A/HRC/RES/22/29
Reaffirming that all States have an obligation to promote and protect human rights
and fundamental freedoms, as stated in the Charter of the United Nations and as elaborated
in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the International Covenants on Human
Rights and other applicable instruments,
Considering that the transfer by the occupying Power of parts of its own civilian
population into the territory it occupies constitutes a breach of the Fourth Geneva
Convention and relevant provisions of customary law, including those codified in
Additional Protocol I to the Geneva Conventions of 12 August 1949,
Recalling the advisory opinion rendered on 9 July 2004 by the International Court of
Justice on the legal consequences of the construction of a wall in the Occupied Palestinian
Territory, and its conclusion that the Israeli settlements in the Occupied Palestinian
Territory, including East Jerusalem, were established in breach of international law,
Affirming that the Israeli settlement activities in the Occupied Palestinian Territory,
including in East Jerusalem, are illegal under international law and constitute very serious
violations of international humanitarian law and of the human rights of the Palestinian
people therein, and undermine international efforts aimed at invigorating the peace process
and realizing the two-State solution,
1.
Welcomes the report of the independent international fact-finding mission to
investigate the implications of the Israeli settlements on the civil, political, economic, social
and cultural rights of the Palestinian People throughout the occupied Palestinian Territories,
including East Jerusalem,1 and requests that all parties concerned, including United Nations
bodies, implement and ensure the implementation of the recommendations contained
therein in accordance with their respective mandates;
2.
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 on the Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights
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;
3.
Requests the Working Group on the issue of human rights and transnational
corporations and other business enterprises, including in consultation with relevant special
procedures mandate holders, to fulfil its mandate accordingly;
4.
Requests the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights to
present a report detailing the implementation of the recommendations contained in the
report of the independent international fact-finding mission on the implications of Israeli
settlements on the civil, political, economic, social and cultural rights of the Palestinian
People throughout the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including in East Jerusalem, to the
Human Rights Council at its twenty-fifth session;
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A/HRC/22/63.
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