The right of peoples to self-determination and its application to peoples under colonial or alien domination or foreign occupation

UN Commission on Human Rights, The right of peoples to self-determination and its application to peoples under colonial or alien domination or foreign occupation, E/CN.4/RES/2(XXXV), 21 February 1979, https://www.refworld.org/legal/resolution/unchr/1979/en/9733 [accessed 12 September 2024]
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2 (XXXV). The right of peoples to self-determination and its application to peoples under colonial or alien domination or foreign occupation[1]4

The Commission on Human Rights, Recalling General Assembly resolutions 1514 (XV) of 14 December 1960, 3236 (XXIX) of 22 November 1974, 3375 (XXX) and 3376 (XXX) of 10 November 1975, 32/14 of 7 November 1977, 32/20 of 25 November 1977, 32/40 of 2 December 1977, 32/42 of 7 December 1977 and 33/28 of 7 December 1978 Recalling further Economic and Social Council resolutions 1865 (LVI) and 1866 (LVI) of 17 May 1974, Reaffirming its resolutions 3 (XXXI), 6 (XXXI), 2 (XXXIV), and 3 (XXXIV), Bearing in mind the report of the Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People,[2]5 Bearing in mind further General Assembly resolution 32/40 B of 2 December 1977 on the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People, Recognizing that the Palestinian people are entitled to self-determination in accordance with the Charter of the United Nations and other relevant United Nations resolutions, Expressing its grave concern that the Palestinian people have been prevented by force from enjoying their inalienable rights, in particular their right to self-determination,

1. Affirms the inalienable, right of the Palestinian people to self-determination without external interference and the establishment of a fully independent and sovereign State in Palestine;

2. Reaffirms the inalienable right of the Palestinians to return to their homes and property from which they have been displaced and uprooted, and calls for their return in the exercise of their right to self-determination;

3. Recognizes the right of the Palestinian people to regain their rights by all means in accordance with the purposes and principles of the Charter of the United Nations;

4. Urges all States, United Nations organs, specialized agencies and other international organizations to extend their support to the Palestinian people through its representative, the Palestine Liberation organization, in its struggle to restore its rights in accordance with the Charter;

5. Requests the Secretary-General to make available to the Commission on Human Rights and to its Sub-Commission on Prevention of Discrimination and Protection of Minorities the reports, studies and publications prepared by the Special Unit on Palestinian Rights, which was established by General Assembly resolution 32/40 B of 2 December 1977.


[1]4 Adopted at the 1489th meeting, on 21 February 1979, by a roll-call vote of 23 votes to 3, with 5 abstentions. See chap. VII. [2]5 A/32/35
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