures mandate holders of 5 August 2011 on the human rights violations in the Syrian Arab Republic, Noting the statements of the Secretary-General of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation of 14 August 2011 and of the Secretary -General of the League of Arab States of 7 August 2011, in which they expressed their concerns over the situation of human rights in the Syrian Arab Republic, Reaffirming that all States Members of the United Nations should refrain in their international relations from the threat or use of force against the territorial integrity or political independence of any State or in any other manner inconsistent with the purposes of the United Nations, 1. Strongly condemns the continued grave and systematic human rights violations by the Syrian authorities, such as arbitrary executions, excessive use of force and the killing and persecution of protesters and human rights defenders, arbitrary detention, enforced disappearances, torture and ill-treatment of detainees, including of children; 2. Welcomes the publication of the report of the fact-finding mission dispatched by the Office of the United High Commissioner for Human Rights pursuant to Human 3