A/HRC/2/2 A/HRC/Sub.1/58/36 page 64 Recalling that, in all circumstances, the human person remains under the protection of the principles of humanity and the dictates of public conscience, Emphasizing that human rights and international humanitarian law are complementary and mutually reinforcing, Reaffirming that the right of people to struggle against foreign occupation and aggression and the activities of resistance groups should be exercised within the limits of international humanitarian law, Taking into account its responsibility to examine and draw lessons from country-specific situations with a view to identifying gaps in both human rights protection and monitoring in time of armed conflict, 1. Calls upon the Human Rights Council to call upon Member States to consider holding a meeting of the High Contracting Parties to the Geneva Conventions of 1949 on possible options for enhanced monitoring of compliance with their obligations under international humanitarian law; 2. Recommends that regional preparatory expert meetings be held with a view to providing the conference of the High Contracting Parties with lessons learned from recent conflicts, both of a national and an international character, in different parts of the world and suggestions to remedy both the protection and monitoring gaps; 3. Recommends that the Sub-Commission, or a future expert advice mechanism, consider, as a matter of priority, ways of enhancing compliance by States with their obligations under international human rights law applicable in situations of armed conflict, in particular the rights of children; 4. Requests that guidelines be elaborated, in a professional and objective manner, by competent bodies to build on the experience of recent commissions of inquiry and fact-finding missions, with a view to establishing a culture of compliance and accountability, and to provide Member States with reliable tools for victim-oriented commissions of inquiry; 5. Emphasizes the importance of distinguishing accountability for human rights violations from the political dimensions of a conflict and the need for human rights organs and bodies to address situations of gross and widespread violations of human rights on their own merits; 6. Underlines the need for relevant human rights special procedures, other experts in human rights law and experts in international humanitarian law to conduct a structured dialogue with a view to identifying how human rights mechanisms and mechanisms of international humanitarian law can produce, in a more coordinated manner, improved protection of civilians under human rights and international humanitarian law in situations of conflict;