A/HRC/RES/29/25
United Nations
General Assembly
Distr.: General
22 July 2015
Original: English
Human Rights Council
Twenty-ninth session
Agenda item 7
Resolution adopted by the Human Rights Council on 3 July 2015
29/25.
Ensuring accountability and justice for all violations of
international law in the Occupied Palestinian
Territory, including East Jerusalem
The Human Rights Council,
Guided by the purposes and principles of the Charter of the United Nations,
Recalling relevant rules and principles of international law, including international
humanitarian law and human rights law, in particular the Geneva Convention relative to the
Protection of Civilian Persons in Time of War, of 12 August 1949, which is applicable to
the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem,
Recalling also the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the other human
rights covenants, including the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, the
International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights and the Convention on the
Rights of the Child,
Recalling further its relevant resolutions, including resolutions S-9/1 of 12 January
2009 and S-21/1 of 23 July 2014, and the report of the United Nations Fact-Finding
Mission on the Gaza Conflict,1
Expressing its appreciation to the independent commission of inquiry on the 2014
Gaza conflict for its comprehensive report,2
Affirming the obligation of all parties to respect international humanitarian law and
international human rights law,
Emphasizing the importance of the safety and well-being of all civilians, reaffirming
the obligation to ensure the protection of civilians in armed conflict, and deploring the
civilian deaths that resulted from the conflict in and around the Gaza Strip in July and
August 2014, including the killing of 1,462 Palestinian civilians, including 551 children
and 299 women, and six Israeli civilians,
1
2
A/HRC/12/48.
A/HRC/29/52.
GE.15-12367(E)
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