Work of the Special Committee to Investigate Israeli Practices Affecting the Human Rights of the Palestinian People and Other Arabs of the Occupied Territories Resolution [on the Report of the Special Political and Decolonization Committee (4th Committee) (A/51/592)]

A/RES/51/131View PDF

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 85 Report of the Special Committee to Investigate Israeli Practices Affecting the Human Rights of the Palestinian People and Other Arabs of the Occupied Territories, published in 1997.

Which reports were submitted under this mandate?

1 report · 1997

Year	Symbol	Title		Mandate resolution
1997	A/52/553	Report of the Secretary-General.		A/RES/51/131

What subjects does this mandate have?

13 subjects

Civilian Persons Conference and Meeting Services Human Rights Human Rights in Armed Conflicts Human Rights Violations Information Dissemination Jerusalem Palestinians Periodic Reports Prisoner Treatment Staffing Territories Occupied by Israel Treaties

What’s in this document?

14 operative paragraphs

Commends the Special Committee to Investigate Israeli Practices Affecting the Human Rights of the Palestinian People and Other Arabs of the Occupied Territories for its efforts in performing the tasks assigned to it by the General Assembly and for its impartiality;

Demands that Israel cooperate with the Special Committee in implementing its mandate;

Deplores those policies and practices of Israel which violate the human rights of the Palestinian people and other Arabs of the occupied territories, as reflected in the reports of the Special Committee covering the reporting period;

Expresses concern over the recent deterioration of the situation in the occupied Palestinian territory, including Jerusalem, as a result of Israeli practices and measures and the impasse facing the Middle East peace process;

Requests the Special Committee, pending complete termination of the Israeli occupation, to continue to investigate Israeli policies and

practices in the occupied Palestinian territory, including Jerusalem, and other Arab territories occupied by Israel since 1967, especially Israeli lack of compliance with the provisions of the Geneva Convention relative to the Protection of Civilian Persons in Time of War, of 12 August 1949,1 and to consult, as appropriate, with the International Committee of the Red Cross according to its regulations in order to ensure that the welfare and human rights of the peoples of the occupied territories are safeguarded and to report to the Secretary-General as soon as possible and whenever the need arises thereafter;

Also requests the Special Committee to submit regularly to the Secretary-General periodic reports on the current situation in the occupied Palestinian territory, including Jerusalem;

Further requests the Special Committee to continue to investigate the treatment of prisoners in the occupied Palestinian territory, including Jerusalem, and other Arab territories occupied by Israel since 1967;

Requests the Secretary-General:

To provide all necessary facilities to the Special Committee, including those required for its visits to the occupied territories, so that it may investigate the Israeli policies and practices referred to in the present resolution;

To continue to make available such additional staff as may be necessary to assist the Special Committee in the performance of its tasks;

To circulate regularly to Member States the periodic reports mentioned in paragraph 6 above;

To ensure the widest circulation of the reports of the Special Committee and of information regarding its activities and findings, by all means available, through the Department of Public Information of the Secretariat and, where necessary, to reprint those reports of the Special Committee that are no longer available;

To report to the General Assembly at its fifty-second session on the tasks entrusted to him in the present resolution;

Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its fifty-second session the item entitled "Report of the Special Committee to Investigate Israeli Practices Affecting the Human Rights of the Palestinian People and Other Arabs of the Occupied Territories".

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