A/68/297 ensure the equitable distribution of underlying determinants and for the realization of the right to health of all people, especially vulnerable groups; (b) To make sufficient resources available to implement reconstruction policies. Donor-funded initiatives should supplement and support national health policies where required and should be implemented with the participation of affected populations; (c) To ensure the availability and accessibility of essential and primary health facilities, goods and services, including mental health services, to people affected by and involved in conflict, especially vulnerable groups; (d) To establish access to justice mechanisms to address the violations of rights and provide remedies for such violations, including restitution, compensation, guarantees of non-repetition and satisfaction; (e) To provide peacebuilding mechanisms for meaningful and sustainable resolution of conflicts through restorative justice processes such as fair and transparent truth and reconciliation commissions. 72. The Special Rapporteur urges States to fulfil their international obligations and, in particular: (a) To ensure transparency in the implementation of aid programmes; (b) To guarantee that economic sanctions imposed on States during conflict do not hinder the realization of the right to health of people affected by conflict; (c) To respect, protect and fulfil the right to health of persons fleeing from conflict situations. 73. The Special Rapporteur urges international and non-governmental organizations undertaking humanitarian activities in conflict: (a) To adopt health initiatives in line with the right to health framework, which includes ensuring the participation of affected communities. These initiatives should promote traditional medicines and practices which are in line with the right to health; (b) To establish effective accountability mechanisms for violations of the right to health by their personnel, such as members of peacekeeping forces and humanitarian workers. 74. The Special Rapporteur urges non-State armed groups: (a) To respect norms of international human rights and humanitarian law, including those related to the right to health; (b) To comply with agreements that may have been entered into to protect the right to health of affected populations. 24/24 13-42297

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