A/HRC/27/76 United Nations General Assembly Distr.: General 7 October 2014 Original: English Human Rights Council Twenty-seventh session 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 Report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights on the implementation of Human Rights Council resolution S-21/1 on ensuring respect for international law in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem* Summary The present report is submitted pursuant to Human Rights Council resolution S-21/1 on ensuring respect for international law in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem. It provides information on the status of implementation of the resolution, including measures taken to ensure accountability. The report provides an update on the steps taken by the Government of Switzerland to resume consultations on the question of reconvening a conference of the High Contracting Parties to the Fourth Geneva Convention and outlines the steps taken by the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) to support the commission of inquiry, pursuant to resolution S-21/1. It also contains information on the activities of special procedures mandate holders in relation to their efforts to seek and gather information on all human rights violations in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem. The report further presents preliminary information, generally covering the period from 12 June to 26 August 2014, gathered by OHCHR on the situation of human rights in the West Bank, including East Jerusalem, and in the Gaza Strip. * Late submission. GE.14-18063 (E) 