A/HRC/31/41 I. Introduction 1. The present report is submitted pursuant to Human Rights Council resolution 28/24, in which the Council called upon Israel, the occupying Power, to comply with the relevant resolutions of the General Assembly, the Security Council and the Human Rights Council. The Council recalled in particular Security Council resolution 497 (1981), in which it decided, inter alia, that the decision of Israel to impose its laws, jurisdiction and administration on the occupied Syrian Golan was null and void and without international legal effect, and demanded that Israel rescind forthwith its decision. 2. In resolution 28/24, the Human Rights Council also requested the Secretary-General to bring the resolution to the attention of all Governments, the competent United Nations organs, specialized agencies, international and regional intergovernmental organizations and international humanitarian organizations, to disseminate it as widely as possible and to report thereon to the Council at its thirty-first session. II. Implementation of Human Rights Council resolution 28/24 3. On 12 November 2015, the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), on behalf of the Secretary-General, addressed a note verbale to the Government of Israel referring to Human Rights Council resolution 28/24 and requesting information on any steps taken or envisaged to be taken concerning the implementation of the said resolution. No reply was received. 4. On the same day, OHCHR, on behalf of the Secretary-General, addressed a note verbale to all permanent missions in Geneva to draw their attention to Human Rights Council resolution 28/24 and to request the Governments of Member States to provide information on any steps taken, or envisaged to be taken, concerning the implementation of the relevant provisions of the resolution. The Permanent Missions of Bahrain, Denmark, Ireland and the Syrian Arab Republic responded by means of notes verbales to that request. 5. In addition, on behalf of the Secretary-General, OHCHR, pursuant to the request of the Human Rights Council, brought resolution 28/24 to the attention of the competent United Nations organs, specialized agencies, international and regional intergovernmental organizations and international humanitarian organizations. No reply was received. 6. The Permanent Mission of Bahrain, in a note verbale dated 17 November 2015, emphasized its support for a two-State solution and the establishment of a Palestinian State along the lines existing on 4 June 1967, in compliance with the Arab Peace Initiative and with Security Council resolutions 242 (1967) and 338 (1973). It also referred to the continued occupation of the Palestinian territories and the Syrian Golan by Israel and its flagrant disregard and breach of international law, and noted that the international community was not exercising enough pressure on Israel to ensure compliance with international law and relevant United Nations resolutions. 7. In a note verbale dated 24 November 2015, the Permanent Mission of Ireland stated that it had not recognized any of the legislative or administrative measures and actions referred to in resolution 28/24 which purported to apply to the occupied Syrian Golan. 8. The Permanent Mission of Denmark, in a note verbale dated 1 December 2015, stated that Denmark was pursuing a peaceful settlement of the Israeli-Syrian conflict. It also noted that the conflict contributed to the destabilization of the overall security situation in the Middle East and thus had to be resolved. 9. On 8 December 2015, the Permanent Mission of the Syrian Arab Republic addressed a note verbale to OHCHR condemning the continued occupation of the Syrian Golan by 2