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10. Urges all parties concerned to respect the rules of international human rights law and
international humanitarian law and to refrain from violence against the civilian population;
11. Requests the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights to report on the
violations of human rights of the Palestinian people by the occupying Power, Israel, by:
(a) Strengthening the field presence of the Office of the High Commission in the
Occupied Palestinian Territory, particularly in the occupied Gaza Strip, and deploying the
necessary personnel and expertise to monitor and document Israeli violations of the human rights
of Palestinians and the destruction of their properties;
(b) Submitting periodic reports to the Council on the implementation of the present
resolution;
12. Requests all relevant special procedures mandate holders, in particular the Special
Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian territories occupied since 1967, the
Special Rapporteur on the right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard
of physical and mental health, the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Children
and Armed Conflict, the Special Rapporteur on violence against women, its causes and
consequences, the Special Representative of the Secretary-General on the human rights of
internally displaced persons, the Special Rapporteur on adequate housing as a component of the
right to an adequate standard of living, and on the right to non-discrimination in this context, the
Special Rapporteur on the right to food, the Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, arbitrary or
summary executions, the Special Rapporteur on the right to education and the independent
expert on the question of human rights and extreme poverty, to urgently seek and gather
information on violations of the human rights of the Palestinian people and submit their reports
to the Council at its next session;
13. Requests the occupying Power, Israel, to fully cooperate with all the
above-mentioned special procedures mandate holders and to desist from any further hindrance to
the work of the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian territories
occupied since 1967;
14. Decides to dispatch an urgent, independent international fact-finding mission, to be
appointed by the President of the Council, to investigate all violations of international human
rights law and international humanitarian law by the occupying Power, Israel, against the
Palestinian people throughout the Occupied Palestinian Territory, particularly in the occupied
Gaza Strip, due to the current aggression, and calls upon Israel not to obstruct the process of
investigation and to fully cooperate with the mission;
15. Requests the Secretary-General and the High Commissioner to provide all
administrative, technical and logistical assistance required to enable the above-mentioned special
procedures mandate holders and the fact-finding mission to fulfil their mandates promptly and
efficiently;
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