A/HRC/43/70 United Nations General Assembly Distr.: General 20 January 2020 Original: English Human Rights Council Forty third session 24 February–20 March 2020 Agenda items 2 and 7 Annual report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights and reports of the Office of the High Commissioner and the Secretary-General Human rights situation in Palestine and other occupied Arab territories Implementation of Human Rights Council resolutions S-9/1 and S-12/1 Report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights* Summary The present report, the twelfth submitted by the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights on the implementation of Human Rights Council resolutions S-9/1 and S-12/1, covers the period from 1 November 2018 to 31 October 2019. It provides an overview of the human rights situation in the Occupied Palestinian Territory and highlights, in particular, the shrinking civic space and the restrictions on the rights to freedom of expression, peaceful assembly and association. The High Commissioner makes recommendations to the main duty bearers concerned, namely the Government of Israel, the Government of the State of Palestine and the authorities in Gaza. * The present report was submitted after the deadline in order to reflect the most recent developments. GE.20-00781(E) 