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UN Digital Library UNITED NATIONS A Dietr. CENERAL A/41/600 20 October 1906 ENGLISH ORIGINAL, ARABIC/FiNGLISH/FRENCtl Forty-first SesSiOn Aqencie i tern 71 REPORT OF THE SPECIAL COMMITTEE TO INVESTIGATE ISRAELI PRACTICES AFFECTING THE HUMAN RIGHTS OF THE POPULATION o?' THE OCCUPIED TEW3ITORIES Note by the Secretary-General The Secretary-General has the honour to transmit to the members of the General Aeekmbly the attachea report, whJ.ch was eubmitted to him, in accordance with paraqraph 16 of Assembly reeolution 40/161 D of 16 December 1985, by the Special Committee to Inveetiqate Israeli Practice6 Affectinq the Human RiqhtP of the PopuIltion of the Occupied Territories. 86-26228 2082-20842. (El / . A/41/680 Enql iah Page 2 Paraqraphe Page LETTER Or’ “‘RANSM?‘ITAL . ..I............. 4 I. INTRODUCTION ............................................. 1 - 8 7 II. ORGANTZATION OF WOKK ...................................... 9 - 25 9 1TI. MANDATE ................................................... 26 - 30 14 IV. INFORMATION AND EVIDENCE HECEIVEX) BY THE !iPECTAL, COMMLTTLW 11 - 84 1 5 A. Oral evidence (see annex III) B. Information qathered from the Isr.celi preee and the Arab lanqusqe preae published in trhe occupied terr ftories (5ce annex III) C. Information tranemi tted by the Ckwerrlmentn of- ,Jordan and the Syrian Arab Republic, by the Palestine Liberation Orcaanizat ion and by other orqanizat ions .... 17 - 84 1 7 1. General eituation ................................. #‘7 - 39 17 2. Information concerninq arreatfs, tr inls and 8en tencee ......................................... 40 - 42 2% 3. Treatment of civil tan8, Includinq fundamental freedomfl .......................................... 43 - 76 23 (a) General developments ........................ 4 1 -- 5 1 21 (I) Harassment of civil tans ................. 41 2 ‘1 [ii) Collective puniahmentfb, Cncludiny demo1 1 t ion of houeen .................... 44 - 46 24 (iii) Rxpuleion and deportation ............... 47 - 49 25 (iv) Economic aspectr; ......................... ‘,!) -. 5 1 %h (ta) Information on mealiurefl affect tnq 1 Irnclamt~nt~ I rreedomH ..................................... 54 - 75 27 (1) Freedom oL movement .............. ...... ‘34 - ‘ih % ‘7 (ii) Freedom of education ................... ‘, -1 ._. 7 ‘) 2 ‘I / . A/41/600 Enqlieh Psae 3 CONTBNTS (continued) Paragrapha Pase (c) Iniormation on aettlere' activitiee affectinq the civilian population ..,,.................. 76 35 4. Annexation and settlement . 77 - 78 36 (a) Polioy . ‘I I 36 (b) Meseuree ..,...,,.............~..,............ 78 38 5. Golan Heiqhte . ..*....... 79 - 84 39 V.. CONCLUSIONS .,..*..,.....,,.,.....,........................ 85 - 97 49 VI. ADOPTION OP THE REPORT . ..e.......*................ 98 52 Annexes I. ARTICLES OF THE GBNEfrA CONVENTION RELATIVE TO THE PROTECXION OF CIVILIAN PERSONS IN TIME OF WAR, OF 12 AUGUST 1949 IX. LIST OF IIOCUMENTS SUBMITTED BY THE PALESTINE LIBERATION ORGANIZATION III. IN;IFORMATION AND EVIDENCE RECEIVED BY THE SPECIAL COMMITTEE (chap. IV, eeote. A and B) IV, MAP SHOWING ISRAELI SETTLEMENTS ESTABLISHED, PLANNED OR UNDER CONSTRUCTION IN THE TERRImRIES OCCUPIED SINCE 1967 / . A/41/680 Engl imh Pago 4 LEl-l’ER CF TRANSMITTAb 10 September 1986 Sir, The Special Committee to Investigate Israeli Practices Affecting the Human Right6 of the Population of the Occupied Territories hae the honour to transmit to you herewith its eighteenth report, prepared in accordance with General A8sembJ.y rerolutiona concerning the Special Committee and, in particular, reeol.ution 2443 (XXIII) of 19 December 1968, by which the Special Committee watt established, and revolution 40/161 D of 16 December 1985, the latest resolution by which the <General Assembly renewed its mandate. Thi8 report cover6 the per idd from 30 Auguat 1985, the date of the adoption of the preceding report, to 31 August 1986. The report is haeed on oral information received by the Special Committee through testimonies of persons having first-hand l xper ience of the human rights sit uation in the occupied terr i tor ies, a8 well aa written information gathered from varioue sources. The Special Committee hal selected, from among these oral and written 8ourceB of information, relevan excerpta and 8ummarieaI which are reflected in the report. For the purpose of collecting oral testimonies the Special Committee organized hearingA that were held in New York, Geneva and Amman. The Special Committee continued to monitor statements ‘by members of the Wvernmcnt of Israel reflecting the policy of that Government in the occupied terr itoriee and report8 on measures taken to implement that policy. The Special Committee noted the lettera addreeeed to you and to the Presl?ent of the Swurity Council during the period of thin report relating to the mand. 2 e of the Special Committee, circulated aa documente of the General Assembly and the Security Council. The Special Committee received information from organiaatione on varioue aepocte of the situation in the occupied territories. A Bpecif ic mention ehould be made of a aer ice of documents and statist ice eubmitted to the Special Committee by the Department6 of Occupied ‘Territories Affair8 and Education and of Higher Studies of the Paleetine Liberation Orqanization in Amman, and reflecting var ioue aepecte of practices and policies affecting the human rights of the civilIan population in these territoriee. HIL Excellency Mr. Javier P4rez de CuCllar Sec:retary-General of the IJnited Nations NrAw Yor k / . ~/41/680 Engl iah Page 5 The Governmc-‘. of Israel hae not changed ita position with regard to the Special Committee in spite of the efforts made In that direction. However, the Special Committee benofited from the co-operation of the Governments of the Arab Republic of Egypt, the Haahemite Kir.gdom of Jordan, and the Syrian Arab Republic and of the Palentine Liberatton Organizatioc in carrying out its mandate. The Special Committee regrets however that owing to financial constraints placed upon it, which are well known to you, it . 38 unable to conduct hear inga in Cairo and Damascus in the dischargr of its mandate. In preparing ita report the Special Committee has attempted to put before you the complete picture of the reality in the occupied territoriee as it affect8 the human right8 of the civilian population, By this letter the Special Committee wishes to draw your attention to a numbe: of aspects that deserve a particular men t ion. AS may be Been from the informat ion reflected in the report, the policy of annexation and settlement has continued to be implementtd by the Iaratli author I tits. The Special Committee la deeply concerned by the fate of civilians evicted from their native land. One particular illuatratlon of this situation ia the fate of the inhabitants of Emmaus , Bait-Nubs and Yalou, reduced to the state of wandering refugee6 since their villagea were razed by the occupying authorities in 1967. The Special Committee considers IL a matter of deep concern t.hat these villagers have p rsirtently been denied the right to return to their land on which Canada Park haa been built by the Jtwiah National Fund of Canada and where the Ieraeli authorities are reportedly planning to plant a forest instead of allowing the rtconatruction of the destroy, . villages. The information contained in this report reflects new factors further aggravating the plight of the civilian population. The Sper-ial Committee is concerned at the escalation of violence caused by the implc mentation by the Government of Israel of a revived “iron fiat” policy, a8 announced by the authorities themeelves. This policy has been illuetrsted by a number of harsh measures affecting the human rights of the Palestinian rqpulation of the occupied territories, such a8 an increasing number of arrests G.:d trials leading to the deterition of many civilian6 (including minors) imp’isoncd for political or security offences, as well as the imposition of meaEurr?s of administrative detention. Another preoccupying aspect of the “iton f 1st” pal icy has been the resumption, on a large scale, of the expulsion and deportation ~licy. The situation creat.ed by thde policy~in the West Bank and the raza Strip together with the severe regime applied in the Golan Heights have served to cancel any hope of improvement in the situat ton of human r iqhts in the occupied territories in the period covered by the preeant report. The record of the day’-to-day life of the c vilian population, as it emerqcs from oral testimonies as well as written information gathered by the Special Commlttee, clearly reveals serious infringements of fundamental rights and freedoms . Civilians are being eubmitted to various forms of harassment, including collective mtaauree of punishment such as the demo1 I tion of houeea) hostile behaviour from settlers expanding their authority whenever the opportunity arises; / . A/41/680 English Page 6 restrictions on freedom of movement, illuetrated by an increasing number of house or tmn arrestet and limitations on the right to freedom of education, marked in Particular by the arbitrary expulsion of a number of teachers and university professors . In this regard, tht Special Committee exprceees the hope that these academics, who have been expelled without any valid motive, be repatriated and reinstated in their functions aa soon as podeible. A number of statements have been made by Israeli officials on the issue of returning municlpalitiee of the occupied territories to local leaders. De~pi te declarations often made on this
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