The Independent Commission for Human Rights (ICHR) | Shadow report 3. Please provide information on any progress made in addressing the adverse impact of the political and geographical fragmentation of the State party’s territory on the enjoyment of the Covenant rights in the entire territory of the State party. Please provide information on the obstacles to the implementation of the agreement reached between Fatah and Hamas to end Palestinian division, signed on 12 October 2017, especially with regard to the political and economic arrangements that are necessary in order for the State party to discharge its obligations under the Covenant. 4. Please explain the measures planned to hold parliamentary elections with a view to initiating a legislative process to harmonize the different legal systems applicable in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip, and to conduct review of laws to ensure their compliance with the Covenant. Please provide information on the steps taken by the State party to ensure that civil society organizations are consulted and able to participate in law- and policymaking processes, in particular on issues related to economic, social and cultural rights. 5. Please provide information on any strategies and plans to increase socioeconomic, including environmental, resilience to climate change, including in the context of human rights-based development efforts and natural resource management. Please indicate plans to address the challenges to effective climate change adaptation and preparedness, such as those posed by the occupation in relation to management of land and water resources, including through international cooperation. 6. Please provide information on the steps taken to ensure that business entities respect the economic, social and cultural rights of all persons, that they assess and address the socioeconomic, including environmental, impacts of their business operations, and that they are held accountable for violations of economic, social and cultural rights. Please indicate any steps taken to ensure that remedies are provided to victims of business-related violations of economic, social and cultural rights. II. Issues relating to the general provisions of the Covenant (arts. 1–5) Right to freely dispose of natural wealth and resources (art. 1 (2)) 7. Please provide information on the steps taken by the State party to protect the right of its peoples to freely dispose of their natural wealth and resources, including agricultural land, water sources, irrigation facilities and marine resources, against the challenges posed by the occupation, and the blockade of the Gaza Strip. Please describe the measures taken to address the challenges to the implementation of the provisions of the Israeli-Palestinian Interim Agreement on the West Bank and the Gaza Strip (Oslo II Accords) and its annexes concerning the management of natural wealth and resources. 18