A/HRC/RES/37/37
United Nations
General Assembly
Distr.: General
6 April 2018
Original: English
Human Rights Council
Thirty-seventh session
26 February–23 March 2018
Agenda item 7
Resolution adopted by the Human Rights Council
on 23 March 2018
37/37.
Ensuring accountability and justice for all violations of international
law in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem
The Human Rights Council,
Guided by the purposes and principles of the Charter of the United Nations,
Recalling the relevant rules and principles of international law, including
international humanitarian law and human rights law, in particular the Geneva Convention
relative to the Protection of Civilian Persons in Time of War, of 12 August 1949, which is
applicable to the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem,
Recalling also the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the other human
rights covenants, including the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, the
International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights and the Convention on the
Rights of the Child,
Recalling further the statement of 15 July 1999 and the declarations adopted on 5
December 2001 and 17 December 2014 at the Conference of High Contracting Parties to
the Fourth Geneva Convention on measures to enforce the Convention in the Occupied
Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, at which the High Contracting Parties
reaffirmed, inter alia, their commitment to uphold their obligation to ensure respect for the
Convention in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem,
Recalling its relevant resolutions, including resolutions S-9/1 of 12 January 2009,
19/17 of 22 March 2012 and S-21/1 of 23 July 2014,
Recalling also the advisory opinion rendered on 9 July 2004 by the International
Court of Justice on the legal consequences of the construction of a wall in the Occupied
Palestinian Territory,
Expressing its appreciation to the independent commission of inquiry on the 2014
Gaza conflict, and all other relevant United Nations mechanisms, as well as the treaty
bodies and other United Nations bodies, for their reports,
Recognizing the work of Palestinian, Israeli and international civil society actors and
human rights defenders in documenting and countering violations of international law in
the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem,
Affirming the obligation of all parties to respect international humanitarian law and
international human rights law,
GE.18-05421(E)