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rights of the Palestinian people throughout the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East
Jerusalem,3 and the United Nations Fact-Finding Mission on the Gaza Conflict,4
Recalling further the advisory opinion rendered on 9 July 2004 by the International
Court of Justice on the legal consequences of the construction of a wall in the Occupied
Palestinian Territory,
Recognizing the work of Palestinian, Israeli and international civil society actors and
human rights defenders in documenting and countering violations of international law in the
Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem,
Affirming the obligation of all parties to respect international humanitarian law and
international human rights law,
Emphasizing the importance of the safety and well-being of all civilians, and
reaffirming the obligation to ensure the protection of civilians in armed conflict,
Gravely concerned by reports regarding serious human rights violations and grave
breaches of international humanitarian law, including possible war crimes and crimes against
humanity, including the findings of the independent international commissions of inquiry,
fact-finding missions and boards of inquiry convened by the Secretary-General,
Condemning all violations of human rights and of international humanitarian law, and
appalled at the widespread and unprecedented levels of destruction, death and human
suffering caused in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem,
Stressing the urgency of achieving without delay an end to the Israeli occupation that
began in 1967, and affirming that this is necessary in order to uphold human rights and
international law,
Deploring the non-cooperation by Israel with all Human Rights Council fact-finding
missions and independent commissions of inquiry, and its refusal to grant access to and
cooperate with international human rights bodies and a number of United Nations special
procedures seeking to investigate alleged violations of international law in the Occupied
Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem,
Regretting the lack of implementation of the recommendations contained in the
reports of the independent commissions of inquiry and fact-finding missions, which follows
a pattern of lack of implementation of recommendations made by United Nations
mechanisms and bodies,
Alarmed that long-standing systemic impunity for international law violations has
allowed for the recurrence of grave violations without consequence, and stressing the need
to ensure accountability for all violations of international humanitarian law and international
human rights law in order to end impunity, ensure justice, deter further violations, protect
civilians and promote peace,
Regretting the lack of progress in the conduct of domestic investigations in accordance
with international law standards, and aware of the existence of numerous legal, procedural
and practical obstacles in the Israeli civil and criminal legal system contributing to the denial
of access to justice for Palestinian victims and of their right to an effective judicial remedy,
Emphasizing the need for States to investigate and prosecute grave breaches of the
Geneva Conventions of 1949 and other serious violations of international humanitarian law,
to end impunity, to uphold their obligations to ensure respect and to promote international
accountability,
Noting the accession by the State of Palestine on 2 January 2015 to the Rome Statute
of the International Criminal Court,
Recognizing the importance of the right to life and the right to freedom of peaceful
assembly and association to the full enjoyment of all human rights,
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A/HRC/12/48.
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