A/HRC/15/51 inquiry should be made public and, subject to the findings, appropriate remedial action should be taken. 43. Some non-governmental organizations report concerns regarding limits on freedom of expression in Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territory, and point primarily to the recently proposed bill, entitled “Amendment of restrictions on an organization’s registry and activity”, as an indication of ongoing efforts to limit the freedom of expression by civil society organizations concerned with human rights. If enacted, the proposed legislation would prevent the registration of non-governmental organizations or shut down existing ones “if there is a reasonable basis to conclude that the organization is providing information to foreign bodies or is involved in lawsuits abroad against senior officials in the government in Israel and/or officers in the Israeli army regarding war crimes.”28 As of the publication of the present report, Israel has not established an independent inquiry to assess whether the treatment by Israeli judicial authorities of Palestinian and Jewish Israelis expressing dissent in connection with the offensive was discriminatory. 44. In paragraph 1972 (h) of its report, the Mission recommended that the Government of Israel should refrain from any action of reprisal against Palestinian and Israeli individuals and organizations that have cooperated with the United Nations Fact-Finding Mission on the Gaza Conflict, in particular individuals who had appeared at the public hearings held by the Mission in Gaza and Geneva and expressed criticism of actions by Israel. 45. OHCHR is not aware of any reprisals taken by the Government of Israel against Palestinian or Israeli individuals or organizations that cooperated with the Mission. 46. In paragraph 1972 (i) of its report, the Mission recommended that Israel should reiterate its commitment to respecting the inviolability of United Nations premises and personnel, and that it should take all appropriate measures to ensure that there was no repetition of violations in the future. It also recommended that reparations to the United Nations should be provided fully and without further delay, and that the General Assembly should consider the matter. 47. On 22 March 2010, an IDF missile hit a well in the Toufah quarter in Gaza, damaging the nearby school run by the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA).29 As of the publication of this report, the United Nations has not received any formal communication from the Government of Israel reiterating its commitment to respecting the inviolability of United Nations premises and personnel. F. Action by Palestinian armed groups 48. In paragraph 1973 of its report, the Mission addressed two recommendations to Palestinian armed groups. 28 29 Bill no. P/18/2456 (available at www.adalah.org/newsletter/eng/apr10/bill.pdf). See also the joint response issued by the following organizations: Adalah - The Legal Center for Arab Minority Rights in Israel; Association for Civil Rights in Israel; Bimkom – Planners for Planning Rights; B’tselem The Israeli Information Center for Human Rights in the Occupied Territories; Gisha - Legal Center for Freedom of Movement; Hamoked - Center for the Defence of the Individual; Physicians for Human Rights – Israel; Public Committee against Torture in Israel; Rabbis for Human Rights; Yesh Din - Volunteers for Human Rights (available at www.adalah.org/eng/pressreleases/pr.php?file=29_04_10). Information received by OHCHR from UNRWA. 11

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