A/HRC/RES/27/16 persons incarcerated by the current Syrian regime, and underscoring the need for those allegations and similar evidence to be collected, examined and made available for future accountability efforts, Strongly condemning the lack of cooperation by the Syrian authorities with the commission of inquiry, 1. Welcomes the reports of the independent international commission of inquiry on the Syrian Arab Republic, and notes the importance of the work of the commission of inquiry and the information it has collected in support of future accountability efforts, in particular, information on alleged perpetrators violating international law; 2. Demands that the Syrian authorities cooperate fully with the commission of inquiry, including by granting it immediate, full and unfettered access throughout the Syrian Arab Republic; 3. Strongly condemns all violations and abuses of international human rights law and all violations of international humanitarian law committed against the civilian population, in particular all indiscriminate attacks, including those involving the use of barrel bombs against civilian populated areas and civilian infrastructure, and demands that all parties immediately demilitarize medical facilities and schools and comply with their obligations under international law; 4. Expresses its deep concern at reports from the commission of inquiry and the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights on the suffering and torture in detention centres throughout the Syrian Arab Republic; 5. Calls for the appropriate international monitoring bodies to be granted access to detainees in government prisons and detention centres, including the military facilities referenced in the reports of the commission of inquiry; 6. Expresses grave concern over the commission of inquiry’s reports on prisoners in government facilities being held in dire conditions, denied medical assistance and food and subjected to torture, and over the restrictions placed on food and medical supplies reaching Aleppo Central Prison and other detention facilities by a number of groups, including Jabhat al-Nusra; 7. Strongly condemns the reports of widespread use of sexual violence in government detention centres, including those run by the intelligence agencies, and notes that such acts may constitute violations of international humanitarian law and international human rights law; 8. Reaffirms the Syrian authorities’ responsibility for enforced disappearances, and takes note of the commission of inquiry’s assessment that the Syrian authorities’ use of enforced disappearances amounts to a crime against humanity, and also condemns the targeted disappearances of young men following government-brokered ceasefires; 9. Demands that the Syrian authorities meet their responsibilities to protect the Syrian population; 10. Strongly condemns practices including abduction, hostage-taking, incommunicado detention, torture and killings carried out by non-State armed groups, most notably the so-called Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant, and underlines that such acts may amount to crimes against humanity; 11. Expresses grave concern at allegations of torture in detention facilities controlled by non-State armed groups, and stresses that such acts constitute violations of international humanitarian law and abuses of human rights; 2