A/HRC/35/19/Add.1 Table 2 Analysis of implementation by party Implemented Partially implemented Not implemented Insufficient information No longer relevant Total Israel 2 (0.4%) 20 (3.6%) 499 (90.7%) 28 (5.1%) 1 (0.2%) 550 (100%) Palestinian authority 1 (1.3%) 12 (16.0%) 55 (73.3%) 7 (9.3%) 0 (0.0%) 75 (100%) 10 (12.0%) 25 (30.1%) 36 (43.4%) 6 (7.2%) 6 (7.2%) 83 (100%) United Nations and the International Community A. Accountability and access to justice 10. Twenty-seven per cent of the recommendations (253) cover accountability and access to justice, the thematic area with a higher volume of recommendations. Recurrent issues addressed to both parties relate to compliance with international standards of investigation in the context of alleged violations of international human rights law and international humanitarian law; respect for principles of international humanitarian law and international human rights law during and outside of active hostilities; and access to justice, fair trial, due process and remedy. This subject also includes recommendations to Israel on excessive use of force, punitive demolitions and settler violence, and recommendations to Palestinian duty-bearers on attacks, so-called “honour-killings” and the death penalty, issues typically raised in conjunction with calls for justice. Two recommendations assessed below exemplify how recommendations in this category were assessed, including the type of information considered and rationale for the conclusions that were drawn. Table 3 Overview of recommendations related to accountability and access to justice Accountability and investigations for violations of international humanitarian law and international human right law Compliance with international humanitarian law and international human right law Death penalty Cooperation with international mechanisms Other Total Number of recommendations Percentage in this thematic area Percentage of all recommendations 154 57.5% 16.6% 97 36.2% 10.4% 4 4 9 268 1.5% 1.5% 3.4% 0.4% 0.4% 1.0% 11. In his 2013 report on Israeli practices affecting the human rights of the Palestinian people in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, the SecretaryGeneral recommended that “The Government of Israel must take all necessary measures to ensure the accountability of its security forces. It should conduct investigations into all credible allegations of violations of international humanitarian law and human rights law. Investigations must be independent, transparent, impartial, thorough, prompt, and effective. Redress for victims must be ensured.” 8 The various elements are analyzed below in sequence. 12. The recommendation requested Israel to take “all necessary measures to ensure the accountability”. However, in August 2016, the Secretary-General noted how “Various independent committees of experts as well as international, Israeli and Palestinian human rights organizations have […] extensively documented the flaws in Israel’s accountability mechanisms in addressing the killing, injury, torture and ill-treatment and the destruction of 8 A/68/502 para. 48. 5

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