A/HRC/RES/29/25 United Nations General Assembly Distr.: General 22 July 2015 Original: English Human Rights Council Twenty-ninth session Agenda item 7 Resolution adopted by the Human Rights Council on 3 July 2015 29/25. Ensuring accountability and justice for all violations of international law in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem The Human Rights Council, Guided by the purposes and principles of the Charter of the United Nations, Recalling relevant rules and principles of international law, including international humanitarian law and human rights law, in particular the Geneva Convention relative to the Protection of Civilian Persons in Time of War, of 12 August 1949, which is applicable to the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, Recalling also the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the other human rights covenants, including the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights and the Convention on the Rights of the Child, Recalling further its relevant resolutions, including resolutions S-9/1 of 12 January 2009 and S-21/1 of 23 July 2014, and the report of the United Nations Fact-Finding Mission on the Gaza Conflict,1 Expressing its appreciation to the independent commission of inquiry on the 2014 Gaza conflict for its comprehensive report,2 Affirming the obligation of all parties to respect international humanitarian law and international human rights law, Emphasizing the importance of the safety and well-being of all civilians, reaffirming the obligation to ensure the protection of civilians in armed conflict, and deploring the civilian deaths that resulted from the conflict in and around the Gaza Strip in July and August 2014, including the killing of 1,462 Palestinian civilians, including 551 children and 299 women, and six Israeli civilians, 1 2 A/HRC/12/48. A/HRC/29/52. GE.15-12367(E) *1512367*