A/HRC/RES/29/16 basis of the Geneva communiqué, including for the formation of a transitional governing body with full executive powers, 1. Welcomes the work of the Independent International Commission of 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 the future accountability efforts, in particular the information on alleged perpetrators violating international law; 2. Demands that the Syrian authorities cooperate fully with the Human Rights Council and the Commission of Inquiry by granting the Commission immediate, full and unfettered access throughout the Syrian Arab Republic; 3. Strongly condemns the continued gross, systematic and widespread violations and abuses of human rights and all violations of international humanitarian law by the Syrian authorities and affiliated militias, including foreign terrorist fighters and those foreign organizations fighting on behalf of the Syrian authorities, in particular Hizbullah, Asa’ib Ahl al-Haq and Liwa’ Abu al-Fadl al-Abbas; 4. Also strongly condemns the widespread use of sexual violence and torture in detention centres, noting that such acts constitute violations of international human rights law or violations of international humanitarian law, and calls for the appropriate international monitoring bodies to be granted access to detainees in government prisons and detention centres and for the Syrian authorities to publish a list of all detention facilities; 5. Further strongly condemns all arbitrary detention of individuals by the Syrian authorities and demands the immediate release of all persons detained, including individuals affiliated with non-governmental organizations accredited by the Economic and Social Council, such as the Syrian Centre for Media and Freedom of Expression; 6. Strongly condemns the continued use of chemical weapons in the Syrian Arab Republic, including chlorine gas, which is prohibited under international law, and demands that the Syrian Arab Republic respect fully its international obligations, including the requirement that it declare its programme in full and eliminate it in its entirety; 7. Condemns the use by the Syrian authorities of heavy weapons, cluster munitions and aerial bombardments, including any indiscriminate use of ballistic missiles and barrel bombs and the shelling of medical facilities, and also condemns the starvation of civilians as a method of combat against the Syrian population; 8. Strongly condemns the terrorist acts and violence committed against civilians by the so-called Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (Daesh), al-Nusra Front and other extremist groups, condemns in the strongest terms the violent extremist ideology professed by the so-called Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (Daesh) and its continued gross, systematic and widespread abuses of human rights and violations of international humanitarian law, and reaffirms that terrorism, including the actions of the so-called Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (Daesh), cannot and should not be associated with any religion, nationality or civilization; 9. Condemns all violations and abuses of international human rights law and all violations of international humanitarian law, including against women and children, as well as persons with disabilities, and urges all parties to the conflict not to commit indiscriminate attacks, including those that affect civilian populations and objects, to demilitarize medical facilities and schools, to comply with their obligations under international humanitarian law and to respect human rights; 10. Strongly condemns violence against all persons on the basis of their religious or ethnic affiliation, and calls upon all parties to respect fully international law; 2