A/HRC/35/19/Add.1
51.
Twenty of the 93 settlement-related recommendations call on Israel to cease the
forced transfer and evictions in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, as well as actions that
can lead to such situations. In November 2014 the United Nations Human Rights
Committee recommended that Israel: “Desist from any actions that may facilitate or result
in forcible transfer and forced evictions, particularly of the Bedouin communities in the
central West Bank, including the eastern Jerusalem periphery, and forced displacement and
dispossession of Bedouins residing in the Negev”.68
52.
In January 2016, the Secretary-General expressed concern that Israel continued
planning the relocation of entire communities and demolitions of homes of Palestinian
Bedouins and herder populations.69 Israel has continued implementing policies resulting in
the displacement of Palestinians, including Bedouin communities, in East Jerusalem. As
documented by the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs
(OCHA), during the first two months of 2017, in East Jerusalem, Israel demolished 24
structures in 18 Bedouin communities in the area designated for the E1 settlement plan and
the expansion of the Ma’ale Adumim settlement, causing the displacement of 133 people,
half of whom were children.70 Between 1 January and 6 April 2017, OCHA documented
that Israeli authorities had demolished a biweekly average of 29 Palestinian-owned
structures, causing the displacement of a biweekly average of 58 Palestinians.71 Considering
all of the above information next to the elements of the recommendation, the
recommendation of the Secretary-General referred to above has been assessed as “not
implemented”.
E.
Freedom of movement
53.
Among the 79 recommendations related to the right to freedom of movement, 76 are
addressed to Israel, two to all parties to the conflict and one to the Human Rights Council.
Twenty-eight recommendations call for the blockade of Gaza to be lifted, to allow the free
movement of people and goods in and out of Gaza, to facilitate reconstruction, and to
address the humanitarian and human rights impact of blockade. The following table
provides an overview of the distribution of the issues covered by these recommendations
and the percentage within this review.
Table 7
Implementation of recommendations related to freedom of movement
Number of
recommendations
Percentage in this
thematic area
Percentage of all
recommendations
29
36.7%
3.1%
5
6.3%
0.5%
Freedom of movement between Gaza and
West Bank
20
25.3%
2.2%
Restrictions impacting humanitarian aid
14
17.7%
1.5%
Restrictions impacting economic
development
5
6.3%
0.5%
Enforcement of access restrictions
4
5.1%
0.4%
2
2.5%
0.2%
Blockade
Wall
Residency rights
Total
68
79
CCPR/C/ISR/CO/4, para. 9. The review of the implementation regarding the Negev desert falls
outside the territorial scope of this report and will not be assessed.
69
A/HRC/31/43, para. 44.
70
See www.ochaopt.org/content/tightening-coercive-environment-bedouin-communities-around-maale-adumim-settlement.
71
See www.ochaopt.org/content/protection-civilians-report-21-march-3-april-2017.
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