A/HRC/RES/43/38 9. Requests all parties to ensure the safe and unhindered delivery of humanitarian aid, in accordance with humanitarian principles, to facilitate the safe and unrestricted passage of such aid, so that it may be rapidly distributed to all those who need it in any part of Mali, and to ensure the safety and protection of the civilians receiving it and of the humanitarian and health personnel working in Mali; 10. Calls upon the Government of Mali to continue and to step up its efforts to protect, respect and fulfil human rights and to promote national reconciliation, in particular by strengthening the judiciary, ensuring that the transitional justice mechanism continues its work and effectively redeploying government services throughout the country, and welcomes in this regard the adoption by the National Assembly of the Policy and Planning Act for the Justice Sector on 20 December 2019; 11. Encourages the Government of Mali to continue implementing the recommendations accepted during the third cycle of the universal periodic review of Mali and calls, in particular, for the acceleration of efforts to adopt the law on combating genderbased violence; 12. Calls upon all signatories of the Agreement on Peace and Reconciliation in Mali to implement all its provisions, including those relating to the disarmament, demobilization and reintegration of former fighters, the redeployment of Malian armed forces throughout the territory, decentralization, the fight against impunity, the functioning of the interim administrations in the north and the participation of women, and welcomes the involvement of the Carter Centre as an independent observer of the Peace Agreement; 13. Encourages the Malian authorities to put in place all necessary measures to prevent and put an end to the recruitment and use of children in violation of international law, and to implement sustainable reintegration and rehabilitation programmes that take the gender perspective into account; 14. Notes that the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court, in January 2013, initiated an investigation into crimes committed on the territory of Mali since January 2012, that, on 27 September 2016, the Court found an individual guilty of war crimes for having intentionally directed attacks against buildings of a religious and historical character in Timbuktu and that all Malian stakeholders decided to lend the Court their support and cooperation; 15. Supports in this regard the efforts of the Government of Mali to bring all perpetrators of violations and abuses of human rights and violations of international humanitarian law before impartial and independent courts, urges the Government to intensify its efforts to combat impunity and notes its commitment to continue cooperating with the International Criminal Court; 16. Welcomes the investigations initiated by the Government of Mali into allegations of human rights violations committed against civilians and urges the Government to bring the proceedings to a conclusion to ensure that the perpetrators face justice for such acts; 17. Strongly condemns the summary execution of civilians and encourages the Malian authorities to see through to completion the judicial investigations that have been opened and those that are forthcoming with a view to bringing to justice the persons responsible for these serious human rights violations; 18. Encourages the Government of Mali to ensure that measures taken to promote national harmony are developed in an inclusive manner and meet the expectations of civil society by making sure that the most serious crimes are prosecuted and that the victims are provided with adequate compensation; 19. Welcomes the start of work by the International Commission of Inquiry provided for in the Agreement on Peace and Reconciliation in Mali, a body established by the Secretary-General to investigate the grave violations and abuses of international human rights and humanitarian law, including the allegations of gender-based violence during the conflict, that were committed on Malian territory from 1 January 2012 to 19 January 2018, and encourages the Commission to work in concert with the Malian justice system and the justice and reconciliation mechanisms established by the Agreement with a view to helping them ensure accountability and bring to justice those responsible for these violations; 4 GE.20-08933