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About University of Galway
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Human Rights Council
43rd Session of the Human Rights Council: 24 February – 13 March and 15 – 23 June 2020
- Human rights situation in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem (22 June 2020) UN Doc A/HRC/RES/43/42, available at: https://www.un.org/unispal/document/human-rights-situation-in-opt-including-east-jerusalem-hrc-43rd-session-resolution-a-hrc-res-43-32/.
- Right of the Palestinian people to self-determination (22 June 2020) UN Doc A/HRC/RES/43/33, available at: https://www.un.org/unispal/document/right-of-palestinian-people-to-self-determination-hrc-43rd-session-resolution-a-hrc-res-43-33/.
- Ensuring accountability and justice for all violations of international law in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem (19 June 2020) UN Doc A/HRC/RES/43/3, available at: https://www.un.org/unispal/document/ensuring-accountability-and-justice-for-all-violations-of-international-law-in-opt-including-east-jerusalem-hrc-43rd-session-resolution-a-hrc-res-43-3/.
- Israeli settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and in the occupied Syrian Golan (22 June 2020) UN Doc A/HRC/RES/43/31, available at: https://www.un.org/unispal/document/israeli-settlements-in-opt-and-occupied-syrian-golan-hrc-43rd-session-resolution-a-hrc-res-43-31/.
40th Session of the Human Rights Council: 25 February – 22 March 2019
- Israeli settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and in the occupied Syrian Golan (22 March 2019) UN Doc A/HRC/RES/40/24, available at: https://www.un.org/unispal/document/un-human-rights-council-resolution-on-israeli-settlements-in-opt-and-occupied-syrian-golan-hrc-40th-session/.
- Ensuring accountability and justice for all violations of international law in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem (22 March 2019) UN Doc A/HRC/RES/40/13, available at: https://www.un.org/unispal/document/ensuring-accountability-and-justice-for-all-violations-of-international-law-in-opt-including-east-jerusalem-hrc-40th-session-resolution-2/.
- Human rights situation in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem (22 March 2019) UN Doc A/HRC/RES/40/23, available at: https://www.un.org/unispal/document/human-rights-situation-in-opt-including-east-jerusalem-hrc-40th-session-resolution/.
- Right of the Palestinian people to self-determination (22 March 2019) UN Doc A/HRC/RES/40/22, available at: https://www.un.org/unispal/document/right-of-palestinian-people-to-self-determination-human-rights-council-40th-session-resolution/.
28th Special Session of the Human Rights Council: 18 May 2018
- Violations of international law in the context of large-scale civilian protests in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem (18 May 2018) UN Doc A/HRC/RES/S-28/1, available at: https://www.un.org/unispal/document/violations-of-international-law-in-the-context-of-large-scale-civilian-protests-in-the-opt-commission-of-inquiry-human-right-council-resolution-ahrcress-281/.
37th Session of the Human Rights Council: 26 February – 23 March 2018
- Right of the Palestinian people to self-determination (23 March 2018) UN Doc A/HRC/RES/37/34, available at: https://www.un.org/unispal/document/right-of-palestinian-people-to-self-determination-hrc-37th-session-resolution/.
- Human rights situation in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem (23 March 2018) UN Doc A/HRC/RES/37/35, available at: https://www.un.org/unispal/document/human-rights-situation-in-opt-including-east-jerusalem-human-rights-council-37th-session-resolution/.
- Israeli settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and in the occupied Syrian Golan (23 March 2018) UN Doc A/HRC/RES/37/36, available at: https://www.un.org/unispal/document/israeli-settlements-in-opt-and-occupied-syrian-golan-hrc-37th-session-resolution/.
- Ensuring accountability and justice for all violations of international law in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem (23 March 2018) UN Doc A/HRC/RES/37/37, available at: https://www.un.org/unispal/document/ensuring-accountability-and-justice-for-all-violations-of-international-law-in-opt-including-east-jerusalem-hrc-37th-session-resolution/.
34th Session of the Human Rights Council: 27 February – 24 March 2017
- Ensuring accountability and justice for all violations of international law in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem (24 March 2017) UN Doc A/HRC/RES/34/28, available at: https://www.un.org/unispal/document/ensuring-accountability-and-justice-in-opt-including-east-jerusalem-hrc-34th-session-resolution-ahrcres3438/.
- Right of the Palestinian people to self-determination (24 March 2017) UN Doc A/HRC/RES/34/29, available at: https://www.un.org/unispal/document/right-of-palestinian-people-to-self-determination-hrc-34st-session-resolution-ahrcres3429/.
- Human rights situation in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem (24 March 2017) UN Doc A/HRC/RES/34/30, available at: https://www.un.org/unispal/document/human-rights-situation-in-opt-including-east-jerusalem-hrc-34th-session-resolution/.
- Israeli settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and in the occupied Syrian Golan (24 March 2017) UN Doc A/HRC/RES/34/31, available at: https://www.un.org/unispal/document/israeli-settlements-in-opt-golan-hrc-34th-session-resolution-ahrcres3431/.
31st Session of the Human Rights Council: 29 February – 24 March 2016
- Right of the Palestinian people to self-determination (24 March 2016) UN Doc A/HRC/RES/31/33, available at: https://documents-dds-ny.un.org/doc/UNDOC/GEN/G16/081/70/PDF/G1608170.pdf?OpenElement.
- Human rights situation in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem (24 March 2016) UN Doc A/HRC/RES/31/34, available at: https://undocs.org/A/HRC/RES/31/34.
- Ensuring accountability and justice for all violations of international law in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem (24 March 2016) UN Doc A/HRC/RES/31/35, available at: https://undocs.org/A/HRC/RES/31/35.
- Israeli settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and in the occupied Syrian Golan (24 March 2016) UN Doc A/HRC/RES/31/36, available at: https://undocs.org/A/HRC/RES/31/36.
29th Session of the Human Rights Council: 15 June – 3 July 2015
- Ensuring accountability and justice for all violations of international law in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem (3 July 2015) UN Doc A/HRC/RES/29/25, available at: https://undocs.org/A/HRC/RES/29/25.
28th Session of the Human Rights Council: 2 – 27 March 2015
- Right of the Palestinian people to self-determination (27 March 2015) UN Doc A/HRC/RES/28/25, available at: https://undocs.org/A/HRC/RES/28/25.
- Israeli settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and in the occupied Syrian Golan (27 March 2015) UN Doc A/HRC/RES/28/26, available at: https://undocs.org/A/HRC/RES/28/26.
- Human rights situation in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem (27 March 2015) UN Doc A/HRC/RES/28/27, available at: https://undocs.org/A/HRC/RES/28/27.
21st Special Session of the Human Rights Council: 23 July 2014
- Ensuring respect for international law in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem (23 July 2014) UN Doc A/HRC/RES/S-21/2, available at: https://undocs.org/A/HRC/S-21/2.
25th Session of the Human Rights Council: 3 March – 28 March 2014
- Israeli settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and in the occupied Syrian Golan (28 March 2014) UN Doc A/HRC/RES/25/28, available at: https://undocs.org/A/HRC/RES/25/28.
- Human rights situation in Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem (28 March 2014) UN Doc A/HRC/RES/25/29, available at: https://undocs.org/A/HRC/RES/25/29.
- Follow-up to the report of the United Nations Independent International Fact-Finding Mission on the Gaza Conflict (28 March 2014) UN Doc A/HRC/RES/25/30, available at: https://undocs.org/A/HRC/RES/25/30.
22nd Session of the Human Rights Council: 25 February – 22 March 2013
- Follow-up to the report of the United Nations Independent International Fact-Finding Mission on the Gaza Conflict (22 March 2013) UN Doc A/HRC/22/25, available at: https://undocs.org/A/HRC/RES/22/25.
- Israeli settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and in the occupied Syrian Golan (22 March 2013) UN Doc A/HRC/RES/22/26, available at: https://undocs.org/A/HRC/RES/22/26.
- Right of the Palestinian people to self-determination (22 March 2013) UN Doc A/HRC/RES/22/27, available at: https://undocs.org/A/HRC/RES/22/27.
- Human rights situation in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem (22 March 2013) UN Doc A/HRC/RES/22/28, available at: https://undocs.org/A/HRC/RES/22/28.
- Follow-up to the report of 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 (22 March 2013) UN Doc A/HRC/RES/22/29, available at: https://undocs.org/A/HRC/RES/22/29.
19th Session of the Human Rights Council: 27 February – 23 March 2012
- Right of the Palestinian people to self-determination (22 March 2012) UN Doc A/HRC/RES/19/15, available at: https://undocs.org/A/HRC/RES/19/15.
- Human rights situation in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem (22 March 2012) UN Doc A/HRC/RES/19/16, available at: https://undocs.org/A/HRC/RES/19/16.
- Israeli settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and in the occupied Syrian Golan (22 March 2012) UN Doc A/HRC/19/17, available at: https://undocs.org/A/HRC/RES/19/17.
- Follow-up to the report of the United Nations Fact-Finding Mission on the Gaza Conflict (22 March 2012) UN Doc A/HRC/RES/19/18, available at: https://undocs.org/A/HRC/RES/19/18.
17th Session of the Human Rights Council: 30 May – 17 June 2011
- Follow-up to the report of the independent international fact-finding mission on the incident of the humanitarian flotilla (17 June 2011) UN Doc A/HRC/RES/17/10, available at: https://undocs.org/A/HRC/RES/17/10.
16th Session of the Human Rights Council: 28 February – 25 March 2011
- Human rights situation in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem (25 March 2011) UN Doc A/HRC/RES/16/29, available at: https://undocs.org/A/HRC/RES/16/29.
- Right of the Palestinian people to self-determination (25 March 2011) UN Doc A/HRC/16/30, available at: https://undocs.org/A/HRC/RES/16/30.
- Israeli settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and in the occupied Syrian Golan (25 March 2011) UN Doc A/HRC/RES/16/31, available at: https://undocs.org/A/HRC/RES/16/31.
- Follow-up to the report of the United Nations Fact-Finding Mission on the Gaza Conflict (25 March 2011) UN Doc A/HRC/RES/16/32, available at: https://undocs.org/A/HRC/RES/16/32.
15th Session of the Human Rights Council: 13 September – 1 October 2010
- Follow-up to the report of the independent international factfinding mission on the incident of the humanitarian flotilla (29 September 2010) UN Doc A/HRC/RES/15/1, available at: https://undocs.org/A/HRC/RES/15/1.
- Follow-up to the report of the Committee of independent experts in international humanitarian and human rights law established pursuant to Council resolution 13/9 (29 September 2010) UN Doc A/HRC/RES/15/6, available at: https://undocs.org/A/HRC/RES/15/6.
14th Session of the Human Rights Council: 31 May – 18 June 2010
- The grave attacks by Israeli forces against the humanitarian boat convoy (2 June 2010) UN Doc A/HRC/RES/14/1, available at: https://undocs.org/A/HRC/RES/14/1.
13th Session of the Human Rights Council: 1 – 26 March 2010
- Right of the Palestinian people to self-determination (24 March 2010) UN Doc A/HRC/RES/13/6, available at: https://undocs.org/A/HRC/RES/13/6.
- Israeli settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and in the occupied Syrian Golan (24 March 2010) UN Doc A/HRC/RES/13/7, available at: https://undocs.org/A/HRC/RES/13/7.
- The grave human rights violations by Israel in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem (24 March 2010) UN Doc A/HRC/RES/13/8, available at: https://undocs.org/A/HRC/RES/13/8.
- Follow-up to the report of the United Nations Independent International Fact-Finding Mission on the Gaza Conflict (25 March 2010) UN Doc A/HRC/RES/13/9, available at: https://undocs.org/A/HRC/RES/13/9.
12th Special Session of the Human Rights Council: 15 – 16 October 2009
- The human rights situation in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem (16 October 2009) UN Doc A/HRC/RES/S-12/1, available at: https://undocs.org/A/HRC/RES/S-12/1.
10th Session of the Human Rights Council: 2 – 27 March 2009
- Israeli settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and in the occupied Syrian Golan (26 March 2009) UN Doc A/HRC/RES/10/18, available at: https://www.un.org/unispal/document/auto-insert-180248/.
- Human rights violations emanating from the Israeli military attacks and operations in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (26 March 2009) UN Doc A/HRC/RES/10/19, available at: https://www.un.org/unispal/document/auto-insert-185806/.
- Right of the Palestinian people to self-determination (26 March 2009) UN Doc A/HRC/RES/10/20, available at: https://unispal.un.org/DPA/DPR/unispal.nsf/0/B6817637342942918525758C0053F1C8.
- Follow-up to Council resolution S-9/1 on the grave violations of human rights in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, particularly due to the recent Israeli military attacks against the occupied Gaza Strip (26 March 2009) UN Doc A/HRC/RES/10/21, available at: https://ap.ohchr.org/documents/E/HRC/resolutions/A_HRC_RES_10_21.pdf.
9th Special Session of the Human Rights Council: 9 January 2009
- The grave violations of human rights in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, particularly due to the recent Israeli military attacks against the occupied Gaza Strip (12 January 2009) UN Doc A/HRC/RES/S-9/1, available at: https://www.un.org/unispal/document/auto-insert-187376/.
- Report of the Human Rights Council on its Ninth Special Session (12 January 2009) UN Doc A/HRC/S-9/2, available at: https://undocs.org/A/HRC/S-9/2.
9th Session of the Human Rights Council: 8 – 24 September 2008
- Follow-up to resolution S-3/1: human rights violations emanating from Israeli military incursions in the Occupied Palestinian Territory and the shelling of Beit Hanoun (24 September 2008) UN Doc A/HRC/RES/9/18, available at: https://www.un.org/unispal/document/auto-insert-180503/.
7th Session of the Human Rights Council: 3 – 28 March 2008
- Human rights violations emanating from Israeli military attacks and incursions in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, particularly the recent ones in the occupied Gaza Strip (6 March 2008) UN Doc A/HRC/RES/7/1, available at: https://www.un.org/unispal/document/auto-insert-186932/.
- Right of the Palestinian people to self-determination (27 March 2008) UN Doc A/HRC/RES/7/17, available at: https://www.un.org/unispal/document/auto-insert-183662/.
- Israeli settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and in the occupied Syrian Golan (27 March 2008) UN Doc A/HRC/RES/7/18, available at: https://www.un.org/unispal/document/auto-insert-188779/.
6th Special Session of the Human Rights Council 23 -24 January 2008
- Human rights violations emanating from Israeli military attacks and incursions in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, particularly in the occupied Gaza Strip (24 January 2008) UN Doc A/HRC/RES/S-6/1, available at: https://www.un.org/unispal/document/auto-insert-198694/.
- Report of the Human Rights Council on its Sixth Special Session (24 January 2008) UN Doc A/HRC/S-6/2, available at: https://undocs.org/A/HRC/S-6/2.
6th Session of the Human Rights Council: 10 – 28 September and 10 – 14 December 2007
- Human rights situation in the Occupied Palestinian Territory: follow-up to Human Rights Council resolutions S-1/1 and S-3/1 (28 September 2007) UN Doc A/HRC/RES/6/18, available at: https://www.un.org/unispal/document/auto-insert-180438/.
- Religious and cultural rights in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem (28 September 2007) UN Doc A/HRC/RES/6/19, available at: https://www.un.org/unispal/document/auto-insert-183808/.
2nd Session of the Human Rights Council: 18 September – 6 October and 27 – 29 November 2006
- Israeli settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and in the occupied Syrian Golan (27 November 2006) UN Doc A/HRC/RES/2/4, available at: https://www.un.org/unispal/document/auto-insert-180724/.
3rd Special Session of the Human Rights Council: 15 November 2006
- Human rights violations emanating from Israeli military incursions in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including the recent one in northern Gaza and the assault on Beit Hanoun (15 November 2006) UN Doc A/HRC/RES/S-3/1, available at: https://www.un.org/unispal/document/auto-insert-177943/.
- Report of the Human Rights Council on its Third Special Session (15 November 2006) UN Doc A/HRC/S-3/2, available at: https://undocs.org/A/HRC/S-3/2.
1st Special Session of the Human Rights Council: 5-6 July 2006
- Human rights situation in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (6 July 2006) UN Doc A/HRC/RES/S-1/1, available at: https://www.un.org/unispal/document/auto-insert-179641/.
- Report on the First Special Session of the Human Rights Council (6 July 2006) UN Doc A/HRC/S-1/3, available at: https://undocs.org/A/HRC/S-1/3.