A/HRC/RES/33/19 Underlining that past or current gross violations and abuses of human rights and serious violations of international humanitarian law, and including those amounting to genocide, war crimes, ethnic cleansing and crimes against humanity, particularly if assuming an early pattern of conduct, create a risk of further violations when they have not been prevented, punished or adequately addressed, Acknowledging that the fight against impunity and the implementation of transitional justice processes, including the promotion of truth, justice, reparation and guarantees of non-recurrence, can prevent the recurrence of past atrocities or similar violations, Recognizing that justice processes, including public trials, memorialization processes and the preservation of archives and other reliable evidence concerning gross violations and abuses of human rights and serious violations of international humanitarian law, including genocide, war crimes, ethnic cleansing and crimes against humanity, ensure that such crimes are never forgotten and contribute to the prevention of the recurrence of these crimes or similar violations and abuses, Recognizing also the importance of assisting States that have undergone past atrocities, upon their request and in cooperation with them, to devise a national comprehensive transitional justice strategy with a view to addressing the needs of victims and their right to an effective remedy, to preventing the recurrence of past atrocities or similar violations, to avoiding relapsing into conflict or other forms of violence, and to ensuring sustainable peace and reconciliation, Condemning impunity for gross violations and abuses of human rights and serious violations of international humanitarian law, including genocide, war crimes, ethnic cleansing and crimes against humanity, and emphasizing the responsibility of States to comply with their obligations under relevant international instruments to end impunity and, to that end, to investigate thoroughly and to prosecute those responsible for such violations and crimes and address the right of victims to an effective remedy in order to avoid the recurrence of similar violations and to seek sustainable peace, justice, truth and reconciliation, and in this regard stressing also the importance of strengthening the capacity of domestic jurisdictions and inter-State cooperation, Recognizing the role of the International Criminal Court in a multilateral system that aims to end impunity, establish the rule of law, promote and encourage respect for human rights and international humanitarian law and achieve sustainable peace, in accordance with international law and the purposes and principles of the Charter, Recognizing also the fundamental role of civil society, through its engagement, advocacy and participation in decision-making processes, in preventing the commission of gross violations and abuses of human rights and serious violations of international humanitarian law, including genocide, war crimes, ethnic cleansing and crimes against humanity, or in addressing their legacy by promoting the right to the truth, justice, reparation and guarantees of non-recurrence, Underlining the fact that, when designing and implementing strategies, policies and measures to address gross violations and abuses of human rights and serious violations of international humanitarian law, including genocide, war crimes, ethnic cleansing and crimes against humanity, the specific context of each situation must be taken into account with a view to preventing the recurrence of future violations and to ensure social cohesion, nation-building, ownership and inclusiveness at the national and local levels with a view to promoting reconciliation, Emphasizing the importance of a comprehensive approach to transitional justice incorporating the full range of judicial and non-judicial measures, including, among others, individual prosecutions, reparations, truth-seeking, institutional reform, the vetting of 3