Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 9 December 2015  [on the report of the Special Political and Decolonization Committee  (Fourth Committee) (A/70/497)]  70/90.  Israeli practices affecting the human rights of the  Palestinian people in the Occupied Palestinian  Territory, including East Jerusalem        The General Assembly,    Recalling the Universal Declaration of Human Rights,1    Recalling also the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights,2 the  International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights2 and the  Convention on the Rights of the Child, 3 and affirming that these human rights  instruments must be respected in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East  Jerusalem,    Reaffirming its relevant resolutions, including resolution 69/93 of 5 December  2014 as well as those adopted at its tenth emergency special session,    Recalling the relevant resolutions of the Human Rights Council,    Recalling also the relevant resolutions of the Security Council, and stressing  the need for their implementation,    Having considered the report of the Special Committee to Investigate Israeli  Practices Affecting the Human Rights of the Palestinian People and Other Arabs of  the Occupied Territories4 and the report of the Secretary-General on the work of the  Special Committee,5    Taking note of the recent reports of the Special Rapporteur of the Human  Rights Council on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian territories  occupied since 1967, 6 as well as of other relevant recent reports of the Human  Rights Council,  _______________  * Reissued for technical reasons on 12 January 2016.  1 Resolution 217 A (III).  2 See resolution 2200 A (XXI), annex.  3 United Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 1577, No. 27531.  4 A/70/406 and Corr.1.  5 A/70/341.  6 A/HRC/20/32; see also A/70/392.   A/RES/70/90  Israeli practices affecting the human rights of the Palestinian people in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem   2/7    Aware of the responsibility of the international community to promote human  rights and ensure respect for international law, and recalling in this regard its  resolution 2625 (XXV) of 24 October 1970,    Recalling the advisory opinion rendered on 9 July 2004 by the International  Court of Justice, 7 and recalling also General Assembly resolutions ES-10/15 of  20 July 2004 and ES-10/17 of 15 December 2006,    Noting in particular the Court’s reply, including that the construction of the  wall being built by Israel, the occupying Power, in the Occupied Palestinian  Territory, including in and around East Jerusalem, and its associated regime are  contrary to international law,    Taking note of its resolution 67/19 of 29 November 2012,    Noting the accession by Palestine to several human rights treaties and the core  humanitarian law conventions, as well as other international treaties,    Reaffirming the principle of the inadmissibility of the acquisition of territory  by force,    Reaffirming also the applicability of the Geneva Convention relative to the  Protection of Civilian Persons in Time of War, of 12 August 1949,8 to the Occupied  Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and other Arab territories occupied  by Israel since 1967,    Reaffirming further the obligation of the States parties to the Fourth Geneva  Convention8 under articles 146, 147 and 148 with regard to penal sanctions, grave  breaches and responsibilities of the High Contracting Parties,    Recalling the statement of 15 July 1999 and the declarations adopted on  5 December 2001 and on 17 December 2014 9  by 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, aimed  at ensuring respect for the Convention in the Occupied Palestinian Territory,  including East Jerusalem,    Reaffirming that all States have the right and the duty to take actions in  conformity with international law and international humanitarian law to counter  deadly acts of violence against their civilian population in order to protect the lives  of their citizens,    Stressing the need for full compliance with the Israeli-Palestinian agreements  reached within the context of the Middle East peace process, including the Sharm  el-Sheikh understandings, and the implementation of the Quartet road map to a  permanent two-State solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict,10    Stressing also the need for the full implementation of the Agreement on  Movement and Access and the Agreed Principles for the Rafah Crossing, both of  15 November 2005, to allow for the freedom of movement of the Palestinian  civilian population within and into and out of the Gaza Strip,  _______________  7 See A/ES-10/273 and Corr.1.  8 United Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 75, No. 973.  9 A/69/711-S/2015/1, annex.  10 S/2003/529, annex.   Israeli practices affecting the human rights of the Palestinian people  in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem  A/RES/70/90   3/7    Gravely concerned by the tensions and violence in the recent period  throughout the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem and  including with regard to the holy places of Jerusalem, including the Haram  al-Sharif, and deploring the loss of innocent civilian life,    Recognizing that security measures alone cannot remedy the escalating  tensions, instability and violence, and calling for full respect for international law,  including humanitarian and human rights law, including for the protection of  civilian life, as well as for the promotion of human security, the de-escalation of the  situation, the exercise of restraint, including from provocative actions and rhetoric,  and the establishment of a stable environment conducive to the pursuit of peace,    Expressing grave concern about the continuing systematic violation of the  human rights of the Palestinian people by Israel, the occupying Power, including  that arising from the excessive use of force and military operations causing death  and injury to Palestinian civilians, including children, women and non-violent,  peaceful demonstrators; the arbitrary imprisonment and detention of Palestinians,  some of whom have been imprisoned for decades; the use of collective punishment;  the closure of areas; the confiscation of land; the establishment and expansion of  settlements; the construction of a wall in the Occupied Palestinian Territory in  departure from the Armistice Line of 1949; the destruction of property and  infrastructure; the forced displacement of civilians; and all other actions by it  designed to change the legal status, geographical nature and demographic  composition of the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem,    Gravely concerned, in this regard, by the ongoing demolition of Palestinian  homes by Israel, the occupying Power, in particular in Occupied East Jerusalem,  including if carried out as an act of collective punishment in violation of  international humanitarian law, and by the revocation of residence permits and  eviction of Palestinian residents of the City,    Deploring the conflict in and around the Gaza Strip in July and August 2014  and the civilian casualties caused, including the killing and injury of thousands of  Palestinian civilians, including children, women and the elderly, the widespread  destruction of thousands of homes and civilian infrastructure, including schools,  hospitals, water, sanitation and electricity networks, economic, industrial and  agricultural properties, public institutions, religious sites, and United Nations  schools and facilities, the internal displacement of hundreds of thousands of  civilians, and any violations of international law, including humanitarian and human  rights law, in this regard,    Gravely concerned about the disastrous humanitarian situation and the critical  socioeconomic and security situation in the Gaza Strip, including that resulting from  the prolonged closures and severe economic and movement restrictions that in effect  amount to a blockade and deepen poverty and despair among the Palestinian civilian  population, and from the continuing and vastly negative repercussions of the  military operations between December 2008 and January 2009, in November 2012  and in July and August 2014, as well as about the firing of rockets into Israel,    Recalling the statement by the President of the Security Council of 28 July 2014,11  _______________  11 S/PRST/2014/13; see Resolutions and Decisions of the Security Council, 1 August 2013–31 July 2014  (S/INF/69).   A/RES/70/90  Israeli practices affecting the human rights of the Palestinian people in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem   4/7    Stressing the need for the full implementation by all parties of Security  Council resolution 1860 (2009) of 8 January 2009 and General Assembly resolution  ES-10/18 of 16 January 2009,    Stressing also that the situation in the Gaza Strip is unsustainable and that a  durable ceasefire agreement must lead to a fundamental improvement in the living  conditions of the Palestinian people in the Gaza Strip, including through the sustained  and regular opening of crossing points, and ensure the safety and well-being of  civilians on both sides, and regretting the lack of progress made in this regard,    Gravely concerned by reports regarding serious human rights violations and  grave breaches of international humanitarian law committed during the military  operations in the Gaza Strip between December 2008 and January 2009, including  the findings in the summary by the Secretary-General of the report of the Board of  Inquiry12 and in the report of the United Nations Fact-finding Mission on the Gaza  Conflict,13 and the findings of the United Nations Headquarters Board of Inquiry  into certain incidents that occurred in the Gaza Strip between 8 July and 26 August  201414 and of the independent commission of inquiry established pursuant to Human  Rights Council resolution S-21/1, 15  and reiterating the necessity for serious  follow-up by all parties of the recommendations addressed to them towards ensuring  accountability and justice,    Expressing deep concern about the short- and long-term detrimental impact of  such widespread destruction and the continued impeding of the reconstruction  process by Israel, the occupying Power, on the human rights situation and on the  socioeconomic and humanitarian conditions of the Palestinian civilian population,    Expressing deep concern also about the Israeli policy of closures and the  imposition of severe restrictions, including through hundreds of obstacles to  movement, checkpoints and a permit regime, all of which obstruct the freedom of  movement of persons and goods, including medical and humanitarian goods, and the  follow-up and access to donor-funded projects of development cooperation and  humanitarian assistance, throughout the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including  East Jerusalem, and impair the Territory’s contiguity, consequently violating the  human rights of the Palestinian people and negatively impacting their  socioeconomic situation and the efforts aimed at rehabilitating and developing the  Palestinian economy, which remains that of a critical humanitarian situation in the  Gaza Strip, while taking note of developments with regard to the situation of access  there and the resumption of some trade from Gaza to the West Bank for the first  time since 2007, and calling for the full lifting of restrictions,    Expressing grave concern that thousands of Palestinians, including many  children and women, continue to be held in Israeli prisons or detention centres  under harsh conditions, including, inter alia, unhygienic conditions, solitary  confinement, the extensive use of administrative detention of excessive duration  without charge and denial of due process, lack of proper medical care and  widespread medical neglect, including for prisoners who are ill, with the risk of  fatal consequences, and denial of family visits, that impair their well-being, and  expressing grave concern also about the ill-treatment and harassment and all reports  of torture of any Palestinian prisoners,  _______________  12 See A/63/855-S/2009/250.  13 A/HRC/12/48.  14 See S/2015/286, annex.  15 A/HRC/29/52.   Israeli practices affecting the human rights of the Palestinian people  in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem  A/RES/70/90   5/7    Expressing deep concern about the recent hunger strikes by numerous  Palestinian prisoners in protest of the harsh conditions of their imprisonment and  detention by the occupying Power, while taking note of the agreement reached in  May 2012 on conditions of detention in Israeli prisons and calling for its full and  immediate implementation,    Recalling the United Nations Standard Minimum Rules for the Treatment of  Prisoners (the Nelson Mandela Rules) 16  and the United Nations Rules for the  Treatment of Women Prisoners and Non-custodial Measures for Women Offenders  (the Bangkok Rules),17 and calling for respect for those Rules,    Recalling also the prohibition under international humanitarian law of the  deportation of civilians from occupied territories,    Stressing the need for the prevention of all acts of violence, harassment,  provocation and incitement by extremist Israeli settlers and groups of armed settlers,  especially against Palestinian civilians, including children, and their properties,  including homes, agricultural lands and historic and religious sites, including in  Occupied East Jerusalem, and deploring the violation of the human rights of  Palestinians in this regard, including acts of violence leading to death and injury  among civilians,    Convinced of the need for an international presence to monitor the situation, to  contribute to ending the violence and protecting the Palestinian civilian population  and to help the parties to implement the agreements reached, and in this regard  recalling the positive contribution of the Temporary International Presence in Hebron,    Noting the continued efforts and tangible progress made in the Palestinian  security sector, and noting also the continued cooperation that benefits both  Palestinians and Israelis, in particular by promoting security and building  confidence, and expressing the hope that such progress will be extended to all major  population centres,    Urging the parties to observe calm and restraint and to refrain from  provocative actions, incitement and inflammatory rhetoric, especially in areas of  religious and cultural sensitivity, including in East Jerusalem, and to take every  possible step to defuse tensions and promote conditions conducive to the credibility  and success of the peace negotiations,    Emphasizing the right of all people in the region to the enjoyment of human  rights as enshrined in the international human rights covenants,    1.  Reiterates that all measures and actions taken by Israel, the occupying  Power, in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, in violation  of the relevant provisions of the Geneva Convention relative to the Protection of  Civilian Persons in Time of War, of 12 August 1949,8 and contrary to the relevant  resolutions of the Security Council, are illegal and have no validity;    2.  Demands that Israel, the occupying Power, cease all practices and actions  that violate the human rights of the Palestinian people, including the killing and  injury of civilians, the arbitrary detention and imprisonment of civilians, the forced  displacement of civilians, and the destruction and confiscation of civilian property,  including home demolitions, including if carried out as collective punishment in  _______________  16 Resolution 70/175, annex.  17 Resolution 65/229, annex.   A/RES/70/90  Israeli practices affecting the human rights of the Palestinian people in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem   6/7  violation of international humanitarian law, and that it fully respect human rights  law and comply with its legal obligations in this regard, including in accordance  with relevant United Nations resolutions;    3.  Also demands that Israel, the occupying Power, comply fully with the  provisions of the Fourth Geneva Convention of 19498 and cease immediately all  measures and actions taken in violation and in breach of the Convention;    4.  Calls for urgent measures to ensure the safety and protection of the  Palestinian civilian population in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East  Jerusalem, in accordance with the relevant provisions of international humanitarian  law and as called for by the Security Council in its resolution 904 (1994) of  18 March 1994;    5.  Also calls for full cooperation by Israel with the relevant special  rapporteurs and other relevant mechanisms and inquiries of the Human Rights  Council, including the facilitation of entry to the Occupied Palestinian Territory,  including East Jerusalem, for monitoring and reporting on the human rights situation  therein;    6.  Demands that Israel, the occupying Power, cease all of its settlement  activities, the construction of the wall and any other measures aimed at altering the  character, status and demographic composition of the Occupied Palestinian  Territory, including in and around East Jerusalem, all of which, inter alia, gravely  and detrimentally impact the human rights of the Palestinian people and the  prospects for achieving without delay an end to the Israeli occupation that began in  1967 and a just, lasting and comprehensive peace settlement between the Palestinian  and Israeli sides;    7.  Calls for urgent attention to the plight and the rights, in accordance with  international law, of Palestinian prisoners and detainees in Israeli jails, and calls for  efforts between the two sides for the further release of prisoners and detainees, and  also calls for respect for the United Nations Standard Minimum Rules for the  Treatment of Prisoners (the Nelson Mandela Rules)16 and the United Nations Rules  for the Treatment of Women Prisoners and Non-custodial Measures for Women  Offenders (the Bangkok Rules);17    8.  Condemns all acts of violence, including all acts of terror, provocation,  incitement and destruction, especially the excessive use of force by the Israeli  occupying forces against Palestinian civilians, particularly in the Gaza Strip, which  have caused extensive loss of life and vast numbers of injuries, including among  thousands of children and women, massive damage and destruction to homes,  economic, industrial and agricultural properties, vital infrastructure, including  water, sanitation and electricity networks, religious sites and public institutions,  including hospitals and schools, and United Nations facilities, and agricultural  lands, and large-scale internal displacement of civilians;    9.  Expresses grave concern at the firing of rockets against Israeli civilian  areas resulting in loss of life and injury;    10. Reiterates its demand for the full implementation of Security Council  resolution 1860 (2009);    11.  Demands that Israel, the occupying Power, comply with its legal  obligations under international law, as mentioned in the advisory opinion rendered  on 9 July 2004 by the International Court of Justice7 and as demanded in General  Assembly resolutions ES-10/15 and ES-10/13 of 21 October 2003, and that it   Israeli practices affecting the human rights of the Palestinian people  in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem  A/RES/70/90   7/7  immediately cease the construction of the wall in the Occupied Palestinian Territory,  including in and around East Jerusalem, dismantle forthwith the structure situated  therein, repeal or render ineffective all legislative and regulatory acts relating  thereto, and make reparations for all damage caused by the construction of the wall,  which has gravely impacted the human rights and the socioeconomic living  conditions of the Palestinian people;    12. Reiterates the need for respect for the territorial unity, contiguity and  integrity of all of the Occupied Palestinian Territory and for guarantees of the  freedom of movement of persons and goods within the Palestinian territory,  including movement into and from East Jerusalem, into and from the Gaza Strip,  between the West Bank and the Gaza Strip, and to and from the outside world;    13. Calls upon Israel, the occupying Power, to cease its imposition of  prolonged closures and economic and movement restrictions, including those  amounting to a blockade on the Gaza Strip, and in this regard to fully implement the  Agreement on Movement and Access and the Agreed Principles for the Rafah  Crossing, both of 15 November 2005, in order to allow for the sustained and regular  movement of persons and goods and for the acceleration of long overdue and  massive reconstruction needs and economic recovery in the Gaza Strip, while noting  the recent tripartite agreement facilitated by the United Nations in this regard;    14. 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;    15. Emphasizes the need to preserve and develop the 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, and welcomes in this regard the formation of the  Palestinian national consensus government under the leadership of President  Mahmoud  Abbas,  consistent  with  the  Palestine  Liberation  Organization  commitments and the Quartet principles;    16. 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;    17. Requests the Secretary-General to report to the General Assembly at its  seventy-first session on the implementation of the present resolution.