Right of the Palestinian People to Self-Determination

A/HRC/RES/40/22View 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 2019.

What other versions does this mandate have?

19 versions · 2008–2026

This is an older version — the most recent is A/HRC/RES/61/33

Year	Symbol	Title	Word length	Text similarity
2026	A/HRC/RES/61/33	Right of the Palestinian people to self-determination	1,426	93%Compare
2025	A/HRC/RES/58/27	Right of the Palestinian people to self-determination	1,335	86%Compare
2024	A/HRC/RES/55/30	Right of the Palestinian people to self-determination	1,152	98%Compare
2023	A/HRC/RES/52/34	Right of the Palestinian people to self-determination	1,141	99%Compare
2022	A/HRC/RES/49/28	Right of the Palestinian people to self-determination	1,136	97%Compare

What subjects does this mandate have?

4 subjects

Palestine Question Palestinians Self-Determination of Peoples Territories Occupied by Israel

What’s in this document?

8 operative paragraphs

Reaffirms the inalienable, permanent and unqualified right of the Palestinian people to self-determination, including their right to live in freedom, justice and dignity and the right to their independent State of Palestine;

Calls upon Israel, the occupying Power, to immediately end its occupation of the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and further reaffirms its support for the solution of two States, Palestine and Israel, living side by side in peace and security;

Expresses grave concern at any action taken in contravention of the General Assembly and Security Council resolutions relevant to Jerusalem;

Expresses grave concern at the fragmentation and the changes in the demographic composition of the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, which are resulting from Israel’s continuing construction and expansion of settlements, forcible transfer of Palestinians and construction of the wall, stresses that this fragmentation, which undermines the possibility of the Palestinian people realizing their right to self-determination, is incompatible with the purposes and principles of the Charter of the United Nations, and emphasizes in this regard the need for respect for and preservation of the territorial unity, contiguity and integrity of all of the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem;

Confirms that the right of the Palestinian people to permanent sovereignty over their natural wealth and resources must be used in the interest of their national development, the well-being of the Palestinian people and as part of the realization of their right to self-determination;

Calls upon all States to ensure their obligations of non-recognition, non-aid or assistance with regard to the serious breaches of peremptory norms of international law by Israel, in particular of the prohibition of the acquisition of territory by force, in order to ensure the exercise of the right to self-determination, and also calls upon them to cooperate further to bring, through lawful means, an end to these serious breaches and a reversal of Israel’s illegal policies and practices;

Urges all States to adopt measures as required to promote the realization of the right to self-determination of the Palestinian people, and to render assistance to the United Nations in carrying out the responsibilities entrusted to it by the Charter regarding the implementation of this right;

Decides to remain seized of the matter.

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