A/HRC/40/CRP.3 4. 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) implement General Assembly Resolution 73/263 of 22 December 2018, including by ensuring proper and unimpeded access of international human rights monitoring missions and human rights non-governmental organizations to Crimea; (b) respect the laws in place in Crimea in 2014 before the beginning of the occupation, in particular by refraining from enforcing Russian Federation legislation in Crimea; (c) ensure unimpeded freedom of movement between Crimea and mainland Ukraine; end the practice of apprehension of protected persons at the ABL and in the territorial waters adjacent to Crimea; (d) ensure humane treatment, appropriate medical care, unrestricted access of Ukrainian consular officers and defence counsels to 24 Ukrainian crew members detained by the Russian Federation following the naval incident near the Kerch strait on 25 November 2018; (e) take all necessary steps to ensure that freedoms of expression, peaceful assembly, association, thought, conscience and religion or belief can be exercised by all in Crimea, without discrimination on any grounds; (f) enable a safe environment for independent and pluralistic media outlets and civil society organizations; ensure unimpeded access of Ukrainian and foreign journalists, human rights defenders and other civil society actors to Crimea; (g) end the practice of applying legislation on extremism, terrorism and separatism to criminalize free speech and peaceful conduct; stop prosecuting Crimean residents for possession of publications or sharing of social media content that does not constitute calls for discrimination or violence; (h) take all necessary measures to ensure the independence of the legal profession and to enable lawyers and human rights defenders in Crimea, including Emil Kurbedinov, to perform their professional functions freely and without any intimidation, threat, harassment or interference; (i) refrain from compelling residents of Crimea to serve in the armed forces of the Russian Federation; (j) end the practice of deportations and forcible transfers of protected persons, including detainees, outside the occupied territory. 5. 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 Ukraine: (a) respect human rights obligations in relation to Crimean residents; use all legal and diplomatic means available to this end. 6. To the international community: (a) continue using all diplomatic means to press all parties to immediately end hostilities and implement all obligations foreseen in the Minsk agreements, emphasizing how the active armed conflict causes suffering of civilians and hampers prospects for stability, peace and reconciliation; (b) use all influence possible to ensure unimpeded access and operation of OHCHR in territory controlled by ‘Donetsk people’s republic’ and ‘Luhansk people’s republic’, and in Crimea; (c) urge the Russian Federation to comply with its obligations as an occupying power under international human rights and humanitarian law; (d) continue advocacy for the respect of human rights, including by condemning human rights violations committed by State agents of the Russian Federation in Crimea at bilateral and multilateral forums; conduct, within practical limits, trial monitoring in the Russian Federation in cases involving Ukrainian detainees transferred from Crimea. 32