A/HRC/40/39 are used only in cases of imminent threat of death or serious injury; take all measures necessary to prevent incidents of excessive use of force; and provide, at the earliest possible moment, first aid to individuals injured by use of force, while taking no steps to prevent the provision of necessary medical care; (b) Conduct prompt, thorough, independent, impartial and effective investigations into all incidents of use of force by Israeli security forces that led to death or injury of Palestinians, especially in the access-restricted areas of Gaza, and ensure that perpetrators are held accountable and victims are provided with redress; (c) Ensure respect for international humanitarian law and conduct prompt, thorough, independent and impartial investigations into allegations of violations related to past and recent escalations of hostilities, hold those responsible accountable and provide redress for victims; (d) Immediately end all practices of collective punishment; in particular, immediately lift the blockade and punitive closures imposed on Gaza, allow free movement of Palestinians across the Occupied Palestinian Territory, and end punitive demolitions and the policy of withholding bodies of Palestinians; (e) End practices of administrative detention, and any form of arbitrary detention, ensure that all detainees are promptly charged or released, and fully guarantee the right to a fair trial; (f) Ensure that conditions of detention are fully in accordance with international human rights law, and that detainees are not subject to torture or illtreatment and ensure that all allegations of ill-treatment are promptly, thoroughly and effectively investigated by an independent and impartial body; (g) Ensure that the rights to freedom of expression, association and peaceful assembly are respected and protected, and that civil society actors and journalists are allowed to conduct their professional activities safely, freely and without harassment. 70. The High Commissioner recommends that the Government of the State of Palestine: (a) Ensure compliance with its human rights obligations towards all Palestinians and immediately cease any measures that violate these obligations or that worsen the humanitarian situation in Gaza; (b) Ensure that the use of force in the context of law enforcement operations is consistent with international human rights standards; (c) Announce immediately a formal moratorium on executions while taking all steps necessary to give full effect to the Second Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, aiming at the abolition of the death penalty; (d) End all practices that amount to arbitrary detention, and fully guarantee the rights to due process and fair trial; (e) Immediately end all practices that amount to torture or other cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment or punishment, ensure that allegations of such violations are promptly, impartially and independently investigated, hold perpetrators accountable, and guarantee non-repetition of such practices; (f) Publish, without delay, the human rights treaties acceded to by the State of Palestine in the official government gazette and take steps to make their provisions known to all Palestinians; (g) Ensure that the rights to freedom of expression, association and peaceful assembly are respected and protected, and that civil society actors and journalists are allowed to conduct their professional activities safely, freely and without harassment. 71. The High Commissioner recommends that the authorities in Gaza: 15