A/HRC/RES/31/34 United Nations General Assembly Distr.: General 20 April 2016 Original: English Human Rights Council Thirty-first session Agenda item 7 Resolution adopted by the Human Rights Council on 24 March 2016 31/34. Human rights situation in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem The Human Rights Council, Recalling the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, the Convention on the Rights of the Child and the Optional Protocol thereto on the involvement of children in armed conflict, the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women, the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment and the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination, and affirming that these human rights instruments, among others, are applicable to and must be respected in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, Recalling also relevant resolutions of the Human Rights Council, Taking note of the recent reports of the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian territories occupied since 1967, and of other relevant recent reports of the Human Rights Council, Noting the recent accession by Palestine to several human rights treaties and the core humanitarian law conventions, and its accession on 2 January 2015 to the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court, Deploring Israel’s recurrent practice of withholding Palestinian tax revenues, Aware of the responsibility of the international community to promote human rights and ensure respect for international law, Recalling the advisory opinion rendered on 9 July 2004 by the International Court of Justice, and recalling also General Assembly resolutions ES-10/15 of 20 July 2004 and ES10/17 of 15 December 2006, Noting in particular the Court’s reply, including that the construction of the wall being built by Israel, the occupying Power, in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including in and around East Jerusalem, and its associated regime are contrary to international law, GE.16-06470(E) *1606470*