A/HRC/RES/26/23 against humanity and war crimes are likely to have been committed in the Syrian Arab Republic, and noting the repeated encouragement by the High Commissioner to the Security Council to refer the situation to the International Criminal Court, Welcoming the efforts of the United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women and Syrian civil society to find a peaceful, inclusive and longterm solution to the conflict, 1. Welcomes the reports of the independent international commission on 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. Urges all parties to the conflict to prevent violations of international humanitarian law and human rights violations and abuses; 4. Expresses grave concern that thousands of detainees, both Syrian and nonSyrian nationals, may have died in government prisons as a result of starvation and torture, and condemns those responsible for such horrific acts; 5. Strongly condemns all incidences of enforced disappearance by the Syrian regime, of both Syrian and non-Syrian nationals, calls upon the Syrian regime to investigate all such cases, and also condemns all incidences of abduction committed by armed groups; 6. Also strongly condemns the use by the Syrian authorities of starvation of civilians as a method of combat, and further condemns the besiegement of civilians; 7. Further strongly condemns all violations and abuses committed against journalists and media activists from any quarter, and recognizes the role of journalists in documenting protests and human rights violations and abuses in the Syrian Arab Republic; 8. Strongly condemns all violations and abuses committed against the civilian population, in particular women and children, and demands that all parties comply with their obligations under international law; 9. Demands that all groups in the Syrian Arab Republic refrain from retaliation and violence, including sexual violence and torture; 10. Also demands that all parties demilitarize medical facilities, schools and other civilian facilities, avoid establishing military positions in populated areas and desist from attacks directed against civilian objects; 11. Further demands the release of all persons arbitrarily detained, including children, and calls upon the Syrian authorities to publish a list of all detention facilities, to ensure that conditions of detention comply with applicable international law and immediately to allow access by independent monitors to all detention facilities; 12. Condemns the continued gross, systematic and widespread violations of human rights and all violations of international humanitarian law by the Syrian authorities and affiliated militias, including those involving aerial bombardment of civilian areas, in particular the indiscriminate use of barrel bombs, ballistic missiles, chlorine gas and cluster bombs, and other actions that may amount to war crimes or crimes against humanity; 13. Strongly condemns the use of chemical weapons and all indiscriminate methods of warfare in the Syrian Arab Republic, which is prohibited under international law, amounts to a serious crime and has a devastating impact on civilians, and in this regard 2