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treatment outside the Gaza Strip, and stresses the need for the unhindered passage of
ambulances at checkpoints, especially in times of conflict;
20.
Urges Member States to continue to provide emergency assistance to the
Palestinian people to alleviate the financial crisis and the dire socioeconomic and
humanitarian situation, particularly in the Gaza Strip;
21.
Calls upon Israel to end all harassment, threats, intimidation and reprisals
against human rights defenders and civil society actors who peacefully advocate for the rights
of Palestinians in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including by cooperating with United
Nations human rights bodies, and underscores the need to investigate all such acts, to ensure
accountability and effective remedies, and to take steps to prevent any further such threats,
attacks, reprisals or acts of intimidation;
22.
Expresses deep concern at the conditions of the Palestinian prisoners and
detainees, including minors, in Israeli jails and detention centres, calls upon Israel to
explicitly prohibit torture, including psychological torture and other cruel, inhuman or
degrading treatment or punishment, demands that Israel, the occupying Power, fully respect
and abide by its international law obligations towards all Palestinian prisoners and detainees
in its custody, expresses its concern at the continued extensive use of administrative
detention, calls for the full implementation of the agreement reached in May 2012 for a
prompt and independent investigation into all cases of death in custody, and calls upon Israel
to immediately release all Palestinian prisoners, including Palestinian legislators, detained in
violation of international law;
23.
Calls for urgent attention to be paid to the plight and the rights, in accordance
with international law, of Palestinian prisoners and detainees in Israeli jails, and also calls for
respect for the United Nations Standard Minimum Rules for the Treatment of Prisoners (the
Nelson Mandela Rules) and the United Nations Rules for the Treatment of Women Prisoners
and Non-custodial Measures for Women Offenders (the Bangkok Rules);
24.
Demands that Israel cease its policy of transferring prisoners from the
Occupied Palestinian Territory into the territory of Israel, and respect fully its obligations
under article 76 of the Fourth Geneva Convention;
25.
Urges Israel to ensure that any arrest, detention and/or trial of Palestinian
children is in line with the Convention on the Rights of the Child, including by refraining
from holding criminal proceedings against them in military courts that, by definition, fall
short of providing the necessary guarantees to ensure respect for their rights and that infringe
upon their right to non-discrimination;
26.
Emphasizes the need to preserve and develop Palestinian institutions and
infrastructure for the provision of vital public services to the Palestinian civilian population
and the promotion of human rights, including civil, political, economic, social and cultural
rights;
27.
Urges all States and the specialized agencies and organizations of the United
Nations system to continue to support and assist the Palestinian people in the early realization
of their inalienable human rights, including their right to self-determination, as a matter of
urgency, in the light of the onset of the fiftieth year of the Israeli occupation and the continued
denial and violation of the human rights of the Palestinian people;
28.
Requests the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights to prepare
a report on the allocation of water resources in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including
East Jerusalem, and to recommend measures to ensure the implementation of equitable access
to safe drinking water in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, in
accordance with international law, and to present the report to the Human Rights Council at
its forty-eighth session;
29.
Decides to remain seized of the matter.
46th meeting
22 June 2020
[Adopted by a recorded vote of 42 to 2, with 3 abstentions. The voting was as follows:
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