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(c)
Refrain from future evacuation agreements that result in the forced
displacement of civilian populations for political gains;
(d)
Ensure adequate protection for all internally displaced persons and
safeguard the right to return for internally displaced persons and refugees, including
by guaranteeing their safety and property rights;
(e)
Refrain from attacking cultural and historic sites when not used for
military purposes and proactively assist in the safeguarding of such sites;
(f)
Effectively ban the recruitment of children and their use in hostilities,
and guarantee effective protection of child rights, including access to education;
(g)
Take all feasible precautions to minimize harm to the civilian population
when undertaking operations in civilian-populated areas, in particular during the
offensive in Ar-Raqqah city and ISIL-controlled areas;
(h)
Undertake investigations into the conduct of their forces and make their
findings public.
88.
The Commission recommends that the Government of the Syrian Arab
Republic:
(a)
Immediately cease using chemical weapons, including weaponized
chlorine and sarin, which by design cause superfluous injury and unnecessary
suffering;
(b)
In accordance with its obligations under customary international
humanitarian law and Security Council resolution 2286 (2016), cease attacks on
medical facilities, personnel and transport;
(c)
Ensure that existing and future legislation concerning legal and
administrative matters for individual civilians, including in relation to property
rights, complies with international human rights law, refugee law and international
humanitarian law, and is equally accessible for all Syrians, with particular
consideration for all internally displaced persons and refugees;
(d)
89.
Grant the Commission access to the country.
The Commission recommends that anti-Government armed groups:
(a)
Comply with customary international humanitarian law and cease
intentional attacks against civilians, including members of religious minorities;
(b)
Refrain from kidnappings and hostage-taking, and conduct akin to
enforced disappearance;
(c)
Take urgent measures to discipline or dismiss individuals under their
command responsible for such acts.
90.
The Commission recommends that the international community:
(a)
In compliance with their obligations to respect and ensure respect for the
Geneva Conventions relating to the protection of victims of international armed
conflicts, refrain from providing arms, funding or other forms of support to parties to
the conflict when there is an expectation that such support may be used to perpetrate
violations of international humanitarian law, and ratify treaties that promote respect
for international humanitarian law and international human rights law when
transferring arms, in particular the Arms Trade Treaty;
(b)
Refrain from adopting or implementing any unilateral sanctions
(unilateral coercive measures) that are unlawful and impede the full realization of
human rights by the Syrian people, in compliance with General Assembly resolution
68/162 (2013), and ensure that any lawful sanctions are strictly tailored, with
appropriate exemptions, to minimize their impact on humanitarian assistance;
(c)
Encourage efforts to promote accountability, including by actively
supporting the establishment of the International, Impartial and Independent
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