A/HRC/31/40 (b) Ensure that all torture and ill-treatment is outlawed and swiftly ended, and remove exemptions for interrogations of Palestinian “security suspects” from the requirement to record interrogations; (c) Conduct prompt, thorough, effective, independent and impartial investigations into all incidents of the use of force leading to death or injury, ensuring they are subject to public scrutiny; (d) Hold to account all individuals responsible for human rights violations and provide victims with an effective remedy; (e) End all forms of collective punishment, including the blockade on Gaza and punitive demolitions; (f) Ensure that the Israeli Prisons Act is consistent with international human rights law; in particular, repeal provisions allowing force-feeding of detainees on hunger strike; (g) End the system of administrative detention and ensure that all detainees are promptly charged or released; (h) Respect international humanitarian law, particularly the principles of distinction, proportionality and precaution, and ensure accountability for all violations. B. Government of the State of Palestine 82. The High Commissioner recommends that the Government of the State of Palestine: (a) Ensure that arbitrary arrests and detentions are not carried out — due process guarantees should be respected and no person should be held without legal basis or in a manner inconsistent with international human rights law; (b) End the widespread practice of administrative detention through governors’ orders in the West Bank — detainees should be promptly charged or released; (c) Ensure that torture and ill-treatment are promptly ended and that rules of engagement and actual use of force and firearms by law enforcement officials are consistent with international human rights law and standards; (d) Conduct and ensure prompt, thorough, effective, independent and impartial investigations into all incidents of use of force leading to death or injury, ensuring that they are subject to public scrutiny, bring perpetrators to justice and provide victims with an effective remedy; (e) Respect the right to freedom of expression and peaceful assembly, including for journalists and those with perceived links to opposition groups, and ensure thorough and transparent investigations into allegations of attacks by third parties against journalists and activists; (f) Announce a moratorium on the death penalty including the award of such sentences, as a step towards abolition. C. Authorities in Gaza and Palestinian armed groups 83. The High Commissioner calls upon the authorities in Gaza: 17

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