A/HRC/RES/34/30
Deploring Israel’s recurrent practice of withholding Palestinian tax revenues,
Aware of the responsibility of the international community to promote human rights
and ensure respect for international law,
Recalling the advisory opinion rendered on 9 July 2004 by the International Court of
Justice, and recalling also General Assembly resolutions ES-10/15 of 20 July 2004 and ES10/17 of 15 December 2006,
Noting in particular the Court’s reply, including that the construction of the wall
being built by Israel, the occupying Power, in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including
in and around East Jerusalem, and its associated regime are contrary to international law,
Reaffirming the principle of the inadmissibility of the acquisition of territory by
force, and deeply concerned at the fragmentation of the Occupied Palestinian Territory,
including East Jerusalem, through the construction of settlements, settler roads and the wall,
and other measures that are tantamount to de facto annexation of Palestinian land,
Emphasizing the applicability of the 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, and reaffirming the obligation of the States parties to the Fourth
Geneva Convention under articles 146, 147 and 148 with regard to penal sanctions, grave
breaches and responsibilities of the High Contracting Parties,
Reaffirming that all States have the right and the duty to take actions in conformity
with international human rights law and international humanitarian law to counter deadly
acts of violence against their civilian population in order to protect the lives of their
citizens,
Stressing the need for full compliance with the Israeli-Palestinian agreements
reached within the context of the Middle East peace process, including the Sharm el-Sheikh
understandings, and the implementation of the Quartet road map to a permanent two-State
solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict,
Stressing also the importance of accountability in preventing future conflicts and
ensuring that there is no impunity for violations and abuses, thereby contributing to peace
efforts and avoiding the recurrence of violations of international law, including
international humanitarian law and international human rights law,
Expressing grave concern at the continuing systematic violation of the human rights
of the Palestinian people by Israel, the occupying Power, including that arising from the
excessive use of force and military operations causing death and injury to Palestinian
civilians, including children and women, and to non-violent, peaceful demonstrators and to
journalists, including through the use of live ammunition; the arbitrary detention of
Palestinians, some of whom have been detained for decades; the use of collective
punishment; the closure of areas; the confiscation of land; the establishment and expansion
of settlements; the construction of a wall in the Occupied Palestinian Territory in departure
from the Armistice Line of 1949; the forcible displacement of civilians, including of
Bedouin communities; the policies and practices that discriminate against and
disproportionately affect the Palestinian population in the Occupied Palestinian Territory,
including East Jerusalem; the discriminatory allocation of water resources between Israeli
settlers, who reside illegally in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, and the Palestinian
population of the said Territory; the violation of the basic right to adequate housing, which
is a component of the right to an adequate standard of living; the destruction of property
and infrastructure; and all other actions by it designed to change the legal status,
geographical nature and demographic composition of the Occupied Palestinian Territory,
including East Jerusalem,
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