A/HRC/15/51 I. Introduction 1. The Human Rights Council, in its resolution 13/9, reiterated its call for all concerned parties, including United Nations bodies, to ensure the implementation of the recommendations contained in the report of the United Nations Independent International Fact-Finding Mission on the Gaza Conflict (A/HRC/12/48) (hereinafter the “Mission”). It also requested the Secretary-General to submit a comprehensive report on progress made in the implementation of the Mission’s recommendations, in accordance with paragraph 3 of section B of Human Rights Council resolution S-12/1, to the Council at its fifteenth session. The present report is submitted pursuant to that request, and updates the information contained in the report of the Secretary-General on the status of implementation of paragraph 3 of Council resolution S-12/1 B (A/HRC/13/55). It contains information requested and received from States, organizations and other entities to which the Mission addressed its recommendations, as well as that gathered directly by the United Nations. II. Status of the implementation of the recommendations of the Mission report A. Action by the Human Rights Council 2. In paragraph 1968 of its report, the Mission addressed five recommendations to the Council. It recommended that the Council should endorse the recommendations contained in the 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 at future sessions. 3. As stated in the report of the Secretary-General submitted pursuant to section B of Human Rights Council resolution S-12/1, the Council endorsed the Mission’s recommendations and called on all concerned parties, including United Nations bodies, to ensure their implementation in accordance with their respective mandates. In paragraph 4 of its resolution 13/9, the Council reiterated this call; in paragraph 17, it decided to follow up on the implementation, inter alia, of its paragraph 4 at its fifteenth session. In paragraph 16, the Council also requested the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights to submit to the Council, at its fourteenth session, a progress report on the implementation of the resolution, including its paragraph 4. The High Commissioner submitted that report (A/HRC/14/CRP.4) to the Council, which the Council reviewed at its fourteenth session. 4. In paragraph 1968 (b) of its report, the Mission recommended that, 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 Council should request the Secretary-General to bring the report to the attention of the Security Council under Article 99 of the Charter of the United Nations in order that the Security Council may consider action according to the Mission’s relevant recommendations. 5. To date, the Council has not directed any specific request to the Secretary-General to bring the Mission’s report to the attention of the Security Council under Article 99 of the Charter. 6. In paragraph 1968 (c) of its report, the Mission recommended that the Council should formally submit the report to the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court. 3