A/HRC/35/19/Add.1 I. Introduction 1. This addendum complements the report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights on “Ensuring accountability and justice for all violations of international law in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem: Comprehensive review on the status of recommendations addressed to all parties since 2009.” 1 It includes recommendations made by the relevant bodies from 2009 up until the end of 2016. 2. As noted in the oral update of the High Commissioner to the Human Rights Council on 20 March 2017, this addendum aims to describe how the status of implementation of the recommendations was determined, through an analysis of selected key recommendations. II. Assessment methodology 3. In line with the mandate provided by resolution 31/35, the assessment focused on the recommendations of the human rights mechanisms and Offices enumerated in paragraph eight of the report. Thus, technical and substantive reports by bodies not mentioned by the resolution (for instance the Special Committee to Investigate Israeli Practices Affecting the Human Rights of the Palestinian People and Other Arabs of the Occupied Territories), or those not containing recommendations (such as the two Boards of Inquiry established by the United Nations Secretary-General following the escalation in hostilities in Gaza in 2009 and 2014) are not reflected in the review. They are nevertheless referenced as sources to determine the level of implementation of some recommendations.2 4. The recommendations under review mainly emanate from reports to the Human Rights Council. However, reports to the General Assembly by entities specified in paragraph eight of resolution 31/35 are included, such as the reports of the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian territories occupied since 1967. Similarly, as reports of the Secretary-General to the Human Rights Council typically stipulate that they are to be read in conjunction with reports to the General Assembly, they were also taken into consideration in the review as appropriate. This approach meets the requirement of comprehensiveness of the review stipulated by resolution 31/35. 5. The assessment of the implementation of each recommendation is based on the most recent information available up until the first quarter of 2017, drawn from United Nations reports, official domestic sources, documentation and publications by civil society and other credible sources. Furthermore, the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) requested inputs from the Governments of Israel and Palestine, and made an open call online for submissions on measures taken by relevant duty-bearers towards accountability.3 6. As indicated in the report, the status of implementation of recommendations has been classified in five categories: “implemented”, “partially implemented”, “unimplemented”, “closed or no longer applicable”, and “insufficient information”.4 The status of implementation of each recommendation has been assessed individually, taking into account the actions (legal or operational) and their impact on the fulfilment of the relevant right. Due consideration was given as to whether a recommendation seeks fulfilment of structural measures, process actions, a particular outcome or end objective, or several or all of those elements.5 7. This addendum is composed of a series of illustrative examples which show the analytical process that has led to the determination of the status of implementation for each 1 2 3 4 5 A/HRC/35/19. See Annex of A/HRC/35/19 for a full list of reports included in the review. See www.ohchr.org/EN/HRBodies/HRC/RegularSessions/Session31/Pages/ CallforSubmissionsHRC3135.aspx. The meaning of each category is explained in detail in paragraph 9 of the main report. See www.ohchr.org/Documents/Publications/Human_rights_indicators_en.pdf pp. 33-38. 3