A/HRC/RES/45/28 2. Calls upon States to create and support an enabling environment for the meaningful participation of, inter alia, women mediators, women mediator networks, women’s civil society organizations, women peacebuilders and women human rights defenders, in the creation and implementation of all relevant activities related to conflict prevention and resolution, mediation, post-conflict reconstruction, peacemaking and peacebuilding; 3. Strongly condemns all forms of violence against women and girls committed in conflict and post-conflict situations, recognizes that the term “violence against women and girls” is not limited to sexual violence but includes any act of gender-based violence that results, or is likely to result, in physical, sexual or psychological harm or suffering, including threats of such acts, coercion or arbitrary deprivation of liberty, and calls for effective measures of accountability where those acts amount to violations of international human rights and humanitarian law; 4. Encourages States to enhance the promotion and protection of the human rights of women and girls in conflict and post-conflict situations that have been identified by the Security Council in relation to the women and peace and security agenda through the universal periodic review, as appropriate, by increasing their attention to these themes in national reports, to make specific, action-oriented recommendations to States under review, and to act on the recommendations made, and to report on achievements and challenges in implementation at subsequent review cycles; 5. Calls upon the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights to, in accordance with her mandate, systematically include, as applicable, the human rights of women and girls in conflict and post-conflict situations that have been identified by the Security Council in the women and peace and security agenda in country-specific related work and relevant thematic reports, and encourages her to hold consultations with women human rights defenders, women’s organizations and women peacebuilders; 6. Encourages all States to pay due attention to the recommendations of the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women and other treaty bodies relating to the human rights of women and girls in conflict and post-conflict situations, and encourages all relevant entities of the United Nations system to continue to assist States parties, upon the request of those States, in abiding by their international human rights obligations relating to women’s and girls’ rights at all times, including in armed conflict and post-conflict situations; 7. Requests the High Commissioner to present to the Human Rights Council, at its forty-eighth session, an analytical report, based on the contributions of States and other stakeholders, to be followed by an interactive dialogue, on the current state of play of the mainstreaming of the human rights of women and girls in conflict and post-conflict situations in the work of the Council, namely in relevant resolutions and in its mechanisms, with a view to making recommendations, as applicable, to States, Council mechanisms and relevant stakeholders. 38th meeting 7 October 2020 [Adopted without a vote.] 3