A/HRC/19/2
[Adopted by a recorded vote of 36 to 1, with 10 abstentions. The voting was as follows:
In favour:
Angola, Austria, Bangladesh, Belgium, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso,
Chile, China, Congo, Cuba, Djibouti, Ecuador, India, Indonesia, Jordan,
Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Libya, Malaysia, Maldives, Mauritania, Mauritius,
Mexico, Nigeria, Norway, Peru, Philippines, Qatar, Russian Federation,
Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Switzerland, Thailand, Uganda, Uruguay
Against:
United States of America
Abstaining:
Cameroon, Costa Rica, Czech Republic, Guatemala, Hungary, Italy, Poland,
Republic of Moldova, Romania, Spain]
19/18
Follow-up to the report of the United Nations Fact-Finding Mission on
the Gaza Conflict
The Human Rights Council,
Recalling its relevant resolutions, including resolution S-9/1, adopted on 12 January
2009, and resolution S-12/1, adopted on 16 October 2010, in follow-up to the human rights
situation in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and the report of
the United Nations Fact-Finding Mission on the Gaza Conflict,26
Recalling also relevant General Assembly resolutions, including resolutions 64/10,
adopted on 5 November 2009, and 64/254, adopted on 26 February 2010, in follow-up to
the report of the Fact-Finding Mission on the Gaza Conflict,
Recalling further the relevant rules and principles of international law, including
international humanitarian law and international human rights law, in particular the Geneva
Convention relative to the Protection of Civilian Persons in Time of War, of 12 August
1949, which is applicable to the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem,
Recalling the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the other international
human rights instruments, including the International Covenant on Civil and Political
Rights, the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights and the
Convention on the Rights of the Child,
Reaffirming the obligation of all parties to respect international humanitarian law
and international human rights law,
Reiterating the importance of the safety and well-being of all civilians, and
reaffirming the obligation to ensure the protection of civilians in armed conflict,
Stressing the need to ensure accountability for all violations of international
humanitarian law and international human rights law in order to prevent impunity, ensure
justice, deter further violations and promote peace,
Convinced that achieving a just, lasting and comprehensive settlement of the
question of Palestine, the core of the Arab-Israeli conflict, is imperative for the attainment
of comprehensive, just and lasting peace and stability in the Middle East,
26
GE.13-14768
A/HRC/12/48.
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