A/HRC/42/51 (f) Ensure that civilians with disabilities have access to services, including education and health care. In addition, there is a need for reintegration, rehabilitation and psychological support to see that their specific needs are effectively addressed, in particular those of women and girls with disabilities, in accordance with Security Council resolution 2475 (2019). 99. The Commission recommends that the international community: (g) Comply with obligations to respect and to ensure respect for the Geneva Conventions relating to the protection of victims of international armed conflict, to 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 law, including sexual and gender-based violence, in accordance with Security Council resolution 2467 (2019), as well as resolution 41/20 of the Human Rights Council; (h) Ratify treaties that promote respect for international humanitarian law and international human rights law when transferring arms, in particular the Arms Trade Treaty, which entered into force in 2014; (i) Suspend economic sanctions that directly harm the Syrian population, in particular the realization of children’s rights; 100. The Commission recommends that the United States-led international coalition forces and SDF: (j) Review and strengthen current operational and tactical protocols to prevent civilian casualties, particularly in the context of aerial attacks carried out in support of SDF and/or international military forces; (k) Conduct post-operation reviews and investigations, and ensure transparency by publishing results, following allegations of civilian casualties from aerial and night search operations, with a view to identifying broader patterns of harm, improving operational practice and promoting accountability, and ensuring adequate and prompt reparations; (l) Allow unconditional access for independent monitors and humanitarian organizations to all places of detention, and release any persons detained arbitrarily, particularly women and children; (m) Ensure that all children under the age of 18 years are detained only as a measure of last resort and, in such exceptional cases, are held for the shortest appropriate period of time, and that they are kept separate from adult detainees. 101. In the north-west of the Syrian Arab Republic, and particularly in the demilitarized zone, the Commission recommends that all parties: (n) Cease attacks on civilians and civilian objects, in accordance with their obligations under international humanitarian law and Security Council resolution 2286 (2016), and in particular against medical facilities, personnel and transport; (o) Prioritize seeking a sustainable solution to the current crisis in the demilitarized zone through an inclusive and Syrian-led political process according to Security Council resolution 2254 (2015); (p) Implement the memorandum on the stabilization of the situation in the Idlib de-escalation area signed by the Russian Federation and Turkey on 17 September 2018. 19

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