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(c)
Prohibit and prevent torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading
treatment, including sexual violence;
(d)
Ban effectively the recruitment and use of children in hostilities;
(e)
Protect humanitarian workers and facilities, including
personnel, hospitals and transport;
medical
(f)
Assist and protect the full range of displaced persons, with due regard to
sex and age;
(g)
Uphold the tapestry of religious and ethnically diverse communities, and
guarantee the space for a variety of human rights defenders, lawyers, journalists,
academics and civil society;
(h)
Prohibit and prevent the use of illegal weapons;
(i)
Refrain from attacking cultural sites, assist in the safeguarding of these
sites, and prohibit the trade and trafficking of cultural objects;
(j)
Cooperate effectively against the terrorist organizations listed by the
Security Council in its resolutions.
156. The Commission recommends that the Government of the Syrian Arab
Republic:
(a)
Abide fully by human rights and international humanitarian law, as well
as Security Council resolutions, with a clear order thereof to all officials and forces
accordingly;
(b)
civilians;
Cease indiscriminate and disproportionate attacks on areas inhabited by
(c)
Ensure that besieged and hard-to-reach communities have access to
humanitarian aid, with cross-border and cross-line facilitation, in compliance with the
stipulations of Security Council resolutions;
(d)
Allow the Commission access to the country.
157. The Commission recommends that anti-government armed groups repudiate
extreme elements and apply effective leverage for compliance with international law.
158. The Commission recommends that States with influence over the warring
parties, in particular the permanent members of the Security Council, work in concert
to apply pressure to the parties to end the violence and to support all-inclusive
negotiations for a sustainable political transition process in the country.
159. The Commission recommends that all members of the international
community:
(a)
Curb the proliferation and supply of weapons to warring parties, and
address the sources thereof;
(b)
Sustain and expand funding and other support for humanitarian
operations;
(c)
Protect the human rights of all persons, including migrants, internally
displaced persons, asylum seekers and refugees, and comply with their obligations
under international human rights treaties, the Convention relating to the Status of
Refugees and the Protocol thereto, and other relevant instruments;
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