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adequate access to services, including gender and age-sensitive support programs, in
accordance with Security Council resolution 2475 (2019).
94.
In relation to recruitment and use of children in hostilities, the Commission
recommends:
(a)
that the Government of the Syrian Arab Republic ensures that persons
who have not attained the age of 18 years are not compulsory recruited into armed
forces.
(b)
that all parties to the conflict with children in their ranks should identify
them and proceed to reunify those children with their families;
(c)
that all parties to the conflict grant access to United Nations mandated
mechanisms to verify and oversee the process of demobilisation. United Nations
agencies, international non-governmental organizations and local non-governmental
organizations should be integrated in a holistic response to the reintegration of
children;
(d)
that children formerly associated with parties to conflict who are
currently in situations of detention should be allowed to reintegrate with their families
and communities in the Syrian Arab Republic and holistic reintegration projects should
be designed with the participation of the children and their communities;
95.
In relation to attacks on education, the Commission recommends:
(a)
that all parties to the conflict immediately halt the targeting schools and
educational facilities, and enforce special protection regulations granted to schools,
education personnel and students. Moreover, the Commission urges the Government of
Syria to endorse and implement the Safe School Declaration;
(b)
that all parties to the conflict should immediately put an end to the
military use of schools and return the infrastructure to educational authorities in place
with the aim of assigning the infrastructure to the original purpose;
(c)
that all parties prioritize the right to education in the current
negotiations, prioritising initiatives with a child-centred political reconciliation
process;
(d)
the Government of the Syrian Arab Republic should immediately review
the status of teachers and educational staff dismissed since 2011 with a view to
reintegrate them into the educational system;
(e)
all parties to the conflict should immediately take steps to prioritize
damaged schools among reconstruction efforts on the basis of an inclusive process that
takes into account the views of children and youth.
96.
In relation to children in detention, the Commission recommends:
(a)
that all parties to the conflict immediately release all children in all places
of detention; this measure should include all individuals who at the time of the arrest
and detention were below 18 years old;
(b)
that all parties take measures aimed at designing and implementing
programs for the physical and psychological recovery, as well as social integration, of
boys and girls survivors and victims of torture and ill-treatment during detention;
(c)
that all parties ensure that all children are treated first as victims and not
perpetrators. In cases where they are detained, it is only as a measure of last resort and,
in such exceptional cases, are held for the shortest appropriate period of time, and that
they are separated from adult detainees;
(d)
that all parties allow unconditional access for independent monitors and
humanitarian organizations to all places of detention, in particular where children are
deprived of their liberty.
97.
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