A/HRC/25/39
and the issuance of military orders reducing the time that a Palestinian child could be
detained prior to appearing before a military court judge for the first time, as well as
regulating the duration of remand prior to indictment.12
D.
Business and human rights in relation to the settlements
14.
In its resolution 22/29, the Human Rights Council called upon the relevant United
Nations bodies to take all necessary measures and actions within their mandates to ensure
full respect for and compliance with Council resolution 17/4 on the Guiding Principles on
Business and Human Rights and other relevant international laws and standards, and to
ensure the implementation of the United Nations “Protect, Respect and Remedy”
Framework, which provides a global standard for upholding human rights in relation to
business activities that are connected with Israeli settlements in the Occupied Palestinian
Territory, including East Jerusalem. Pursuant to resolution 22/29, the Working Group on
the issue of human rights and transnational corporations and other business enterprises
discussed the Council’s request to fulfil its mandate accordingly during its fifth session, and
decided to issue a statement thereon before the twenty-sixth session of the Council.13
15.
The Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian territories
occupied since 1967 reported on the involvement of companies that profit from the
construction and maintenance of settlements as well as other activities related to settlements
in the Occupied Palestinian Territory.14 In his most recent report (A/68/376), the Special
Rapporteur explored the implications of corporate involvement by way of a model of legal
analysis to assess the probability of liability, including international criminal liability, for
corporate complicity in breaches of international law related to illegal settlements.
16.
In this context, the Special Committee to Investigate Israeli Practices Affecting the
Human Rights of the Palestinian People and Other Arabs of the Occupied Territories also
reported on the involvement of companies profiting from the settlements, and noted that
businesses need to exercise due diligence in the light of the potential legal and reputational
consequences for businesses associated with Israel’s settlement enterprise.15
IV.
Submissions by Member States pursuant to resolution 22/29
17.
On 16 October 2013, the Office of the High Commissioner (OHCHR) addressed
notes verbales to all Permanent Missions to the United Nations Office and other
international organizations in Geneva (except Israel and the State of Palestine), in which it
requested information on any steps that their Government had taken, envisaged taking or
were otherwise aware of concerning the status of implementation of the recommendations
of the fact-finding mission report (A/HRC/22/63), and in particular with regard to those
contained in paragraphs 116 and 117 thereof.
18.
Separate notes verbales were addressed to the Permanent Mission of Israel and the
Permanent Observer Mission of the State of Palestine, in which OHCHR requested
information on any steps that their respective Government had taken, envisaged taking or
were otherwise aware of concerning the status of implementation of the recommendations
of the fact-finding mission report. At the time of the preparation of the present report, no
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15
See www.unicef.org/media/media_70666.html.
A/HRC/WG.12/5/1.
See A/67/379, A/68/376and A/HRC/23/21.
A/68/379, para. 38.
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