A/HRC/S-22/4 I. Resolution adopted by the Human Rights Council at its twenty-second special session S-22/1 The human rights situation in Iraq in the light of abuses committed by the so-called Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant and associated groups The Human Rights Council, Guided by the Charter of the United Nations, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and other relevant international human rights law instruments, Recalling Security Council resolutions 1373 (2001) of 28 September 2001, 1618 (2005) of 4 August 2005, 1624 (2005) of 14 September 2005, 2169 (2014) of 30 July 2014 and 2170 (2014) of 15 August 2014, General Assembly resolution 60/288 of 8 October 2006 and Human Rights Council resolutions 10/15 of 26 March 2009 and 13/26 of 26 March 2010, as well as all other relevant United Nations resolutions, Reaffirming its commitment to the sovereignty, unity and territorial integrity of Iraq within its internationally recognized borders, Welcoming the various statements issued by the Security Council, the SecretaryGeneral, the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights and the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Iraq, in which they noted the enormity of the atrocities committed by the so-called Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant and associated terrorist groups, and in which they stated that such atrocities may amount to crimes against humanity, involving unlawful killing, sexual violence against women and children, enslavement, rape, forced marriages, displacement and abduction, and have caused a catastrophic humanitarian crisis and the displacement of large numbers of people from the areas under their control, Deeply concerned by the increasing and dramatic human rights violations and abuses and violations of international humanitarian law in Iraq resulting from the terrorist acts committed by the so-called Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant and associated terrorist groups against the Iraqi people, including those involving unlawful killing, the deliberate targeting of civilians, forced conversions, targeted persecution of individuals on the basis of their religion or belief, and acts of violence against members of ethnic and religious minorities, in particular Christians and Yazidis in Mosul and the surrounding areas, including Sinjar, Tal Afar, Bashir, Amerli, the Plain of Nineveh and other areas, as well as sieges against civilians in villages inhabited by minorities, Deeply concerned also by the attacks against civilians by the so-called Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant and the mass execution of a large number of unarmed Iraqi soldiers and clergy, as well as the rampant destruction of monuments, shrines, churches, mosques and other places of worship, archaeological sites and cultural heritage sites, Deeply regretting the attacks against journalists by the so-called Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant and associated groups, Reaffirming that all States have the responsibility to promote and protect all human rights and fundamental freedoms for all, in accordance with the Charter and other instruments relating to human rights, and reaffirming also that the protection and promotion of human rights and fundamental freedoms is the responsibility of Governments, Reaffirming also that no terrorist act can be justified in any circumstances, 3