A/HRC/35/19/Add.1 69. In March 2017, the Secretary-General also expressed his concern that “Throughout the Occupied Palestinian Territory, social media is monitored, and journalists and activists are harassed, arrested, detained and, in some cases, subjected to ill-treatment or torture. Authorities in both the West Bank and Gaza have also restricted peaceful assemblies. These practices denote the rise of a repressive environment and promote self-censorship among the Palestinian population.” 89 The recommendation has thus been assessed as “not implemented”. G. Economic, social and cultural rights 70. Seven per cent of the recommendations (63) are dedicated to economic, social and cultural rights: 18 to the right to education, 16 to the right to health, seven to the right to water and sanitation, 14 to the right to an adequate standard of living, and two to the right to development. Most recommendations were addressed to Israel (49), 10 to Palestinian authorities and four to the international community. The following table provides an overview of the distribution of the issues covered by these recommendations and the percentage within this review. Two recommendations have been selected to illustrate the methodology followed to assess their implementation. Table 9 Overview of recommendations related to economic, social and cultural rights Number of recommendations Percentage in this thematic area Percentage of all recommendations Right to health 16 25.4% 1.7% Right to education 18 28.6% 1.9% 7 11.1% 0.8% 14 22.2% 1.5% 8 12.7% 0.9% Right to water Adequate standard of living, food, clothing, housing Development Total 63 71. The report of the High Commissioner of March 2013 on the implementation of Human Rights Council resolutions S-9/1 and S-12/1 recommended that “Israel must ensure that all wounded persons receive the required medical attention with the least possible delay. To this effect, IDF should issue clear instructions that the wounded must receive immediate attention, without discrimination, and staff must refrain from obstructing the work of medical personnel, including Palestinian ambulance crews.”90 72. Throughout 2016, OHCHR documented and raised concerns that Palestinians wounded by Israeli security forces were not provided with medical assistance, or that such assistance was significantly delayed, including by blocking Palestinian ambulances and first responders. For example, “witnesses informed OHCHR that an Israeli medic arrived 12 minutes after Hadeel al-Hashlamoun was shot, but that she was not given first aid. Local media reports said Palestinian medics present at the checkpoint were prevented from reaching Ms. Al-Hashlamoun, and she was left bleeding for about 30 minutes.”91 In another example, “regarding Basil Basim Sidir, two witnesses interviewed by OHCHR stated that, although a medical team had reached the spot within a few minutes, the Israeli security forces did not allow them to attend to the victim for around 15 minutes.”92 73. No information is available indicating that instructions have been issued by the Israeli security forces to its personnel to allow prompt medical attention to wounded 89 A/HRC/34/38, para. 70. A/HRC/22/35 para. 71. 91 A/HRC/31/40 para. 16. 92 Ibid. 90 18

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