A/HRC/RES/49/29
(a)
To distinguish, in their relevant dealings, between the territory of the State of
Israel and the territories occupied since 1967, including not to provide Israel with any
assistance to be used specifically in connection with settlements in these territories with
regard to, inter alia, the issue of trade with settlements, consistent with their obligations under
international law;
(b)
To implement the Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights in
relation to the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and to take
appropriate measures to help to ensure that businesses domiciled in their territory and/or
under their jurisdiction, including those owned or controlled by them, refrain from
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 fifty-second session;
15.
Decides to remain seized of the matter.
58th meeting
1 April 2022
[Adopted by a recorded vote of 38 to 4, with 5 abstentions. The voting was as follows:
In favour:
Argentina, Armenia, Benin, Bolivia (Plurinational State of), China, Côte
d’Ivoire, Cuba, Eritrea, Finland, France, Gabon, Gambia, Germany, India,
Indonesia, Japan, Kazakhstan, Libya, Luxembourg, Malaysia, Mauritania,
Mexico, Montenegro, Namibia, Nepal, Netherlands, Pakistan, Paraguay,
Poland, Qatar, Republic of Korea, Russian Federation, Senegal, Somalia,
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