Human Rights Situation in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, Including East Jerusalem

A/HRC/RES/22/28View PDF

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the Human Rights Council, under agenda item 7 Human rights situation in Palestine and other occupied Arab territories, published in 2013.

What other versions does this mandate have?

9 versions · 2011–2020

This is an older version — the most recent is A/HRC/RES/43/32

Year	Symbol	Title	Word length	Text similarity
2020	A/HRC/RES/43/32	Human rights situation in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem	3,520	95%Compare
2019	A/HRC/RES/40/23	Human rights situation in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem	3,485	96%Compare
2018	A/HRC/RES/37/35	Human rights situation in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem	3,413	44%Compare
2017	A/HRC/RES/34/30	Human rights situation in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem	4,019	89%Compare
2016	A/HRC/RES/31/34	Human rights situation in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem	3,734	87%Compare

Which reports were submitted under this mandate?

2 reports · 2016–2017

Year	Symbol	Title		Mandate resolution
2017	A/HRC/34/38	Human rights situation in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem report of the Secretary-General		A/HRC/RES/31/34
2016	A/HRC/31/44	Human rights situation in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem report of the Secretary-General		A/HRC/RES/28/27

What subjects does this mandate have?

6 subjects

East Jerusalem (State of Palestine)Human Rights Human Rights in Armed Conflicts Israel Palestinians Territories Occupied by Israel

What’s in this document?

14 operative paragraphs

Reiterates that all measures and actions taken by Israel, the occupying Power, in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, in violation of the relevant provisions of the Geneva Convention relative to the Protection of Civilian Persons in Time of War, of 12 August 1949, and contrary to the relevant resolutions of the Security Council, are illegal and have no validity;

Demands that Israel, the occupying Power, cease all practices and actions that violate the human rights of the Palestinian people, including the killing and injury of civilians, the arbitrary detention and imprisonment of civilians and the destruction and confiscation of civilian property, and that it fully respect human rights law and comply with its legal obligations in this regard;

Expresses deep concern over the conditions of the Palestinian prisoners and detainees in Israeli jails and detention centres, demands that Israel, the occupying Power, fully respect and abide by its international law obligations towards all Palestinian prisoners and detainees in its custody, and further expresses its concern about the continued extensive use of administrative detention, calls for a full implementation of the agreement reached in May 2012, for a prompt and independent investigation into all cases of death custody, and also calls upon Israel to release any Palestinian prisoner whose detention is not in accordance with international law;

Demands that Israel, the occupying Power, comply fully with the provisions of the Fourth Geneva Convention of 1949 and cease immediately all measures and actions taken in violation and in breach of the Convention;

Also demands that Israel, the occupying Power, cease all of its settlement activities, the construction of the wall and any other measures aimed at altering the character, status and demographic composition of the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including in and around East Jerusalem, all of which have, inter alia, a grave and detrimental impact on the human rights of the Palestinian people and the prospects for a peaceful settlement;

Condemns all acts of violence, including all acts of terror, provocation, incitement and destruction, especially the excessive use of force by the Israeli occupying forces against Palestinian civilians, particularly in the Gaza Strip, which have caused extensive loss of life and vast numbers of injuries, including among children, massive damage and destruction to homes, properties, vital infrastructure and public institutions, including hospitals, schools and United Nations facilities, and agricultural lands, mosques and private media institutions, and internal displacement of civilians;

Also condemns the firing of rockets against Israeli civilian areas resulting in loss of life and injury;

Demands that Israel, the occupying Power, comply with its legal obligations under international law, as mentioned in the advisory opinion rendered on 9 July 2004 by the International Court of Justice and as demanded in General Assembly resolutions ES-10/15 of 20 July 2004 and ES-10/13 of 21 October 2003, and that it immediately cease the construction of the wall in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including in and around East Jerusalem, dismantle forthwith the structure situated therein, repeal or render ineffective all legislative and regulatory acts relating thereto, and make reparation for all damage caused by the construction of the wall, which has had a grave impact on the human rights and the socioeconomic living conditions of the Palestinian people;

Reiterates the need for respect for the territorial unity, contiguity and integrity of all of the Occupied Palestinian Territory and for guarantees of the freedom of movement of persons and goods within the Palestinian territory, including movement into and from East Jerusalem, into and from the Gaza Strip, between the West Bank and the Gaza Strip, and to and from the outside world;

Calls upon Israel, the occupying Power, to cease its imposition of prolonged closures and economic and movement restrictions, including those amounting to a blockade on the Gaza Strip, and, in this regard, to fully implement the Agreement on Movement and Access and the Agreed Principles for the Rafah Crossing in order to allow for the sustained and regular movement of persons and goods and for the acceleration of long overdue reconstruction in the Gaza Strip;

Urges Member States to continue to provide emergency assistance to the Palestinian people to alleviate the financial crisis and the dire socioeconomic and humanitarian situation, particularly in the Gaza Strip;

Emphasizes the need to preserve and develop the Palestinian institutions and infrastructure for the provision of vital public services to the Palestinian civilian population and the promotion of human rights, including civil, political, economic, social and cultural rights;

Requests the Secretary-General to report on the implementation of the present resolution to the Human Rights Council at its twenty-fourth session;

Decides to remain seized of the matter.

  The resolutions and decisions adopted by the Human Rights Council will be contained in the report of the Council on its twenty-second session (A/HRC/22/2), chap. I.

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