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particularly on the way that their activities are coordinated to avoid duplication or in the case of
multi-sector problems.
84.
Romania asked for more information on policies to implement legislation on human
trafficking, prostitution, slavery and child pornography in all its dimensions, including
transnational organized crime. It recommended and hoped that the relationship of the
Government with civil society would intensify. Romania asked for information on the role of the
Authority for the Advancement of Women in the national action plan and in implementing its
cooperation with treaty bodies and special procedures. Romania recommended that Israel
expedite ratification of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities so that it may
become effective at the earliest opportunity.
85.
Greece asked if the Government envisaged additional measures or strengthening of
existing legislation with a view to the improvement of the status of women in Israeli society.
While fully sharing the Government’s security concerns, Greece asked for elaboration on the
state of emergency regime established in 1948 and under review on an annual basis. It asked if
Israeli authorities had taken into consideration potential negative repercussions of the
continuation of the state of emergency regime on fundamental freedoms. It asked if the
Government had established necessary guarantees for strict implementation of the Basic law:
human dignity and liberty. While noting a High Court of Justice ruling in 2000 that the State
could not discriminate between Arab and Jewish citizens in the allocation of State lands, it
understood that discrimination continued. Greece recommended that the Government take all
necessary measures to reduce the existing situation of discrimination and proceed in the near
future to the equal allocation of lands, irrespective of the nationality of the owners.
86.
Guatemala noted the State’s efforts to promote gender equality within the civil service,
but noted also that women continue to be a small minority of high-level civil servants and
recommended that Israel continue and strengthen its efforts to achieve gender equality in
Government and public services at all levels.
87.
Tunisia noted that the report prepared by OHCHR showed some of the daily suffering
of the Palestinian people as described by the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights
in the Palestinian territories occupied since 1967. It showed that the conditions of detention of
Arab prisoners are in blatant violation of international regulations for the full respect for human
rights and thus of great concern. Tunisia calls upon the Council to remind the Israel authorities of
international obligations, notably its obligations to protect civilians in time of war, as well as
those reflected in the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights and the International
Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, and in international humanitarian law.
88.
Azerbaijan recommended that Israel accelerate the process of bringing its national
legislation into compliance with the provisions of the main international instruments to which it
is a party; in line with ongoing work to promote gender equality and eliminate discrimination
against women, redouble efforts to increase women’s representation in society and to join the
Optional Protocol to the Convention for the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against
Women; improve and strengthen cooperation with all relevant United Nations special procedures
and mechanisms, inter alia, to improve the enjoyment of human rights by populations in the
Occupied Palestinian Territories and to reverse the dire humanitarian situation there; and honour
its obligations under international humanitarian law with regard to the situation in those
territories. It asked about concrete measures envisaged to allow Palestinians in the occupied
territories to fully enjoy their human rights. It asked about concrete steps to ensure civil society’s
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