A/HRC/34/70 United Nations General Assembly Distr.: General 13 April 2017 Original: English Human Rights Council Thirty-fourth session 27 February-24 March 2017 Agenda item 7 Human rights situation in Palestine and other occupied Arab territories Report of the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian territories occupied since 1967* Note by the Secretariat The Secretariat has the honour to transmit to the Human Rights Council the report of the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian territories occupied since 1967, submitted pursuant to Commission on Human Rights resolution 1993/2 A and Human Rights Council resolution 5/1. In it, the Special Rapporteur examines the current human rights situation in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, with a particular emphasis on the role and challenges faced by human rights defenders. * The present report was submitted after the deadline in order to reflect the most recent developments. GE.17-05979(E) 