UNITED NATIONS A General Assembly Distr. GENERAL A/HRC/7/17 21 January 2008 Original: ENGLISH HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL Seventh session Item 7 of the provisional agenda HUMAN RIGHTS SITUATION IN PALESTINE AND OTHER OCCUPIED ARAB TERRITORIES Report of the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian territories occupied since 1967, John Dugard GE.08-40229 (E) 290108