A/72/53/Add.1 situation in the Syrian Arab Republic, including the human rights and humanitarian situation, which has a serious negative impact on the region; 5. Also strongly condemns the terrorist acts and violence committed against civilians by the so-called Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (Da’esh), Al-Nusrah Front and other terrorist organizations designated by the Security Council, and their continued gross, systematic and widespread abuses of international human rights law and violations of international humanitarian law, reaffirms that terrorism, including the actions of the socalled Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (Da’esh), cannot and should not be associated with any religion, nationality or civilization, and stresses the importance of the full implementation of Security Council resolution 2170 (2014) of 15 August 2014; 6. Condemns in the strongest terms the gross and systematic abuse of women’s and children’s rights by the so-called Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (Da’esh), in particular the enslavement and sexual abuse and exploitation of women and girls, enforced disappearances and the forced recruitment and abduction of children; 7. Condemns all violations and abuses of international human rights law and all violations of international humanitarian law committed by all parties to the conflict, including against women and children and persons with disabilities; 8. Urges all parties to the conflict, particularly the Syrian authorities and their allies, not to commit indiscriminate attacks against the civilian population and civilian facilities, including against medical facilities, personnel and transport, schools and humanitarian workers, and also urges all parties to the conflict to comply with their obligations under international humanitarian law and to respect international human rights law; 9. Strongly condemns all attacks on medical and health personnel, their means of transport and equipment, as well as hospitals and other medical facilities, and deplores the long-term consequences of such attacks for the population and health-care systems of the Syrian Arab Republic; 10. Also strongly condemns the attacks against hospitals and civilian objects, such as schools, as reported by the Commission of Inquiry, 47 and urges the Syrian authorities to refrain from actions that impede children’s access to education, which is of vital importance for their protection and development; 11. Expresses its profound concern at the findings of the Commission of Inquiry in its report on Aleppo,47 including those suggesting that the offensive against eastern Aleppo in the second half of 2016 involved serious violations and abuses of international human rights law and violations of international humanitarian law by all parties to the conflict, which, according to the Commission, in many cases amounted to war crimes, in particular by the Syrian authorities and their allies, including the Urum al-Kubra attack; 12. Urges all parties to the conflict to heed the recommendations made by the Commission of Inquiry in its report, including the need to comply with their respective obligations under international human rights and international humanitarian law, including refraining from disproportionate and indiscriminate attacks; 13. Strongly condemns the widespread practice of enforced disappearance, arbitrary detention and the use of sexual violence, torture and ill-treatment, especially in detention facilities run by the Syrian authorities, including those acts referenced in the reports of the Commission of Inquiry and those depicted in the evidence presented by “Caesar” in January 2014, and notes that such acts may constitute violations and abuses of international human rights law or violations of international humanitarian law; 14. Also strongly condemns the reported killing of detainees in Syrian Military Intelligence facilities, in particular in the Mezzeh airport detention facility, and Military Security Branches 215, 227, 235, 248 and 291, as well as the reported killing of detainees at military hospitals, including Tishreen and Harasta, and expresses deep concern at reports that the regime used a crematorium to conceal a mass killing of prisoners at the Saydnaya penitentiary complex; 47 52 See A/HRC/34/64 and A/HRC/34/CRP.3. GE.17-18194

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