A/HRC/10/29 recommendation in paragraph 100, subparagraph 22. The Organization welcomed the State’s indication in its introductory remarks that it was planning to introduce an alternative civilian service for conscientious objectors to military service. The Organization encouraged Israel to bring in legislation consistent with international standards as set out in Commission on Human Rights resolution 1998/77 and in the jurisprudence of the Human Rights Committee. The Organization called on Israel to ensure in particular that arrangements be put firmly under civilian control, compatible with the nature of the objections, not punitive in nature by comparison with military service, and that it should accept declarations of conscience without inquiry. The Organization stated that it would follow with interest the progress of bringing forward relevant legislation. 481. The Women’s International Zionist Organization, while noting the steps taken to promote human and women’s rights, stated that barriers remained to the full realization of human and civil rights. It noted the establishment of the Commission on Equal Employment Opportunities and the Commission of Equal Rights for Persons with Disabilities, and that the commissions ensured active participation of non-governmental organizations. It called upon Israel to continue in this positive direction and to remove or narrow down its reservations to the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women, particularly on equality in public representation and on gender equality in family life. It noted as unjustified the reservation to article 16 and urged Israel to provide for civil marriage and divorce. It said more than 300,000 Israeli citizens with no religious affiliation could not marry in Israel. The introduction of civil marriage would provide them with one of the most basic civil rights. It would also introduce an egalitarian divorce law, replacing the existing discriminatory religious laws that currently held exclusive jurisdiction over marriage and divorce in Israel. 482. The Organization for Defending Victims of Violence referred to the Israeli military operation launched against the Gaza Strip and to the death, injuries and displacement of Palestinians and the blockaded population. The Organization noted the destruction of Government and other buildings as well as the United Nations aid distribution to refugee centres. The Organization indicated that Israel had committed genocide according to the Geneva Conventions and Protocols; war crimes according to the Charter of the Nuremberg International Military Court Tribunal; crimes against humanity according to the Rome Statute and the Charter of the Nuremberg International Military Court Tribunal; and a crime of aggression, according to General Assembly resolution 3314 (XXIX). 483. The Society Studies Centre expressed concern that the outcome of the review only addressed the rights of Israeli people, ignoring the gross violations of human rights in the Occupied Palestinian Territory. Israel had tried to avoid its responsibility as an occupying State with regard to the violations committed in Gaza and the West Bank and other occupied lands in the Syrian Arab Republic and Lebanon. The Centre stated that the most prominent violation committed by the State was to deny the self-determination of a nation by occupying the Palestinian lands, which had caused atrocities against the civilian population. It noted that 10,000 Palestinians were imprisoned, including Members of Parliament, and that a few days after the review, Israel had committed a massacre in Gaza. The Centre stated that Israel must be reminded and made accountable for what it had committed in Gaza and other parts of Palestine, and that it was unfair for Israel to destroy facilities and have European nations and other donors pay for rebuilding them. 484. The African American Society for Humanitarian Aid and Development said it followed with alarm the tragedy of the Palestinian people as the Israeli occupation committed the worst human rights violations, ignoring all international laws and international humanitarian law. It appealed to the Council to stop immediately all violations contrary to all international laws and to oblige the occupying Power to comply with international resolutions in this regard. It said that the lack of respect for these resolutions 164 GE.09-17451