A/HRC/15/60 VII. Human rights situation in Palestine and other occupied Arab territories A. Follow-up to Human Rights Council resolutions S-9/1, S-12/1 and 13/9 729. At the 23rd meeting, on 27 September 2010, the High Commissioner introduced her report on the status of implementation of Council resolution 13/9 on follow-up to the report of the United Nations Independent International Fact-Finding Mission on the Gaza Conflict (A/HRC/15/52) and the report of the Secretary-General on the progress made in the implementation of the recommendations of the Fact-Finding Mission (A/HRC/15/51), in accordance with Council resolution S-12/1. 730. At the same meeting, on the same day, Christian Tomuschat, the ChairpersonRapporteur of the Committee of independent experts in international humanitarian and human rights laws, established by the Council in its resolution 13/9 to monitor and assess any domestic, legal or other proceedings undertaken by the Government of Israel on the Palestinian side in the light of General Assembly resolution 64/254, presented the report of the Committee (A/HRC/15/50). The two other members of the Committee, Justice Mary McGowan and Param Cumaraswamy, were also present. 731. At the same meeting, the representatives of Israel and Palestine made statements as the concerned parties. 732. During the ensuing interactive dialogue on the report of the Committee, at the same meeting, the following made statements and asked the members of the Committee questions: (a) Representatives of States Members of the Council: Bahrain, Bangladesh, Brazil, China, Cuba, Egypt50 (also on behalf of the Non-Aligned Movement), Libyan Arab Jamahiriya, Malaysia, Pakistan (on behalf of the Organization of the Islamic Conference), Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Switzerland, Syrian Arab Republic50 (also on behalf of the Group of Arab States), United States of America; (b) Representatives of the following observer States: Algeria, Indonesia, Iran (Islamic Republic of), Iraq, Lebanon, Morocco, Sudan, Tunisia, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, Yemen; (c) Observers for intergovernmental organizations: European Union, League of Arab States; (d) Observers for the following non-governmental organizations: Amnesty International, BADIL Resource Center for Palestinian Residency and Refugee Rights, Fédération internationale des ligues des droits de l’homme (also on behalf of Al-Haq, Law in the Service of Man), Palestinian Centre for Human Rights, United Nations Watch. 733. At the same meeting, the Chairperson-Rapporteur of the Committee answered questions and made his concluding remarks. 50 192 Observer of the Council speaking on behalf of Member and observer States. GE.11-17043

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