A/HRC/37/43 United Nations General Assembly Distr.: General 6 March 2018 Original: English Human Rights Council Thirty-seventh session 26 February-23 March 2018 Agenda item 7 Human rights situation in Palestine and other occupied Arab territories Israeli settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and the occupied Syrian Golan Report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights* Summary In the present report, the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights describes the expansion of the settlement enterprise of Israel, examines the existence of a coercive environment in occupied East Jerusalem, and addresses issues relating to Israeli settlements in the occupied Syrian Golan. The report covers the period from 1 November 2016 to 31 October 2017. * The present report was submitted after the deadline in order to reflect the latest developments. GE.18-03433(E) 