Israeli settlements in the occupied Arab territories.
- Author: UN Commission on Human Rights (46th sess. : 1990 : Geneva)
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Date:
16 February 1990
1990/1. Israeli settlements in the occupied Arab territories
The Commission on Human Rights, Recalling that, in accordance with article 13, paragraph 2 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, everyone has the right to leave any country including his own and to return to his country, Affirming that the Fourth Geneva Convention relative to the Protection of Civilian Persons in Time of War, of 12 August 1949, is applicable to all Palestinian and Arab territories occupied by Israel since 1967, including Jerusalem, Seriously concerned at the recent suggestions that immigrants to Israel may be settled in the occupied territories,1. Affirms that the settling of Israeli civilians in the occupied territories is illegal and contravenes the relevant provisions of the Fourth Geneva Convention relative to the Protection of Civilian Persons in Time of War,
2. Calls upon the Government of Israel to refrain from settling immigrants in the occupied territories.
28th meeting16 February 1990
[Adopted by a roll-call vote of 42 to none, with
1 abstention. See chap. IV.]
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4 p., including annex
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