{"id":183808,"date":"2007-09-28T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-03-11T21:36:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/?p=183808"},"modified":"2019-03-11T21:36:49","modified_gmt":"2019-03-11T21:36:49","slug":"auto-insert-183808","status":"publish","type":"document","link":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/document\/auto-insert-183808\/","title":{"rendered":"Religious and cultural rights in the OPT, incl. East Jerusalem – HRC sixth session – Resolution"},"content":{"rendered":"
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6\/19.   Religious and cultural rights in the Occupied Palestinian Territory,<\/strong><\/span> <\/strong><\/span><\/p><\/div>\n

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including East Jerusalem <\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n

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  The Human Rights Council<\/i>,<\/p><\/div>\n

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 Recalling <\/i>the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, and the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights,<\/p><\/div>\n

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 Recalling<\/i> also<\/i> article 2 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights which stipulates that everyone is entitled to all the rights and freedoms set forth in that Declaration, without distinction of any kind, such as race, colour, sex, language, religion, political or other opinion, national or social origin, property, birth or other status, and that no distinction should be made on the basis of the political, jurisdictional or international status of the country or territory to which a person belongs, whether it be independent, trust, non-self-governing or under any other limitation of sovereignty, <\/p><\/div>\n

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 Aware<\/i> of the responsibility of the international community to promote human rights and ensure respect for international law, <\/p><\/div>\n

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 Emphasizing<\/i> the particularity of Occupied East Jerusalem in its rich religious and cultural heritage, <\/p><\/div>\n

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 Recalling <\/i>relevant Security Council resolutions on Occupied East Jerusalem,<\/p><\/div>\n

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 Affirming<\/i> the applicability of the Fourth Geneva Convention relative to the Protection of Civilian Persons in Time of War, of 12 August 1949, to the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, <\/p><\/div>\n

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 Deeply<\/i> concerned <\/i>at the Israeli actions undermining the sanctity and inviolability of religious sites in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, <\/p><\/div>\n

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 Deeply<\/i> concerned also <\/i>at the Israeli policy of closures and the severe restrictions, including curfews and the permit regime, that continue to be imposed on the movement of Palestinians and their free access to their holy sites, including Al Aqsa Mosque, <\/p><\/div>\n

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 <\/i>1.   Stresses <\/i>that all policies and measures taken by Israel, the occupying Power, to limit access of Palestinians to their holy sites, particularly in Occupied East Jerusalem, on the basis of national origin, religion, birth, sex or any other status are in violation of the provisions of the above-mentioned instruments and resolutions and therefore must cease immediately; <\/p><\/div>\n

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 2.   Calls upon <\/i>Israel, the occupying Power, to respect the religious and cultural rights enumerated in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and to allow Palestinian worshippers unfettered access to their religious sites; <\/p><\/div>\n

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 3.   Requests<\/i> the High Commissioner for Human Rights to report to the Council at its next session on the implementation of the present resolution. <\/p><\/div>\n

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21st meeting<\/i><\/p><\/div>\n

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28 September 2007<\/i><\/p><\/div>\n

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[Adopted by a recorded vote of 31 to 1,<\/p><\/div>\n

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with 15 abstentions.]<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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