Israeli Settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, Including East Jerusalem, and the Occupied Syrian Golan

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 50 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 2016.

What other versions does this mandate have?

25 versions · 2003–2025

This is an older version — the most recent is A/RES/80/81

Year	Symbol	Title	Word length	Text similarity
2025	A/RES/80/81	Israeli settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and the occupied Syrian Golan	2,928	100%Compare
2024	A/RES/79/91	Israeli settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and the occupied Syrian Golan	2,926	81%Compare
2023	A/RES/78/78	Israeli settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and the occupied Syrian Golan	2,461	100%Compare
2022	A/RES/77/126	Israeli settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and the occupied Syrian Golan	2,466	98%Compare
2021	A/RES/76/82	Israeli settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and the occupied Syrian Golan	2,434	93%Compare

Which reports were submitted under this mandate?

23 reports · 2003–2026

Year	Symbol	Title	Mandate resolution
2026	A/81/361	Israeli settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and the Occupied Syrian Golan report of the Secretary-General	A/RES/80/81
2025	A/80/399	Israeli settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and the Occupied Syrian Golan report of the Secretary-General	A/RES/79/91
2024	A/79/347	Israeli settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and the occupied Syrian Golan report of the Secretary-General	A/RES/78/78
2023	A/78/554	Israeli settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and the occupied Syrian Golan report of the Secretary-General	A/RES/77/126
2022	A/77/493	Israeli settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and the occupied Syrian Golan report of the Secretary-General	A/RES/76/82

What subjects does this mandate have?

10 subjects

Advisory Opinions East Jerusalem (State of Palestine)Golan Heights Human Rights in Armed Conflicts Israel Middle East Situation Palestine Question Settlement Policy State of Palestine Territories Occupied by Israel

What’s in this document?

13 operative paragraphs

Reaffirms that the Israeli settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and in the occupied Syrian Golan are illegal and an obstacle to peace and economic and social development;

Calls upon Israel to accept the de jure applicability of the Geneva Convention relative to the Protection of Civilian Persons in Time of War, of 12 August 1949,1 to the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and to the occupied Syrian Golan and to abide scrupulously by the provisions of the Convention, in particular article 49, and to comply with all of its obligations under international law and cease immediately all actions causing the alteration of the character, status and demographic composition of the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and of the occupied Syrian Golan;

Reiterates its demand for the immediate and complete cessation of all Israeli settlement activities in all of the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and in the occupied Syrian Golan, and calls in this regard for the full implementation of all the relevant resolutions of the Security Council, including, inter alia, resolutions 446 (1979), 452 (1979) of 20 July 1979, 465 (1980), 476 (1980) and 1515 (2003) of 19 November 2003;

Calls for the consideration of measures of accountability, in accordance with international law, in the case of continued non-compliance, stressing that compliance with and respect for international humanitarian law and international human rights law is a cornerstone for peace and security in the region;

Stresses that a complete cessation of all Israeli settlement activities is essential for salvaging the two-State solution on the basis of the pre-1967 borders, and calls for affirmative steps to be taken immediately to reverse the negative trends on the ground that are imperilling the viability of the two-State solution;

Demands that Israel, the occupying Power, comply with its legal obligations, as mentioned in the advisory opinion rendered on 9 July 2004 by the International Court of Justice;4

Reiterates its call for the prevention of all acts of violence, destruction, harassment and provocation by Israeli settlers, especially against Palestinian civilians and their properties, including historic and religious sites and including in Occupied East Jerusalem, and their agricultural lands;

Calls for accountability for the illegal actions perpetrated by Israeli settlers in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, and stresses in this regard the need for the implementation of Security Council resolution 904 (1994), in which the Council called upon Israel, the occupying Power, to continue to take and implement measures, including the confiscation of arms, aimed at preventing illegal acts of violence by Israeli settlers, and called for measures to be taken to guarantee the safety and protection of the Palestinian civilians in the occupied territory;

Stresses the responsibility of Israel, the occupying Power, to investigate all acts of settler violence against Palestinian civilians and their properties and to ensure accountability for these acts;

Encourages all States and international organizations to continue to actively pursue policies that ensure respect for their obligations under international law with regard to all illegal Israeli practices and measures in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, particularly Israeli settlement activities;

Recalls, in this regard, the statement of 15 July 1999 and the declarations adopted on 5 December 2001 and on 17 December 20148 by the Conference of High Contracting Parties to the Fourth Geneva Convention on measures to enforce the Convention in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and welcomes in this regard initiatives by States parties, both individually and collectively, in accordance with article 1 of the Convention, aimed at ensuring respect for the Convention;

Calls upon the relevant United Nations bodies to take all necessary measures and actions within their mandates to ensure full respect for and compliance with Human Rights Council resolution 17/4 of 16 June 2011,¹³ concerning the Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights¹⁴ and other relevant international laws and standards, and to ensure the implementation of the United Nations “Protect, Respect and Remedy” Framework, which provides a global standard for upholding human rights in relation to business activities that are connected with Israeli settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem;

¹³See Official Records of the General Assembly, Sixty-sixth Session, Supplement No. 53 (A/66/53), chap. III, sect. A.

¹⁴A/HRC/17/31, annex.

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

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