The Human Rights Council in a midday meeting held a general debate on the situation of human rights in Palestine and other occupied Arab territories.
Presenting four reports concerning the human rights situation in the occupied Palestinian territory and other occupied Arab territories, Andrew Gilmour, United Nations Assistant Secretary-General for Human Rights, said the High Commissioner’s eleventh periodic report on the human rights situation in the occupied Palestinian territory provided an overview of recurring violations of international human rights and humanitarian law by Israel, the State of Palestine, and the authorities in Gaza.