The experts urged Member States to act decisively to end the pattern of systematic violations of international law and suffering in occupied Palestine and restore international peace and security.
They called for the following urgent measures:
– Guaranteeing safe humanitarian access through UN-supervised land and naval corridors, including temporary housing before winter;
– Opening humanitarian corridors toward the West Bank, East Jerusalem, and Israel for the wounded, sick, older persons, persons with disabilities, pregnant women, and children;
– Imposing sanctions on Israel for continued violations of international law and illegal occupation;
– A comprehensive arms embargo on Israel;
– Full and free access to international media to the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including throughout Gaza.
– Ensuring that independent, international investigations are conducted into serious violations of international law, including the killing of civilians in the Gaza Strip, and that prosecutions are initiated under universal jurisdiction;
– Considering a UN-led international intervention if attacks persist and the humanitarian situation deteriorates further.
*The experts:
– Francesca Albanese: Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian territories occupied since 1967;
– George Katrougalos, Independent Expert on the promotion of a democratic and equitable international order
– Ashwini K.P., Special Rapporteur on contemporary forms of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance
– Olivier De Schutter: Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights
– Morris Tidball-Binz, Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions
– Ben Saul, Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of human rights and fundamental freedoms while countering terrorism
– Irene Khan, Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of the right to freedom of opinion and expression
– Paula Gaviria, Special Rapporteur on the human rights of internally displaced persons
– Tlaleng Mofokeng, UN Special Rapporteur on the right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health
– Heba Hagrass, Special Rapporteur on the rights of persons with disabilities
– Farida Shaheed, Special Rapporteur on the right to education
– Michael Fakhri, Special Rapporteur on the right to food
– Pedro Arrojo Agudo, Special Rapporteur on the human rights to safe drinking water and sanitation
– Gina Romero, Special Rapporteur on the Rights to Freedom of Peaceful Assembly and of Association
– Siobhán Mullally, the Special Rapporteur on trafficking in persons, especially women and children
– Reem Alsalem, Special Rapporteur on violence against women and girls, its causes and consequences
– Nicolas Levrat, Special Rapporteur on minority issues
– Michelle Small (Chair-Rapporteur), Ravindran Daniel, Jovana Jezdimirovic Ranito, Joana de Deus Pereira, Andrés Macías Tolosa, Working Group on the use of mercenaries
– Carlos Duarte (Chair), Working Group on the rights of peasants and other people working in rural areas
– Ivana Krstić (Vice-Chair), Dorothy Estrada Tanck, Haina Lu, and Laura Nyirinkindi, Working Group on discrimination against women and girls