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committing, contributing to, enabling or benefiting from the human rights abuses of
Palestinians, in accordance with the expected standard of conduct in the Guiding Principles
and relevant international laws and standards, by taking appropriate steps in view of the
immitigable nature of the adverse impact of their activities on human rights;
(c)
To provide guidance to individuals and businesses on the financial,
reputational and legal risks, including the possibility of liability for corporate involvement in
gross human rights abuses and the abuses of the rights of individuals, of becoming involved
in settlement-related activities, including through financial transactions, investments,
purchases, the importation of settlement products, procurements, loans, the provision of
services, and other economic and financial activities in or benefiting Israeli settlements, to
inform businesses of these risks in the formulation of their national action plans for the
implementation of the Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights, and to ensure that
their policies, legislation, regulations and enforcement measures effectively address the
heightened risks of operating a business in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East
Jerusalem;
(d)
To increase monitoring of settler violence with a view to promoting
accountability;
12.
Calls upon business enterprises to take all measures necessary to comply with
their responsibilities under the Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights and
relevant international laws and standards with respect to their activities in or in relation to the
Israeli settlements and the wall in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East
Jerusalem, to avoid the adverse impact of such activities on human rights, and to avoid
contributing to the establishment, maintenance, development or consolidation of Israeli
settlements or the exploitation of the natural resources of the Occupied Palestinian Territory;
13.
Calls upon the relevant United Nations bodies to take all necessary measures
and actions within their mandates to ensure full respect for and compliance with Human
Rights Council resolution 17/4 of 16 June 2011, on the Guiding Principles on Business and
Human Rights and other relevant international laws and standards, and to ensure the
implementation of the United Nations “Protect, Respect and Remedy” Framework, which
provides a global standard for upholding human rights in relation to business activities that
are connected with Israeli settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East
Jerusalem;
14.
Requests the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights to report
on the implementation of the provisions of the present resolution to the Human Rights
Council at its forty-ninth session;
15.
Decides to remain seized of the matter.
51st meeting
24 March 2021
[Adopted by a recorded vote of 36 to 3, with 8 abstentions. The voting was as follows:
In favour:
Argentina, Armenia, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Bolivia (Plurinational State of),
Burkina Faso, China, Côte d’Ivoire, Cuba, Denmark, Eritrea, Fiji, France,
Gabon, Germany, India, Indonesia, Italy, Japan, Libya, Mauritania, Mexico,
Namibia, Nepal, Netherlands, Pakistan, Philippines, Poland, Republic of
Korea, Russian Federation, Senegal, Somalia, Sudan, Uruguay, Uzbekistan
and Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)
Against:
Czechia, Marshall Islands and United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern
Ireland
Abstaining:
Austria, Bahamas, Brazil, Bulgaria, Cameroon, Malawi, Togo and Ukraine]
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