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Advisory Opinion of the International Court of Justice on the Legal Consequences of the Construction of a Wall in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, Including in and Around East Jerusalem

A/RES/ES-10/15No PDF available

Who created this mandate?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 5Illegal Israeli actions in occupied East Jerusalem and the rest of the Occupied Palestinian Territory, published in 2004.

What subjects does this mandate have?

17 topics
Advisory OpinionsAnnexation of TerritoryConsultationsGaza StripInternational CourtsInternational LawIsraelJerusalemLegal AspectsMiddle East SituationPalestine QuestionSeparation BarriersSettlement PolicySwitzerlandTerritorial PartitionTerritories Occupied by IsraelWest Bank

Which reports were submitted under this mandate?

1 report of the Secretary-General submitted under this mandate, 2006.

  • 2006A/ES-10/361Report of the Secretary-General pursuant to General Assembly resolution ES-10/15

iIdentified automatically from the metadata in each report’s UN Digital Library catalogue record.

What does this mandate say?

8 operative paragraphs
1
Acknowledges the advisory opinion of the International Court of Justice of 9 July 2004 on the Legal Consequences of the Construction of a Wall in the Occupied Palestinian Territory,7 including in and around East Jerusalem;
2
Demands that Israel, the occupying Power, comply with its legal obligations as mentioned in the advisory opinion;
3
Calls upon all States Members of the United Nations to comply with their legal obligations as mentioned in the advisory opinion;
4
Requests the Secretary-General to establish a register of damage caused to all natural or legal persons concerned in connection with paragraphs 152 and 153 of the advisory opinion;
5
Decides to reconvene to assess the implementation of the present resolution, with the aim of ending the illegal situation resulting from the construction of the wall and its associated regime in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem;
6
Calls upon both the Government of Israel and the Palestinian Authority to immediately implement their obligations under the road map,6 in cooperation with the Quartet, as endorsed by Security Council resolution 1515 (2003), to achieve the vision of two States living side by side in peace and security, and emphasizes that both Israel and the Palestinian Authority are under an obligation scrupulously to observe the rules of international humanitarian law;
7
Calls upon all States parties to the Fourth Geneva ConventionError: Reference source not found to ensure respect by Israel for the Convention, and invites Switzerland, in its capacity as the depositary of the Geneva Conventions, to conduct consultations and to report to the General Assembly on the matter, including with regard to the possibility of resuming the Conference of High Contracting Parties to the Fourth Geneva Convention;
8
Decides to adjourn the tenth emergency special session temporarily and to authorize the President of the General Assembly at its most recent session to resume its meeting upon request from Member States.

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