A/HRC/RES/16/29
United Nations
General Assembly
Distr.: General
13 April 2011
Original: English
Human Rights Council
Sixteenth session
Agenda item 7
Human rights situation in Palestine and other
occupied Arab territories
Resolution adopted by the Human Rights Council*
16/29
Human rights situation 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 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, in all circumstances,
Affirming the applicability of international human rights law to the Occupied
Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem,
* The resolutions and decisions adopted by the Human Rights Council will be contained in the report of
the Council on its sixteenth session (A/HRC/16/2), chap. I.
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