A/RES/72/190
Situation of human rights in the Autonomous Republic
of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol, Ukraine
(c) To take all measures necessary to bring an immediate end to all violations
and abuses against residents of Crimea, in particular reported discriminatory
measures and practices, arbitrary detentions, torture and other cruel, inhuman or
degrading treatment, and to revoke all discriminatory legislation;
(d) To respect the laws in force in Ukraine and to repeal laws imposed in
Crimea by the Russian Federation that allow for forced evictions and the confiscation
of private property in Crimea, in violation of applicable international law;
(e) To immediately release Ukrainian citizens who were unlawfully detained
and judged without regard for elementary standards of justice, as well as those
transferred or deported across internationally recognized borders from Crim ea to the
Russian Federation;
(f) To address the issue of impunity and ensure that those found to be
responsible for violations and abuses are held accountable before an independent
judiciary;
(g) To create and maintain a safe and enabling environment for journalists,
human rights defenders and defence lawyers to perform their work independently and
without undue interference in Crimea;
(h) To restore enjoyment of the rights of all individuals, without any
discrimination based on origin and on religion or belief, and to revoke the decisions
that banned cultural and religious institutions, non-governmental organizations,
human rights organizations and media outlets, and to restore enjoyment of the rights
of individuals belonging to ethnic communities in Crimea, in particular Ukrainians
and Crimean Tatars, including to engage in cultural gatherings;
(i) To ensure the availability of education in the Ukrainian and Crimean Tatar
languages;
(j) To revoke immediately the decision declaring the Mejlis of the Crimean
Tatar People an extremist organization and banning its activities, repeal the decision
banning leaders of the Mejlis from entering Crimea and refrain from maintaining or
imposing limitations on the ability of the Crimean Tatar community to conserve its
representative institutions;
(k) To end the practice of compelling Crimean residents to serve in the armed
or auxiliary forces of the Russian Federation, including through pressure or
propaganda;
(l) To cooperate fully and immediately with the Office of the United Nations
High Commissioner for Human Rights, the Organization for Security and
Cooperation in Europe and the Council of Europe on the situation of human rights in
Crimea;
4.
Requests the Secretary-General to seek ways and means, including through
consultations with the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights and
relevant regional organizations, to ensure safe and unfettered access to Crimea by
established regional and international human rights monitoring mechanisms, in
particular the human rights monitoring mission in Ukraine, to enable them to carry
out their mandate;
5.
Urges the Russian Federation to ensure the proper and unimpeded access
of international human rights monitoring missions and human rights
non-governmental organizations to Crimea, including all places where persons may
be deprived of their liberty, recognizing that the international presence in Crimea is
of paramount importance in preventing further deterioration of the situation;
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