A/HRC/18/49
I.
Introduction
1.
The Human Rights Council, in its resolution 16/32, reiterated its call upon all
concerned parties, including United Nations bodies, to ensure the full and immediate
implementation of the recommendations contained in the report of the United Nations FactFinding Mission on the Gaza Conflict (A/HRC/12/48), in accordance with their respective
mandates. It also requested the Secretary-General to submit a comprehensive report on
progress made in the implementation of the Mission’s recommendations, in accordance
with its resolution S-12/1 B, paragraph 3, to the Council at its eighteenth session.
2.
The present report is submitted pursuant to that request. It updates the information
contained in the previous report of the Secretary-General on progress made in the
implementation of the Mission’s recommendations in accordance with Human Rights
Council resolution S-12/1 B, paragraph 3 (A/HRC/15/51). It contains information requested
and received from States, organizations and other entities to which the Mission addressed
its recommendations, as well as that gathered directly by the United Nations.
II.
Status of the implementation of the recommendations of the
Mission report
A.
Action by the Human Rights Council
3.
In paragraph 1968 of its report, the Mission addressed five recommendations to the
Human Rights Council. In paragraph 1968 (a) of its report, the Mission recommended that
the Council should endorse the recommendations contained in the report, take appropriate
action to implement them as recommended by the Mission and through other means as it
may deem appropriate, and continue to review their implementation at future sessions.
4.
As stated in the report of the Secretary-General on the status of implementation of
paragraph 3 of Council resolution S-12/1 B (A/HRC/13/55, para. 4), the Human Rights
Council, in paragraph 3 of that resolution, endorsed the Mission’s recommendations and
called upon all concerned parties, including United Nations bodies, to ensure their
implementation in accordance with their respective mandates. In paragraph 4 of its
resolution 13/9, the Council reiterated this call and, in paragraph 17, decided to follow up
on the implementation of that resolution at its fifteenth session. In paragraph 1 of its
resolution 15/6, the Council requested the Secretary-General to follow up on the
implementation of the recommendations contained in the Mission’s report, in accordance
with its resolution S-12/1. In paragraph 3 of its resolution 16/32, the Council reiterated its
call upon all concerned parties, including United Nations bodies, to ensure the full and
immediate implementation of the Mission’s recommendations, in accordance with their
respective mandates; and, in paragraph 12, it decided to follow up on the implementation of
that resolution at its nineteenth session.
5.
In paragraph 1968 (b) of its report, the Mission recommended that, in view of the
gravity of the violations of international human rights and humanitarian law and possible
war crimes and crimes against humanity that it had reported, the Human Rights Council
should request the Secretary-General to bring the report to the attention of the Security
Council under Article 99 of the Charter of the United Nations in order that the Security
Council might consider action according to the Mission’s relevant recommendations.
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