A/HRC/16/28 United Nations General Assembly Distr.: General 5 January 2011 Original: English Human Rights Council Sixteenth session Agenda item 7 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 15/6 Summary The present report provides information on the implementation of Human Rights Council resolution 15/6. It reviews the key paragraphs of resolution 15/6 and the status of their implementation. I. Background 1. At its fifteenth session the Human Rights Council adopted resolution 15/6, entitled “Follow-up to the report of the Committee of independent experts in international humanitarian and human rights law established pursuant to Council resolution 13/9”. In paragraph 9 of this resolution the Council requests the High Commissioner to present a report on its implementation to the Council at its sixteenth session. 2. The present report is submitted pursuant to this request. It contains information on the status of implementation of resolution 15/6 as of 8 December 2010. 3. To prepare this report, on 1 November 2010 the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) addressed notes verbales to the Permanent Mission of Israel to the United Nations Office and Specialized Institutions in Geneva and to the Permanent Observer Mission of Palestine to the United Nations Office at Geneva. The notes verbales requested information on any steps taken or envisaged to be taken by the Government of Israel and the Palestinian National Authority respectively, to implement resolution 15/6. 4. In the light of the short time frame between the passing of resolution 15/6 on 29 September 2010 and the deadline for the submission of the present report, the High Commissioner intends to provide in due course any relevant updated information, if available, with regard to significant developments pertaining to the implementation of the resolution. GE.11-10125