A/HRC/RES/32/25 Expressing full support for the efforts of the Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for Syria, with a view to full implementation of the Syrian political process that establishes credible, inclusive and non-sectarian governance, in accordance with the Geneva communiqué and consistent with Security Council resolutions 2254 (2015) of 18 December 2015 and 2258 (2015) of 22 December 2015, urging the Special Envoy to continue to push the parties to negotiate a political transition, demanding that all parties to the cessation of hostilities in the Syrian Arab Republic fulfil their commitments, and urging all Member States, especially the members of the International Syria Support Group, to use their influence with the parties to the cessation of hostilities to ensure fulfilment of those commitments and the full implementation of those resolutions, to support efforts to create conditions for a durable and lasting ceasefire, which is essential to achieving a political solution to the conflict in the Syrian Arab Republic and to bringing to an end the systematic, widespread and gross violations and abuses of human rights and violations of international humanitarian law, Acknowledging the ongoing efforts by human rights defenders active in the Syrian Arab Republic to document violations and abuses of international human rights law and violations of international humanitarian law, despite grave risks, 1. Welcomes the statement of the International Syria Support Group of 17 May 2016 in Vienna, including its request that the Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for Syria facilitate agreements between the Syrian parties for the release of detainees and its call for any party holding detainees to protect the health and safety of those in their custody; 2. Stresses the importance of achieving a full cessation of hostilities in the Syrian Arab Republic, demands that all parties to the cessation of hostilities in the Syrian Arab Republic fulfil their commitments, and urges all Member States, especially the members of the International Syria Support Group, to use their influence with the parties to the cessation of hostilities to ensure fulfilment of those commitments, and to support efforts to create conditions for a durable and lasting ceasefire, which is essential to achieving a political solution to the conflict in the Syrian Arab Republic and to bringing to an end the systematic, widespread and gross violations and abuses of human rights and violations of humanitarian law; 3. Welcomes the work of the Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Syrian Arab Republic to investigate all alleged violations and abuses of international human rights law since March 2011 in the Syrian Arab Republic, to establish the facts and circumstances and to support efforts to ensure that perpetrators of abuses and violations, including those who may be responsible for crimes against humanity, are held accountable, 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 the information on those who have allegedly violated international law; 4. Demands that the Syrian authorities cooperate fully with the Human Rights Council and the Commission of Inquiry by granting it immediate, full and unfettered access throughout the Syrian Arab Republic; 5. Strongly condemns the continued systematic, widespread and gross violations and abuses of human rights and all violations of international humanitarian law by the Syrian authorities and affiliated militias, including foreign terrorist fighters and those foreign organizations fighting on behalf of the Syrian authorities, in particular Hizbullah, and expresses deep concern that their involvement further exacerbates the deteriorating situation in the Syrian Arab Republic, including the human rights and humanitarian situation, which has a serious negative impact on the region; 2

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