A/HRC/RES/25/28
(a)
To ensure that they are not taking actions that assist the expansion of
settlements or construction of the wall in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East
Jerusalem;
(b)
To implement the Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights in
relation to the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, to take appropriate
measures to encourage businesses domiciled in their territory and/or under their
jurisdiction, including those owned or controlled by them, and to refrain from committing
or contributing to gross human rights abuses of Palestinians, in accordance with the
expected standard of conduct in the Guiding Principles and relevant international laws and
standards;
(c)
To provide information to individuals and businesses on the financial,
reputational and legal risks, as well as the possible abuses of the rights of individuals, of
becoming involved in settlement-related activities, including economic and financial
activities, the provision of services in settlements and the purchasing of property;
12.
Requests that all parties concerned, including United Nations bodies,
implement and ensure the implementation of the recommendations contained in the report
of the independent international fact-finding mission to investigate the implications of
Israeli settlements on the civil, political, economic, social and cultural rights of the
Palestinian people throughout the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem,
and endorsed by the Human Rights Council through its resolution 22/29, in accordance
with their respective mandates;
13.
Calls upon the relevant United Nations bodies to take all necessary measures
and actions within their mandates to ensure full respect for and compliance with Human
Rights Council resolution 17/4 of 16 June 2011, on the Guiding Principles on Business and
Human Rights and other relevant international laws and standards, and to ensure the
implementation of the United Nations “Protect, Respect and Remedy” Framework, which
provides a global standard for upholding human rights in relation to business activities that
are connected with Israeli settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East
Jerusalem;
14.
Welcomes the decision of the Working Group on the issue of human rights
and transnational corporations and other business enterprises to issue a statement before the
twenty-sixth session of the Human Rights Council, in follow-up to Council resolution
22/29;
15.
Requests the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights to
present a report detailing the implementation of the recommendations contained in the
report of the independent fact-finding mission on the implications of Israeli settlements on
the civil, political, economic, social and cultural rights of the Palestinian People throughout
the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, to the Human Rights Council
at its twenty-eighth session;
16.
Requests the Secretary-General to report on the implementation of the present
resolution at its twenty-eighth session;
17.
Decides to remain seized of the matter.
56th meeting
28 March 2014
[Adopted by a recorded vote of 46 to 1. The voting was as follows:
In favour:
Algeria, Argentina, Austria, Benin, Botswana, Brazil, Burkina Faso, Chile,
China, Congo, Costa Rica, Côte d’Ivoire, Cuba, Czech Republic, Estonia,
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