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Recommendations
After discussing the impact of Israeli violations on the performance of the PNA
and its ability to safeguard human rights in the areas under its jurisdiction, the
ICHR forwards the following recommendations:
1. The PNA should continue pressing the international community to
seriously work to end the Israeli occupation of Palestine, this being the
major cause of human rights violations in terms of war crimes committed,
systematic collective punishment against the Gaza Strip and the rest of the
OPT, denial of the Palestinian people’s right to statehood and self‐
determination, which is guaranteed under international conventions of
human rights; stop its aggression against and raids into this territory, and
to lift the siege imposed on Palestine, especially on the Gaza Strip.
2. The PNA should coordinate with all parties to follow up on the resolutions
of the UN General Assembly, Security Council and other UN agencies to
guarantee Palestinian citizens their right to self‐determination.
3. The PNA should seriously and effectively follow up on the Goldstone
Report to complete and distribute it to the different United Nations’
agencies, and to encourage the ICC to bring the perpetrators of war crimes
to justice.
4. The PNA should work to activate immediate intervention mechanisms of
the UN and its organizations, and pressure Israel to respect international
agreements and abide by international legitimacy resolutions and urge the
High Contracting Parties to the Fourth Geneva Convention to implement
the General Assembly’s resolution number (A/RES/ES‐10/15) dated
20/7/2004, relating to the International Court of Justice advisory opinion
in relation to the annexation and expansion wall.
5. The PNA should continue demanding the immediate release of all the
Palestinian detainees languishing in the Israeli jails and follow up with
encouraging the international agencies to do likewise, the UN having top
priority in this regard.
6. The PNA should invite the high contracting parties to the Fourth Geneva
Convention to fulfill their obligations provided in Article (1) of the
Convention, which is to undertake and ensure respect for the Convention