A/HRC/RES/25/29
2.
Demands that Israel, the occupying Power, comply fully with the provisions
of the Fourth Geneva Convention of 1949 and cease immediately all measures and actions
taken in violation and in breach of the Convention;
3.
Stresses the need for Israel, the occupying Power, to withdraw from the
Palestinian Territory occupied since 1967, including East Jerusalem, so as to enable the
Palestinian people to exercise its universally recognized right to self-determination;
4.
Demands that Israel, the occupying Power, cease all practices and actions that
violate the human rights of the Palestinian people, and that it fully respect human rights law
and comply with its legal obligations in this regard, including in accordance with relevant
United Nations resolutions;
5.
Also demands that Israel, the occupying Power, cease its imposition of
prolonged closures and economic and movement restrictions, including those amounting to
a blockade on the Gaza Strip, which severely restricts the freedom of movement of
Palestinians within, into and out of Gaza and their access to basic utilities, housing,
education, work, health and an adequate standard of living via various measures, including
import and export restrictions, that have a direct impact on livelihoods, economic
sustainability and development throughout Gaza, and in this regard calls upon Israel to
implement fully the Agreement on Movement and Access and the Agreed Principles for the
Rafah Crossing, in order to allow for the sustained and regular movement of persons and
goods and for the acceleration of long overdue reconstruction in the Gaza Strip;
6.
Reiterates the need for respect for the territorial unity, contiguity and
integrity of all of the Occupied Palestinian Territory and for guarantees of the freedom of
movement of persons and goods within the Palestinian territory, including movement into
and from East Jerusalem, into and from the Gaza Strip, between the West Bank and the
Gaza Strip, and to and from the outside world;
7.
Expresses grave concern at the confiscation and damage by Israel of fishing
nets in the Gaza Strip for which there is no discernible security justification;
8.
Condemns the excessive use of force by the Israeli occupying forces against
Palestinian civilians, particularly in the Gaza Strip, and in the context of peaceful protests
in the West Bank, resulting in extensive loss of life and vast numbers of injuries;
9.
Also condemns the firing of rockets against Israeli civilian areas resulting in
loss of life and injury;
10.
Further condemns all acts of violence, including all acts of terror,
provocation, incitement and destruction, including the torching of places of worship and the
destruction of olive trees and crops by Israeli settlers;
11.
Calls upon Israel to cease all violations of the right to education of
Palestinians, including those stemming from restrictions on movement and incidents of
harassment and attacks on school children and educational facilities by Israeli settlers and
as a result of Israeli military action;
12.
Also calls upon Israel to end any harassment, intimidation and reprisals
against human rights defenders who peacefully advocate for the rights of Palestinians in the
Occupied Palestinian Territory, including by cooperating with United Nations human rights
bodies;
13.
Expresses deep concern at the conditions of the Palestinian prisoners and
detainees 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
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