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6.
Also strongly condemns the terrorist acts and violence committed against
civilians by the so-called Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (Daesh), al-Nusrah Front or
other terrorist organizations designated by the Security Council, and their continued gross,
systematic and widespread abuses of international human rights law and violations of
international humanitarian law, reaffirms that terrorism, including the actions of the socalled Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (Daesh), cannot and should not be associated
with any religion, nationality or civilization, and stresses the importance of the full
implementation of Security Council resolution 2170 (2014) of 15 August 2014;
7.
Further strongly condemns all attacks against the Syrian moderate
opposition, and calls for their immediate cessation, given that such attacks benefit the socalled Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (Daesh) and other terrorist groups, such as alNusrah Front, and contribute to a further deterioration of the humanitarian situation;
8.
Condemns in the strongest terms the gross and systematic abuse of women’s
and children’s rights by the so-called Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (Daesh), in
particular the enslavement and sexual abuse of women and girls, enforced disappearances
and the forced recruitment and abduction of children;
9.
Expresses its deepest concern at the findings of the Commission of Inquiry
on crimes committed against persons belonging to the Yazidi community in the Syrian
Arab Republic by the so-called Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (Daesh);
10.
Condemns all violations and abuses of international human rights law and all
violations of international humanitarian law, including against women and children, and
persons with disabilities, and urges all parties to the conflict not to commit indiscriminate
attacks against the civilian population and civilian infrastructure, including against medical
facilities and schools as such, to comply with their obligations under international
humanitarian law and to respect international human rights law;
11.
Expressing its profound concern at the escalation of intolerable suffering of
civilians in and around Aleppo;
12.
Strongly condemns the widespread practice of enforced disappearance,
arbitrary detention and the use of sexual violence and torture, especially in detention
centres run by the Syrian authorities, including those acts referenced in the reports of the
Commission of Inquiry, as well as those depicted in the evidence presented by “Caesar” in
January 2014, and notes that such acts may constitute violations or abuses of international
human rights law or violations of international humanitarian law;
13.
facilities;
Condemns the denial of medical services in all prisons and detention
14.
families;
Recognizes the permanent damage that torture causes to its victims and their
15.
Calls for the appropriate international monitoring bodies to be granted
immediate access without undue restriction to all detainees, and for the Syrian authorities to
publish a list of all detention facilities;
16.
Demands the immediate release of all persons arbitrarily detained, including
women, children, human rights defenders, humanitarian aid providers, medical personnel
and journalists;
17.
Strongly condemns any use of any toxic chemical, such as chlorine, as a
weapon in the Syrian Arab Republic, welcomes the fact that the Joint Investigative
Mechanism, which was established by the Security Council in its resolution 2235 (2015) of
7 August 2015 to identify those involved in the use of any toxic chemical, such as chlorine,
as a weapon in the Syrian Arab Republic, became fully operational in November 2015, and
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