United Nations A/HRC/13/L.

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General Assembly Distr.: Limited
19 March 2010

Original: English

Human Rights Council

Thirteenth session
Agenda item 7
Human rights situation in Palestine and
other occupied Arab territories

Bolivia (Plurinational State of), Cuba, Morocco* Pakistan (on behalf of the
Organization of Islamic Conference), Palestine*, Sri Lanka*, Sudan* (on behalf of the
Group of Arab States), Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)*: draft resolution

13/…
The grave human rights violations by Israel in the Occupied Palestinian
Territory, including East Jerusalem

The Human Rights Council,

Guided by the principles and objectives of the Charter of the United Nations, the
Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the International Covenants on Human Rights,
Considering that the promotion of respect for the obligations arising from the
Charter and other instruments and rules of the international law is among the basic purposes
and principles of the United Nations,
Affirming the responsibility of the international community to promote human rights
and ensure respect for international law,
Acknowledging that peace, security, development and human rights are the pillars of
the United Nations system,
Affirming the applicability of the fourth Geneva Convention relative to the
Protection of Civilian Persons in Time of War, of 12 August 1949, to the Occupied
Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem,
Recalling the obligations of the High Contracting Parties to the Fourth Geneva
Convention and reaffirming that each High Contracting Party to the Fourth Geneva
Convention is under the obligation to respect and ensure respect of their obligations arising
from that convention,
Affirming the applicability of international human rights law to the Occupied
Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem,

* Non-Member State of the Human Rights Council.

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Emphasizing that international human rights law and international humanitarian law
are complementary and mutually reinforcing,
Guided by the right of the Palestinian people to self-determination and the
inadmissibility of the acquisition of land by the use of force, as enshrined in the Charter,
Stressing that the right to life constitutes the most fundamental of all human rights,
Deeply concerned at the illegal actions by Israel undermining the sanctity and
inviolability of religious sites in the occupied Palestinian territories, in particular in the holy
city of Jerusalem,
Expressing serious concern at the lack of implementation by the occupying Power,
Israel, of the resolutions and recommendations of the Security Council, the General
Assembly and the Human Rights Council relating to the situation of human rights in the
Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem,
Condemning all forms of violence against civilians and deploring the loss of human
lives in the context of the current situation,
Recognizing that the Israeli military attacks and operations in the Occupied
Palestinian Territory, particularly the recent ones in the occupied Gaza Strip, have caused
severe violations of international humanitarian law and of the human rights of the
Palestinian people therein and undermine international efforts towards achieving a just and
lasting peace in the region based on the two-States solution,
Recognizing also that the Israeli siege imposed on the occupied Gaza Strip,
including the closure of border crossings, constitutes collective punishment and leads to
disastrous humanitarian, economic, social and environmental consequences,
1. Demands that the occupying Power, Israel, end its occupation of the
Palestinian land occupied since 1967, and that it respect its commitments within the peace
process towards the establishment of the independent sovereign Palestinian State, with East
Jerusalem as its capital, living in peace and security with all its neighbours;
2. Strongly condemns the Israeli military attacks and operations in the Occupied
Palestinian Territory, particularly the recent ones in the occupied Gaza Strip, which have
resulted in the killing and injury of thousands of Palestinian civilians, including a large
number of women and children;
3. Demands that the occupying Power, Israel, stop the targeting of civilians and
the systematic destruction of the cultural heritage of the Palestinian people, in addition to
the destruction of public and private properties, as laid down in the Fourth Geneva
Convention;
4. Condemns the disrespect for religious and cultural rights provided for in core
human rights instruments and humanitarian law by the occupying Power, Israel, in the
occupied Palestinian territories, including its recent announcement that it would add al-
Haram al Ibrahimi in Hebron and Bilal Mosque (“Tomb of Rachel”) in Bethlehem and the
walls of the old city of Jerusalem to its list of national heritage sites;
5. Demands that Israel, the occupying Power, respect the religious and cultural
rights in the occupied Palestinian territories, particularly in occupied East Jerusalem, as
provided for in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the core international human
rights instruments, the Hague Conventions and the Geneva Conventions, and that it allow
Palestinian citizens and worshippers unhindered access to their properties and religious
sites therein;
6. Expresses its grave concern at the excavation of ancient tombs and removal
of hundreds of human remains from part of the historic Ma’man Allah (Mamila) Cemetery

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in the holy city of Jerusalem in order to construct a “museum of tolerance”, and calls upon
the Government of Israel to immediately desist from such illegal activities therein;
7. Demands that Israel, the occupying Power, immediately cease all diggings
and excavation works beneath and around Al-Aqsa mosque compound and other religious
sites in the old city of Jerusalem, and refrain from any act that may endanger the structure
or foundations or change the nature of the holy sites, both Islamic and Christian, in the
Occupied Palestinian Territory, particularly in and around Jerusalem;
8. Calls for the immediate international protection for the Palestinian people in
the Occupied Palestinian Territory, in compliance with international human rights and
humanitarian law, both applicable in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East
Jerusalem;
9. Also calls for the immediate cessation of all Israeli military attacks and
operations throughout the Occupied Palestinian Territory;
10. Demands that the occupying Power, Israel, immediately stop its illegal
decision to demolish a large number of Palestinian houses in East Jerusalem, including in
the neighbourhood area of Al-Bustan in Selwan, and the evacuation of Palestinian families
in the Al-Sheikh Jarrah area of East Jerusalem, which is resulting in the displacement of
more than two thousand resident Palestinians of East Jerusalem;
11. Demands that the occupying Power, Israel, release Palestinian prisoners and
detainees including women, children and members of the Palestinian Legislative Council;
12. Calls upon the occupying Power, Israel, to lift checkpoints and open all
crossing points and borders according to relevant international agreements;
13. Demands that Israel, the occupying Power, immediately lift the siege
imposed on the occupied Gaza Strip, and that it open all borders and crossing points, and
allow the free access of fuel, humanitarian needs and medicine in addition to all necessary
materials and equipment needed for the reconstruction and rehabilitation of Gaza as agreed
upon at the International Conference in Support of the Palestinian Economy for the
Reconstruction of Gaza, held in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, on 2 March 2009;
14. Decides to continue the consideration of this question at its sixteenth session.

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