A/HRC/34/38 United Nations General Assembly Distr.: General 13 April 2017 Original: English Human Rights Council Thirty-fourth session 27 February-24 March 2017 Agenda items 2 and 7 Annual report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights and reports of the Office of the High Commissioner and the Secretary-General Human rights situation in Palestine and other occupied Arab territories Human rights situation in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem* Report of the Secretary-General Summary The present report is submitted pursuant to Human Rights Council resolution 31/34 on the human rights situation in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem. It focuses on the recurrence and persistence of human rights violations and the underlying policies leading to such patterns. * The present report was submitted after the deadline in order to reflect the most recent developments. GE.17-06021(E) 