Applicability of the Geneva Convention Relative to the Protection of Civilian Persons in Time of War, of 12 August 1949, to the Occupied Palestinian Territory, Including Jerusalem, and the Other Occupied Arab Territories

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 87 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 1998.

What other versions does this mandate have?

6 versions · 1997–2002

This is an older version — the most recent is A/RES/56/60

Year	Symbol	Title	Word length	Text similarity
2002	A/RES/56/60	Applicability of the Geneva Convention relative to the Protection of Civilian persons in Time of War, of 12 August 1949, to the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including Jerusalem, and the other occupied Arab territories	504	99%Compare
2001	A/RES/55/131	Applicability of the Geneva Convention relative to the Protection of Civilian Persons in Time of War, of 12 August 1949, to the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including Jerusalem, and the other occupied Arab territories	504	95%Compare
2000	A/RES/54/77	Applicability of the Geneva Convention relative to the Protection of Civilian Persons in Time of War, of 12 August 1949, to the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including Jerusalem, and the other occupied Arab territories	497	76%Compare
1999	A/RES/53/54	Applicability of the Geneva Convention relative to the Protection of Civilian Persons in Time of War, of 12 August 1949, to the occupied Palestinian territory, including Jerusalem, and the other occupied Arab territories	435	66%Compare
1998	A/RES/52/65	Applicability of the Geneva Convention relative to the Protection of Civilian Persons in Time of War, of 12 August 1949, to the occupied Palestinian territory, including Jerusalem, and the other occupied Arab territories	286	99%Compare

Which reports were submitted under this mandate?

5 reports · 1997–2001

Year	Symbol	Title	Mandate resolution
2001	A/56/215	Applicability of the Geneva Convention relative to the Protection of Civilian Persons in Time of War, of 12 August 1949, to the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including Jerusalem, and the other occupied Arab territories report of the Secretary-General	A/RES/55/131
2000	A/55/262	Report of the Special Committee to Investigate Israeli Practices Affecting the Human Rights of the Palestinian People and Other Arabs of the Occupied Territories report of the Secretary-General	A/RES/54/77
1999	A/54/182	Report of the Secretary-General	A/RES/53/54
1998	A/53/660	Report of the Secretary-General	A/RES/52/65
1997	A/52/551	Report of the Secretary-General.	A/RES/51/132

What subjects does this mandate have?

5 subjects

Civilian Persons Human Rights in Armed Conflicts Palestinians Territories Occupied by Israel Treaties

What’s in this document?

4 operative paragraphs

Reaffirms that the Geneva Convention relative to the Protection of Civilian Persons in Time of War, of 12 August 1949,⁴ is applicable to the occupied Palestinian territory, including Jerusalem, and other Arab territories occupied by Israel since 1967;

⁴United Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 75, No. 973.

Demands that Israel accept the de jure applicability of the Convention in the occupied Palestinian territory, including Jerusalem, and other Arab territories occupied by Israel since 1967, and that it comply scrupulously with the provisions of the Convention;

Calls upon all States parties to the Convention, in accordance with article 1 common to the four Geneva Conventions,⁵ to exert all efforts in order to ensure respect for its provisions by Israel, the occupying Power, in the occupied Palestinian territory, including Jerusalem, and other Arab territories occupied by Israel since 1967;

⁵Ibid., Nos. 970-973.

Requests the Secretary-General to report to the General Assembly at its fifty-third session on the implementation of the present resolution.

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