Question of the human rights of all persons subjected to any form of detention or imprisonment.

1983/27. Question of the human rights of all persons subjected to any form of detention or imprisonment[1]64

The Commission on Human Rights, Guided by the purposes and principles of the Charter of the United Nations as well as the principles and provisions of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, Bearing in mind the provisions of the Geneva Conventions of 12 August 1949[2]65 and of the Hague Convention of 1907, Recalling General Assembly resolutions 2674 (XXV) and 2675 (XXV) of 9 December 1970 as well as all relevant resolutions on the promotion of the respect of human rights in armed conflicts, Deeply alarmed by the situation of Palestinian, Lebanese and other detainees held by Israel as a result of the invasion of Lebanon by Israel,

1. Strongly reaffirms that the fundamental human rights, as accepted by international law and formulated in international instruments, remain fully applicable in case of armed conflict;

2. Urges Israel to recognize, according to the third Geneva Convention, the status of prisoners of war to all combatants caught during that war, and treat them accordingly;

3. Urges Israel to release immediately all civilians arbitrarily detained since the beginning of that war;

4. Urges Israel to co-operate with the International Committee of the Red Cross and allow it to visit all detainees, in all the detention centres under its control;

5. Urges Israel to ensure protection, according to the fourth Geneva Convention and to the Hague Convention of 1907, to the Palestinian civilians, including the released detainees, in the areas under its occupation;

6. Calls upon all parties to the conflict to secure for the International Committee of the Red Cross, all available information concerning missing and disappeared persons in the wake of the invasion of Lebanon by Israel;

7. Decides to place this matter on the provisional agenda of its fortieth session under the item "Question of the human rights of all persons subjected to any form of detention or imprisonment".

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[1]64 Adopted at the 49th meeting, on 7 March 1983, by a roll-call vote of 40 to none, with 2 abstentions. See chap. VIII. [2]65 United Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 75, PP. 31 et seq.