A/HRC/12/48 (ADVANCE 2)
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1968. To the Human Rights Council,
(a) The Mission recommends that the United Nations Human Rights Council
should endorse the recommendations contained in this report, take appropriate action to
implement them as recommended by the Mission and through other means as it may deem
appropriate, and continue to review their implementation in future sessions;
(b) In view of the gravity of the violations of international human rights and
humanitarian law and possible war crimes and crimes against humanity that it has
reported, the Mission recommends that the United Nations Human Rights Council should
request the United Nations Secretary-General to bring this report to the attention of the
United Nations Security Council under Article 99 of the Charter of the United Nations so
that the Security Council may consider action according to the Mission’s relevant
recommendations below;
(c) The Mission further recommends that the United Nations Human Rights
Council should formally submit this report to the Prosecutor of the International Criminal
Court;
(d) The Mission recommends that the Human Rights Council should submit this
report to the General Assembly with a request that it should be considered;
(e) The Mission recommends that the Human Rights Council should bring the
Mission’s recommendations to the attention of the relevant United Nations human rights
treaty bodies so that they may include review of progress in their implementation, as may
be relevant to their mandate and procedures, in their periodic review of compliance by
Israel with its human rights obligations. The Mission further recommends that the Human
Rights Council should consider review of progress as part of its universal periodic review
process.
1969. To the United Nations Security Council,
(a) The Mission recommends that the Security Council should require the
Government of Israel, under Article 40 of the Charter of the United Nations:
(i)
To take all appropriate steps, within a period of three months, to launch
appropriate investigations that are independent and in conformity with
international standards, into the serious violations of international
humanitarian and international human rights law reported by the
Mission and any other serious allegations that might come to its attention;
(ii)
To inform the Security Council, within a further period of three months,
of actions taken, or in process of being taken, by the Government of Israel
to inquire into, investigate and prosecute such serious violations;
(b) The Mission further recommends that the Security Council should at the same
time establish an independent committee of experts in international humanitarian and
human rights law to monitor and report on any domestic legal or other proceedings
undertaken by the Government of Israel in relation to the aforesaid investigations. Such
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