Euro-Mediterranean Observatory for Human Rights said that the Arab and Islamic blocs in the UN Human Rights Council are calling for a draft resolution that criminalizes Israeli settlement practices in the West Bank and Jerusalem.
Amani Sinwar, the Regional Director of the Mediterranean Observatory, said in a press statement that the two groups are demanding the UN Human Rights Council to adopt the report of the International Fact-Finding Mission on Israeli settlements, which says settlement building must stop immediately and settlers evacuated from occupied territory.
She pointed out that the draft resolution, which recommends the adoption of the recommendations of the Fact-Finding Mission chaired by the French Judge Ms. Christine Chanet, is expected to be put to a vote inside the UN Human Rights Council on Friday, at the conclusion of the twenty-second session held today in Geneva.
Sinwar added that the proposed project is calling on all international and United Nations agencies to adopt the report and to work to ensure follow up of the implementation of the recommendations.
The Fact-Finding Mission has sharply criticized the Israeli occupation for seizing Palestinian land in violation of the law, particularly the Fourth Geneva Convention.
Christine Chanet, Chairperson of the Fact-Finding Mission, called on Monday for prosecuting the Israeli occupation, for its violations represented in settlement expansion, before the International Criminal Court, and expressed her deep concern at the continuation and escalation of settlement activity.
The UN Human Rights Council has opened its session on Monday by listening to the report of the International Fact-Finding Mission. It will discuss during the session the report of Navi Pillay, the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, on the human rights situation in the occupied Palestinian territories.
The session is expected to include a general vote on the draft resolution concerning the issue of settlements.
