A/HRC/RES/43/38 Taking note of the latest report of the Secretary-General on the situation in Mali,2 in which he expresses concern about the continued delays in the implementation of the Agreement on Peace and Reconciliation in Mali and growing insecurity across the country, in particular in its northern and central regions, emphasizes the importance of combating impunity to stem violence in the country and calls upon the Malian authorities to take all measures in that regard, Noting the consideration given by the Joint Force of the Group of Five for the Sahel to the human rights due diligence policy on United Nations support to non-United Nations security forces and noting the establishment of the framework for ensuring that the operations of the Joint Force are in compliance with human rights and international humanitarian law, 1. Strongly condemns the violations and abuses of human rights and violations of international humanitarian law, including those involving violations and abuses of women’s rights, notably sexual and gender-based violence, violations and abuses of children’s rights, in particular the recruitment and use of children in violation of international law, and extrajudicial and summary executions, arbitrary arrests and detention, mistreatment of prisoners, killing and maiming, and attacks on schools and hospitals; 2. Calls upon all parties to respect the civilian character of schools in accordance with international humanitarian law and to cease detaining children for violations of national security in breach of applicable international law, urges all parties to put an end to such violations and abuses and abide by their obligations under applicable international law, including international human rights and humanitarian law, welcomes in this regard the endorsement by the Malian authorities of the Safe Schools Declaration in February 2019 and encourages them to follow up on it, including by drawing up a list of the schools closed as a result of direct threats or insecurity; 3. Recalls in this regard that all perpetrators of such acts must be held accountable before the competent courts, at both the national and the international level; 4. Strongly condemns the attacks, including terrorist attacks, on civilians, representatives of local, regional and central institutions, the Malian defence and security forces, the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali and the French forces deployed in the framework of Operation Barkhane, underlines the importance of bringing perpetrators, sponsors, organizers and financiers of these acts to justice and urges the Government of Mali to ensure that those responsible for these acts are prosecuted; 5. Also strongly condemns the escalation of communal violence in the centre of the country in the past year and calls upon the Government of Mali, with the support of the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali and the international community, to continue its efforts to achieve national reconciliation and to prevent violence in identified hotspots; 6. Underscores that stabilization of the situation in central Mali requires a fully integrated plan encompassing simultaneous pursuit of progress on security, governance, development and reconciliation, as well as respect for, and protection and promotion of, human rights; 7. Welcomes the measures taken by the Government of Mali in support of the implementation of the Integrated Security Plan for the Central Regions of Mali, a comprehensive plan to re-establish the presence of the State in central Mali, as well as the establishment of a permanent secretariat for the policy framework for the management of the crisis in central Mali and the appointment of a high representative of the President of the Republic for the central regions, and stresses the need to continue making such efforts; 8. Reiterates its call for an immediate halt to all human rights violations and abuses and violations of international humanitarian law and for the strict observance of all human rights and fundamental freedoms; 2 GE.20-08933 S/2019/983. 3