A/HRC/37/42 United Nations General Assembly Distr.: General 21 February 2018 Original: English Human Rights Council Thirty-seventh session 26 February–23 March 2018 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 High Commissioner for Human Rights* Summary The present report is submitted pursuant to Human Rights Council resolution 34/30 on the human rights situation in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem. It focuses on the practice of arbitrary detention by Israeli and Palestinian authorities. It covers the period from 1 November 2016 to 31 October 2017. * The present report was submitted after the deadline in order to reflect recent developments. GE.18-02676(E) 