A/HRC/43/CRP.7 p) ensure prompt trials by acting in good faith and avoiding unreasonable delays. To State and local authorities: q) publicly and systematically condemn all acts of violence directed at groups or individuals on the basis of race, sex, religion, language, national or ethnic origin, political or social opinion, sexual orientation, gender identity, place of residence, or any other grounds for discrimination prohibited under international human rights standards. Public expressions inciting violence towards any group should be equally condemned; r) refrain from passing local acts or implementing local policies which discriminate against groups or individuals based on grounds prohibited by international human rights law, including sexual orientation or gender identity. 134. To the self-proclaimed ‘Donetsk people’s republic’ and self-proclaimed ‘Luhansk people’s republic’: a) ensure unimpeded and confidential access by OHCHR and other international monitors to all places of deprivation of liberty in territory they control, and allow confidential interviews with detainees in accordance with international standards; b) refrain from the practices of ‘preventive arrest’ and ‘administrative arrest’, and provide information on the whereabouts of all detainees to their families and lawyers; c) immediately halt the practice of torture and ill-treatment of detainees in the custody of, or under ‘investigation’ by the ‘ministries of state security’ and refrain from using evidence or confessions obtained as a result of torture and ill-treatment; d) treat all persons in detention humanely in all circumstances and ensure conditions of detention are in accordance with international standards; e) respect the rights to freedoms of expression and opinion, peaceful assembly, association and religion or belief; f) camera; end the practice of processing of conflict-related ‘criminal cases��� in 135. To all parties involved in the hostilities in Donetsk and Luhansk regions, including the Ukrainian Armed Forces and armed groups of self-proclaimed ‘Donetsk people’s republic’ and self-proclaimed ‘Luhansk people’s republic’: a) strictly adhere to the ceasefire and security provisions of the Minsk agreements and to ‘unlimited’ ceasefire agreed within the Trilateral Contact Group in Minsk; b) ensure full compliance with international humanitarian law principles of distinction, proportionality and precaution, including by immediately ceasing the use of weapons with indiscriminate effect in populated areas, particularly weapons with a wide impact area; c) take all possible measures to minimize harm to the civilian population, including by positioning military objects outside of densely populated areas, and refraining from deliberately targeting civilians or civilian infrastructure, such as water facilities and power lines; 136. In the context of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol, Ukraine, temporarily occupied by the Russian Federation to the Government of the Russian Federation: a) uphold its obligations as duty bearer under international human rights law in Crimea and respect obligations of an occupying Power pursuant to international humanitarian law; 34

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