It particulars the obligations for Israel, third-party States and the UN to carry to an finish the illegal occupation, in keeping with the UN Unbiased Worldwide Fee of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Territory, together with East Jerusalem, and Israel.
“Israel’s internationally wrongful acts give rise to State duty, not just for Israel, however for all States,” stated Navi Pillay, chair of the UN Human Rights Council-mandated fee.
“All States are obligated to not recognise territorial or sovereignty claims made by Israel over the occupied territories.”
Learn the fee’s full place paper here.
States should not present help to assist the occupation
Explaining the fee’s paper, Ms. Pillay stated that States should display how their dealings differ concerning Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territory.
For example, she famous {that a} State should not recognise Jerusalem because the capital of Israel or place its diplomatic representatives to Israel in Jerusalem, which Palestinians declare because the capital of their future State.
As well as, States should not render help or help in sustaining the illegal occupation, which incorporates monetary, navy and political help or assist, the fee chair stated.
How the UN can implement motion
The paper additionally particulars how the Basic Meeting and the Security Council can determine and implement the exact actions required to carry the occupation to an finish as quickly as attainable.
The fee discovered that the advisory opinion of the International Court of Justice (ICJ) on the authorized penalties arising from the insurance policies and practices of Israel within the Occupied Palestinian Territory, together with East Jerusalem, is authoritative and unambiguous in stating that Israel’s continued presence within the Occupied Palestinian Territory is illegal.
“The fee has at all times said that the foundation reason for the protracted battle and cycles of violence is the occupation,” Ms. Pillay stated, noting that its 2022 report back to the Basic Meeting had concluded that the occupation is illegal beneath worldwide regulation.
“The Fee welcomed the historic advisory opinion from the very best courtroom within the United Nations system,” she stated.
States should work in the direction of ending occupation
“It’s incumbent on all States to work cooperatively so as carry the illegal occupation to an finish and to work in the direction of the total realisation of the proper of the Palestinian individuals to self-determination,” Ms. Pillay stated, calling on all States to implement the Basic Meeting decision handed on 13 September 2024.
On 17 September, the Basic Meeting adopted a resolution throughout its tenth emergency particular session calling for an finish to Israeli occupation of the Occupied Palestinian Territory inside one 12 months.
Learn our explainer on UN emergency particular classes here.
The UN Human Rights Council mandated the fee in Might 2021 to “examine, within the Occupied Palestinian Territory, together with East Jerusalem, and in Israel, all alleged violations of worldwide humanitarian regulation and all alleged violations and abuses of worldwide human rights regulation main as much as and since 13 April 2021”.
Discover out extra concerning the fee here.
