The McGowan Davis/Schabas Inquiry: The UN Legal Pogrom

Follow-up Resolutions to the McGowan Davis/Schabas Report

The UN Human Rights Council's Response to the Report

Excerpts from the Most Recent U.N. Human Rights Council Resolution, A/HRC/RES/43/3, June 19, 2020

The Human Rights Council,
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Recalling
its relevant resolutions, including resolutions S-9/1 of 12 January 2009, 19/17 of 22 March 2012, S-21/1 of 23 July 2014 and S-28/1 of 18 May 2018,
Recalling also the reports of the independent international commission of inquiry on the protests in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, the independent commission of inquiry on the 2014 Gaza conflict, the independent international fact-finding mission to investigate the implications of Israeli settlements on the civil, political, economic, social and cultural rights of the Palestinian people throughout the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and the United Nations Fact-Finding Mission on the Gaza Conflict,...
...appalled at the widespread and unprecedented levels of destruction, death and human suffering caused in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem,
Stressing the urgency of achieving without delay an end to the Israeli occupation that began in 1967,...
Deploring the non-cooperation by Israel with all Human Rights Council fact-finding missions and independent commissions of inquiry,...
Regretting the lack of implementation of the recommendations contained in the reports of the independent commissions of inquiry and fact-finding missions,...
  1. Calls upon all duty bearers and United Nations bodies to pursue the implementation of all recommendations contained in the reports of the independent international commission of inquiry on the protests in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, the independent commission of inquiry on the 2014 Gaza conflict,...
  2. Notes the importance of the work of the independent international commission of inquiry on the protests in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, the independent commission of inquiry on the 2014 Gaza conflict,...and the United Nations Fact-Finding Mission on the Gaza Conflict,...
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  3. Takes note of the conclusion by the International Criminal Court of its preliminary examination into the situation in Palestine on 20 December 2019, with the determination that all statutory criteria under the Rome Statute for the opening of an investigation had been met, emphasizes the importance of respecting the Court's mandate and the Prosecutor's independence, and calls upon the parties concerned to cooperate fully with any investigation that may be opened;;
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  4. Requests the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights to report on how all parties can fulfil their obligations in implementing the recommendations reviewed by the High Commissioner in 2017, including measures of accountability and legal measures to be taken by states to ensure respect by Israel, and all other relevant parties, of their obligations under international law in the Occupied Palestinian Territory including East Jerusalem, and to present a report to the Council at its forty-sixth session, to be followed by an interactive dialogue;...