Question of the violation of human rights in the occupied Arab territories, including Palestine.

1982/2. Question of the violation of human rights in the occupied Arab territories, including Palestine[1]11

The Commission on Human Rights, Guided by the purposes and principles of the Charter of the United Nations as well as by the principles of international law, Gravely alarmed by Israel's behaviour in ignoring all the relevant resolutions of the Security Council, the General Assembly, the Commission on Human Rights and other international organs of the United Nations concerning the Arab territories occupied by Israel and its persistent violations of human rights in those territories, Reaffirming that the acquisition of territories by force is inadmissible, according to the Charter of the United Nations, the principles of international law, and relevant Security Council resolutions, Recalling General Assembly resolution 3314 (XXIX) of 14 December 1974, which defined as an act of aggression the invasion or attack by the armed forces of a State of the territory of another State, or military occupation resulting from such invasion or attack or any annexation by the use of force of the territory of another State or part thereof, Recalling Security Council resolution 497/1981 of 17 December 1981, in which the Security Council decided that the Israeli decision to impose its laws, jurisdiction and administration in the occupied Syrian Golan Heights is null and void and without international legal effect, Recalling its resolution 1 (XXXVII) of 11 February 1981 by which the Commission on Human Rights condemned the Israeli policies and practices of annexing parts of the occupied Arab territories, Recalling General Assembly resolution 36/226 B of 17 December 1981 by which the General Assembly reaffirmed once more the applicability of the Geneva Convention relative to the Protection of Civilian Persons in Time of War of 12 August 1949[2]12 to the occupied Syrian territory, Recalling General Assembly resolution ES-9/1 of 5 February 1982 in which the Assembly strongly deplored the negative vote by a permanent member of the Security Council which prevented the Council from adopting against Israel, under Chapter VII of the Charter, the "appropriate measures" referred to in resolution 497 (1981) unanimously adopted by the Council;

1. Resolutely condemns the Israeli decision, dated 14 December 1981, annexing the Golan Syrian territory occupied since 1967, through the imposition of its laws, jurisdiction and administration on the occupied territory;

2. Declares that the Israeli decision is null and void and without any international legal effect and demands that Israel, the occupying Power, rescind its illegal and pernicious act;

3. Determines that the persistent defiance by Israel of the resolutions and authority of the United Nations and the systematic violations of human rights in the occupied Arab territories, including Palestine, constitute a continuing threat to international peace and security;

4. Calls upon all Member States to apply against Israel the measures referred to in paragraphs 11, 12, 13 and 15 of General Assembly resolution ES-9/1 of 5 February 1982.

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[1]11 Adopted at the 17th meeting on 11 February 1982, by a roll-call vote of 22 to 11, with 7 abstentions. See chap. II. [2]12 United Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 75, No. 973, p. 287.