Title
Follow-up to the report of the independent international fact-finding mission to investigate the implications of Israeli settlements on…rights of the Palestinian people…, Human Rights Council, A/HRC/22/L.45
Note
The UN "human rights" council today set in motion a plan to develop boycotts, divestment and sanctions against the state of Israel. The development came with the adoption of a resolution on Israeli settlements and two paragraphs stating:
(2). Calls upon the relevant United Nations bodies to take all necessary measures and actions within their mandates to ensure the full respect for and compliance with Human Rights Council resolution 17/4 on the Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights, and other relevant international laws and standards, and to ensure the implementation of the United Nations "Protect, Respect and Remedy" Framework, which provides a global standard for upholding human rights in relation to business activities that are connected with Israeli settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem;
(3). Requests the Working Group on the issue of human rights and transnational corporations and other business enterprises, including in consultation with relevant special procedures mandate holders, to fulfil its mandate accordingly