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13.
Also calls upon Israel to end all harassment, threats, intimidation and
reprisals against human rights defenders and civil society actors who peacefully advocate
for the rights of Palestinians in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including by cooperating
with United Nations human rights bodies, and underscores the need to investigate all such
acts, to ensure accountability and effective remedies, and to take steps to prevent any
further such threats, attacks, reprisals or acts of intimidation;
14.
Expresses deep concern at the conditions of the Palestinian prisoners and
detainees, including minors, in Israeli jails and detention centres, demands that Israel, the
occupying Power, fully respect and abide by its international law obligations towards all
Palestinian prisoners and detainees in its custody, and also expresses its concern at the
continued extensive use of administrative detention, calls for a full implementation of the
agreement reached in May 2012 for a prompt and independent investigation into all cases
of death custody, and also calls upon Israel to release all Palestinian prisoners detained in
violation of international law;
15.
Calls for urgent attention to the plight and the rights, in accordance with
international law, of Palestinian prisoners and detainees in Israeli jails, and calls for respect
for the United Nations Standard Minimum Rules for the Treatment of Prisoners (the Nelson
Mandela Rules) and the United Nations Rules for the Treatment of Women Prisoners and
Non-custodial Measures for Women Offenders (the Bangkok Rules);
16.
Calls upon Israel to explicitly prohibit torture, including psychological
torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment;
17.
Demands that Israel cease its policy of transferring prisoners from the
Occupied Palestinian Territory into the territory of Israel, and respect fully its obligations
under article 76 of the Fourth Geneva Convention;
18.
Urges Israel to ensure that any arrest, detention and/or trial of Palestinian
children is in line with the Convention on the Rights of the Child, including by refraining
from holding criminal proceedings against them in military courts that, by definition, fall
short of providing the necessary guarantees to ensure respect for their rights and that
infringe upon their right to non-discrimination;
19.
Deplores Israel’s resumption of the policy of punitive home demolitions and
the ongoing policy of revoking the residency permits of Palestinians living in East
Jerusalem through various discriminatory laws, and the demolition of residential structures
and the forced eviction of Palestinian families, in violation of their basic right to adequate
housing and in violation of international humanitarian law;
20.
Expresses concern at the Citizenship and Entry into Israel Law adopted by
the Knesset, which suspends the possibility, with certain rare exceptions, of family
reunification between Israeli citizens and persons residing in the Occupied Palestinian
Territory, including East Jerusalem, thus adversely affecting the lives of many families;
21.
Demands that Israel, the occupying Power, cease all of its settlement
activities, the construction of the wall and any other measures aimed at altering the
character, status and demographic composition of the Occupied Palestinian Territory,
including in and around East Jerusalem, all of which have, inter alia, a grave and
detrimental impact on the human rights of the Palestinian people and the prospects for a
peaceful settlement;
22.
Also demands that Israel, the occupying Power, comply with its legal
obligations under international law, as mentioned in the advisory opinion rendered on 9
July 2004 by the International Court of Justice and as demanded by the General Assembly
in its resolutions ES-10/15 of 20 July 2004 and ES-10/13 of 21 October 2003, and that it
immediately cease the construction of the wall in the Occupied Palestinian Territory,
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