  {"id":187895,"date":"2013-10-21T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-03-11T22:19:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/?p=187895"},"modified":"2020-01-23T16:40:11","modified_gmt":"2020-01-23T21:40:11","slug":"auto-insert-187895","status":"publish","type":"document","link":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/document\/auto-insert-187895\/","title":{"rendered":"Universal Periodic Review: Israel &#8211; Human Rights Council &#8211; Compilation of information prepared by OHCHR and UNHCR"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div style=\"color: #000000; text-align: left; font-size: 14pt; font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\"><strong>Compilation prepared by the Office of the High Commissioner for<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"color: #000000; text-align: left; font-size: 14pt; font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\"><strong>Human Rights in accordance with paragraph 5 of the annex to<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 14pt; font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><strong>Human Rights Council resolution 16\/21<\/strong><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"color: #000000; text-align: left; font-size: 14pt; font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\"><strong>\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 14pt; font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><strong>\u00a0Israel<\/strong><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\">\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\">*<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div style=\"color: #000000; text-align: left; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\"><strong>Note by the Secretariat<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<table style=\"text-align: left; margin-left: initial; margin-right: auto;\" width=\"1140px\" cellspacing=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"border: 1px solid #000000;\" valign=\"top\" width=\"1140\">\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\">\u00a0The present document updates information contained the Compilation on Israel prepared by the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights in accordance with paragraph 5 of the annex to the Human Rights Council resolution 16\/21 (A\/HRC\/WG.6\/15\/ISR\/2).<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\">\u00a0It has been prepared taking into consideration paragraph 6 of the report of the President of the Human Rights Council (A\/HRC\/23\/CRP.1), submitted in accordance with Council decision OM\/7\/1 of 29 January 2013, in which the President encourages Israel, the State under Review, to participate in its review at the 17th session of the Working Group of the UPR of October\/November 2013, scheduled on Tuesday, 29 October 2013.<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\">Updated information for the UPR of Israel has also been submitted by the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR). The full text of the UNHCR submission received, as well as the Report of the Special Rapporteur on adequate housing (<\/span><a style=\"color: #0000ff; text-align: justify; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\" href=\"https:\/\/unispal.un.org\/pdfs\/4262726D944D412885257AF50052BC95.pdf\">A\/HRC\/22\/46\/Add.1<\/a><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\">) and the Concluding observations on the second to fourth periodic reports of Israel adopted by the Committee on the Rights of the Child (<\/span><a style=\"color: #0000ff; text-align: justify; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\" href=\"https:\/\/unispal.un.org\/pdfs\/462F6CD01D9E31E485257B90004850D3.pdf\">CRC\/C\/ISR\/CO \/2-4<\/a><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\">) are available on the OHCHR website.<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\">\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 14pt; font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><strong>I.\u00a0\u00a0Background and framework<\/strong><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><strong>A.\u00a0\u00a0Scope of international obligations<\/strong><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\">\u00a0<\/span><a style=\"color: #000000; text-align: left; font-size: 6pt; font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\" href=\"http:\/\/#bmk1\"><sup>1<\/sup><\/a><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 6pt; font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><sup>\u00a0<\/sup><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: left; margin-left: 60px;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><strong>International human rights treaties<\/strong><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\">\u00a0<\/span><a style=\"color: #000000; text-align: left; font-size: 4pt; font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\" href=\"http:\/\/#bmk2\"><sup>2<\/sup><\/a><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 4pt; font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><sup>\u00a0<\/sup><\/span><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<table style=\"text-align: left; margin-left: initial; margin-right: auto;\" width=\"1030px\" cellspacing=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"color: #000000; text-align: left; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Times New Roman, serif; border-color: #000000; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 0px 2px 0px;\" valign=\"top\" width=\"195\">\n<p style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\">\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: left; border-color: #000000; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 0px 2px 0px;\" valign=\"top\" width=\"310\">\n<p style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 8pt; font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><i>Status during previous cycle<\/i><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: left; border-color: #000000; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 0px 2px 0px;\" valign=\"top\" width=\"301\">\n<p style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 8pt; font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><i>Action after review<\/i><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: left; border-color: #000000; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 0px 2px 0px;\" valign=\"top\" width=\"224\">\n<p style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 8pt; font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><i>Not ratified\/not accepted<\/i><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: left; border-color: #000000; border-style: solid; border-width: 2px 0px 0px 0px;\" valign=\"top\" width=\"195\">\n<p style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><i>Ratification, accession or succession<\/i><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: left; border-color: #000000; border-style: solid; border-width: 2px 0px 0px 0px;\" valign=\"top\" width=\"310\">\n<p style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\">ICERD (1979)<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\">ICESCR (1991)<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\">ICCPR (1991)<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\">CEDAW (1991)<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\">CAT (1991)<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\">CRC (1991)<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\">OP-CRC-AC (2005)<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\">OP-CRC-SC (2008)<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: left; border-color: #000000; border-style: solid; border-width: 2px 0px 0px 0px;\" valign=\"top\" width=\"301\">\n<p style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\">CRPD (2012)<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: left; border-color: #000000; border-style: solid; border-width: 2px 0px 0px 0px;\" valign=\"top\" width=\"224\">\n<p style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\">ICCPR-OP 2<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\">OP-CAT<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\">ICRMW<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\">CPED<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: left; border: 0px solid #000000;\" valign=\"top\" width=\"195\">\n<p style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><i>Reservations, declarations and\/or understandings<\/i><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: left; border: 0px solid #000000;\" valign=\"top\" width=\"310\">\n<p style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\">ICERD<br \/>\n(Reservation, art. 22, 1979)<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\">ICCPR<br \/>\n(Reservation, art. 23, 1991)<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\">CEDAW<br \/>\n(Reservations, arts. 7(b)<br \/>\nand 16\/<br \/>\nDeclaration, art. 29, para. 1, 1991)<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\">CAT<br \/>\n(Reservations, arts. 20 and 30, para. 1, 1991)<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: left; border: 0px solid #000000;\" valign=\"top\" width=\"301\">\n<p style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\">CRPD (Reservation, art. 23(1)(a), 2012)<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"color: #000000; text-align: left; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Times New Roman, serif; border: 0px solid #000000;\" valign=\"top\" width=\"224\">\n<p style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\">\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: left; border-color: #000000; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px 0px 2px 0px;\" valign=\"top\" width=\"195\">\n<p style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><i>Complaint procedures, inquiry and urgent action<\/i><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\">\u00a0<\/span><a style=\"color: #000000; text-align: left; font-size: 4pt; font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\" href=\"http:\/\/#bmk3\"><sup>3<\/sup><\/a><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 4pt; font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><sup>\u00a0<\/sup><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"color: #000000; text-align: left; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Times New Roman, serif; border-color: #000000; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px 0px 2px 0px;\" valign=\"top\" width=\"310\">\n<p style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\">\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"color: #000000; text-align: left; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Times New Roman, serif; border-color: #000000; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px 0px 2px 0px;\" valign=\"top\" width=\"301\">\n<p style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\">\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: left; border-color: #000000; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px 0px 2px 0px;\" valign=\"top\" width=\"224\">\n<p style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\">ICERD, art. 14<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\">OP-ICESCR<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\">ICCPR, art. 41<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\">ICCPR-OP 1<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\">OP-CEDAW<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\">CAT,<br \/>\narts. 20, 21 and 22<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\">OP-CRC-IC<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\">ICRMW<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\">OP-CRPD<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\">CPED<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div style=\"color: #000000; text-align: left; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\"><strong>B.\u00a0\u00a0Institutional and human rights infrastructure and policy measures<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\">1.\u00a0\u00a0In 2013, the Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC) recommended that Israel establish an Ombudsperson for children in accordance with the Paris Principles.<\/span><a style=\"color: #000000; text-align: left; font-size: 7pt; font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\" href=\"http:\/\/#bmk4\"><sup>4<\/sup><\/a><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 7pt; font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><sup>\u00a0<\/sup><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\">2.\u00a0\u00a0CRC encouraged the preparation of a comprehensive policy on children and to define budgetary lines for disadvantaged or vulnerable children.<\/span><a style=\"color: #000000; text-align: left; font-size: 7pt; font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\" href=\"http:\/\/#bmk5\"><sup>5<\/sup><\/a><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 7pt; font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><sup>\u00a0<\/sup><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div style=\"color: #000000; text-align: left; font-size: 14pt; font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\"><strong>\u00a0II.\u00a0\u00a0Cooperation with human rights mechanisms <\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><br \/>\n3.\u00a0\u00a0In 2010, the Human Rights Council held an urgent debate on the raid on the flotilla by Israeli Defense Forces.<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\">\u00a0<\/span><a style=\"color: #000000; text-align: justify; font-size: 4pt; font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\" href=\"http:\/\/#bmk6\"><sup>6<\/sup><\/a><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 4pt; font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><sup>\u00a0<\/sup><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\">The High Commissioner for Human Rights observed that the main conclusions of the fact-finding mission had yet to be met with effective action by the Israeli authorities, and that Israel had not cooperated with the mission.<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\">\u00a0<\/span><a style=\"color: #000000; text-align: justify; font-size: 4pt; font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\" href=\"http:\/\/#bmk7\"><sup>7<\/sup><\/a><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 4pt; font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><sup>\u00a0<\/sup><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\">The High Commissioner noted that there had neither been prosecutions nor an effective remedy for the crimes and violations noted by the fact-finding mission with regard to the incident of the humanitarian flotilla.<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\">\u00a0<\/span><a style=\"color: #000000; text-align: justify; font-size: 4pt; font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\" href=\"http:\/\/#bmk8\"><sup>8<\/sup><\/a><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 4pt; font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><sup>\u00a0<\/sup><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\">In 2013, the Human Rights Council renewed its recommendation that the General Assembly remain apprised of the matter until it is satisfied that appropriate action with regard to implementing the recommendations contained in the report of the fact-finding mission is taken at the domestic or international level.<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\">\u00a0<\/span><a style=\"color: #000000; text-align: justify; font-size: 4pt; font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\" href=\"http:\/\/#bmk9\"><sup>9<\/sup><\/a><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 4pt; font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><sup>\u00a0<\/sup><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\">4.\u00a0\u00a0On 14 May 2012, Israel informed the Human Rights Council President that it had decided to suspend its relationship with the Council.<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\">\u00a0<\/span><a style=\"color: #000000; text-align: justify; font-size: 4pt; font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\" href=\"http:\/\/#bmk10\"><sup>10<\/sup><\/a><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 4pt; font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><sup>\u00a0<\/sup><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\">The Special Committee to Investigate Israeli Practices Affecting the Human Rights of the Palestinian People and Other Arabs of the Occupied Territories, has noted the continuing non-cooperation of Israel with its mandate.<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\">\u00a0<\/span><a style=\"color: #000000; text-align: justify; font-size: 4pt; font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\" href=\"http:\/\/#bmk11\"><sup>11<\/sup><\/a><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 4pt; font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><sup>\u00a0<\/sup><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><strong>\u00a0A.\u00a0\u00a0Cooperation with treaty bodies<\/strong><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\">\u00a0<\/span><a style=\"color: #000000; text-align: left; font-size: 6pt; font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\" href=\"http:\/\/#bmk12\"><strong><sup>12<\/sup><\/strong><\/a><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 6pt; font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><strong><sup>\u00a0<\/sup><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: left; margin-left: 60px;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><strong>\u00a01.\u00a0\u00a0Reporting status<\/strong><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<table style=\"text-align: left; margin-left: initial; margin-right: auto;\" width=\"1000px\" cellspacing=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: left; border-color: #000000; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 0px 2px 0px;\" valign=\"top\" width=\"139\">\n<p style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 8pt; font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><i>Treaty body<\/i><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: left; border-color: #000000; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 0px 2px 0px;\" valign=\"top\" width=\"149\">\n<p style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 8pt; font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><i>Concluding observations included in previous review<\/i><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: left; border-color: #000000; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 0px 2px 0px;\" valign=\"top\" width=\"234\">\n<p style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 8pt; font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><i>Latest report submitted since previous review<\/i><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: left; border-color: #000000; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 0px 2px 0px;\" valign=\"top\" width=\"244\">\n<p style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 8pt; font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><i>Latest concluding observations<\/i><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: left; border-color: #000000; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 0px 2px 0px;\" valign=\"top\" width=\"234\">\n<p style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 8pt; font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><i>Reporting status<\/i><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: left; border-color: #000000; border-style: solid; border-width: 2px 0px 0px 0px;\" valign=\"top\" width=\"139\">\n<p style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\">CERD<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: left; border-color: #000000; border-style: solid; border-width: 2px 0px 0px 0px;\" valign=\"top\" width=\"149\">\n<p style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\">March 2007<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: left; border-color: #000000; border-style: solid; border-width: 2px 0px 0px 0px;\" valign=\"top\" width=\"234\">\n<p style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\">2010<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: left; border-color: #000000; border-style: solid; border-width: 2px 0px 0px 0px;\" valign=\"top\" width=\"244\">\n<p style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\">February 2012<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: left; border-color: #000000; border-style: solid; border-width: 2px 0px 0px 0px;\" valign=\"top\" width=\"234\">\n<p style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\">Seventeenth to nineteenth reports due in 2016<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: left; border: 0px solid #000000;\" valign=\"top\" width=\"139\">\n<p style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\">CESCR<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: left; border: 0px solid #000000;\" valign=\"top\" width=\"149\">\n<p style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\">May 2003<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: left; border: 0px solid #000000;\" valign=\"top\" width=\"234\">\n<p style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\">2009<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: left; border: 0px solid #000000;\" valign=\"top\" width=\"244\">\n<p style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\">December 2011<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: left; border: 0px solid #000000;\" valign=\"top\" width=\"234\">\n<p style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\">Fourth report due in 2016<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: left; border: 0px solid #000000;\" valign=\"top\" width=\"139\">\n<p style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\">HR Committee<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: left; border: 0px solid #000000;\" valign=\"top\" width=\"149\">\n<p style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\">August 2003<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: left; border: 0px solid #000000;\" valign=\"top\" width=\"234\">\n<p style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\">2008\/2013<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: left; border: 0px solid #000000;\" valign=\"top\" width=\"244\">\n<p style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\">July 2010<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: left; border: 0px solid #000000;\" valign=\"top\" width=\"234\">\n<p style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\">Fourth report pending consideration<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: left; border: 0px solid #000000;\" valign=\"top\" width=\"139\">\n<p style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\">CEDAW<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: left; border: 0px solid #000000;\" valign=\"top\" width=\"149\">\n<p style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\">July 2005<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: left; border: 0px solid #000000;\" valign=\"top\" width=\"234\">\n<p style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\">2009<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: left; border: 0px solid #000000;\" valign=\"top\" width=\"244\">\n<p style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\">January 2011<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: left; border: 0px solid #000000;\" valign=\"top\" width=\"234\">\n<p style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\">Sixth report due in 2015<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: left; border: 0px solid #000000;\" valign=\"top\" width=\"139\">\n<p style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\">CAT<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: left; border: 0px solid #000000;\" valign=\"top\" width=\"149\">\n<p style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\">November 2001<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: left; border: 0px solid #000000;\" valign=\"top\" width=\"234\">\n<p style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\">2006<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: left; border: 0px solid #000000;\" valign=\"top\" width=\"244\">\n<p style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\">May 2009<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: left; border: 0px solid #000000;\" valign=\"top\" width=\"234\">\n<p style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\">Fifth report overdue since May 2013<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: left; border: 0px solid #000000;\" valign=\"top\" width=\"139\">\n<p style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\">CRC<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: left; border: 0px solid #000000;\" valign=\"top\" width=\"149\">\n<p style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\">October 2002<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: left; border: 0px solid #000000;\" valign=\"top\" width=\"234\">\n<p style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\">2010<br \/>\n(on CRC) \/ 2012<br \/>\n(on OP-CRC-SC)<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: left; border: 0px solid #000000;\" valign=\"top\" width=\"244\">\n<p style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\">January 2010<br \/>\n(on OP-CRC-AC) \/ June 2013<br \/>\n(on CRC<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\">\u00a0<\/span><a style=\"color: #000000; text-align: left; font-size: 4pt; font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\" href=\"http:\/\/#bmk13\"><sup>13<\/sup><\/a><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 4pt; font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><sup>\u00a0<\/sup><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\">)<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: left; border: 0px solid #000000;\" valign=\"top\" width=\"234\">\n<p style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\">Fifth and sixth reports due in 2018. Initial OP-CRC-SC report pending consideration in 2015<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: left; border-color: #000000; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px 0px 2px 0px;\" valign=\"top\" width=\"139\">\n<p style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\">CRPD<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: left; border-color: #000000; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px 0px 2px 0px;\" valign=\"top\" width=\"149\">\n<p style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\">&#8212;<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: left; border-color: #000000; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px 0px 2px 0px;\" valign=\"top\" width=\"234\">\n<p style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\">&#8212;<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: left; border-color: #000000; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px 0px 2px 0px;\" valign=\"top\" width=\"244\">\n<p style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\">&#8212;<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: left; border-color: #000000; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px 0px 2px 0px;\" valign=\"top\" width=\"234\">\n<p style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\">Initial report due in 2014<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: left; margin-left: 60px;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><strong>\u00a02.\u00a0\u00a0Responses to specific follow-up requests by treaty bodies<\/strong><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<table style=\"text-align: left; margin-left: initial; margin-right: auto;\" width=\"565px\" cellspacing=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: left; border-color: #000000; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px 0px 1px 0px;\" valign=\"top\" width=\"565\">\n<div style=\"margin-left: 60px;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><strong>Concluding observations<\/strong><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<table style=\"text-align: left; margin-left: initial; margin-right: auto;\" width=\"1011px\" cellspacing=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: left; border-color: #000000; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 0px 2px 0px;\" valign=\"top\" width=\"139\">\n<p style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 8pt; font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><i>Treaty body<\/i><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: left; border-color: #000000; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 0px 2px 0px;\" valign=\"top\" width=\"149\">\n<p style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 8pt; font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><i>Due in<\/i><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: left; border-color: #000000; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 0px 2px 0px;\" valign=\"top\" width=\"433\">\n<p style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 8pt; font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><i>Subject matter<\/i><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: left; border-color: #000000; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 0px 2px 0px;\" valign=\"top\" width=\"290\">\n<div style=\"margin-left: 20px;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 8pt; font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><i>Submitted in<\/i><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: left; border-color: #000000; border-style: solid; border-width: 2px 0px 0px 0px;\" valign=\"top\" width=\"139\">\n<p style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\">HR Committee<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: left; border-color: #000000; border-style: solid; border-width: 2px 0px 0px 0px;\" valign=\"top\" width=\"149\">\n<p style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\">2011<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: left; border-color: #000000; border-style: solid; border-width: 2px 0px 0px 0px;\" valign=\"top\" width=\"433\">\n<p style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\">Military blockade of the Gaza Strip; legislation on the crime of torture; juvenile justice system under Israeli legislation and under military orders in the West Bank; Bedouin population\u2019s right to their ancestral land and traditional livelihood.<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\">\u00a0<\/span><a style=\"color: #000000; text-align: left; font-size: 4pt; font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\" href=\"http:\/\/#bmk14\"><sup>14<\/sup><\/a><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 4pt; font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><sup>\u00a0<\/sup><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: left; border-color: #000000; border-style: solid; border-width: 2px 0px 0px 0px;\" valign=\"top\" width=\"290\">\n<div style=\"margin-left: 20px;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\">2011.<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\">\u00a0<\/span><a style=\"color: #000000; text-align: left; font-size: 4pt; font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\" href=\"http:\/\/#bmk15\"><sup>15<\/sup><\/a><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 4pt; font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><sup>\u00a0<\/sup><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\">Further information requested.<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\">\u00a0<\/span><a style=\"color: #000000; text-align: left; font-size: 4pt; font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\" href=\"http:\/\/#bmk16\"><sup>16<\/sup><\/a><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 4pt; font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><sup>\u00a0<\/sup><\/span><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: left; border: 0px solid #000000;\" valign=\"top\" width=\"139\">\n<p style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\">CAT<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: left; border: 0px solid #000000;\" valign=\"top\" width=\"149\">\n<p style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\">2010<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: left; border: 0px solid #000000;\" valign=\"top\" width=\"433\">\n<p style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\">Basic safeguards for detainees; allegations of torture and ill-treatment by Israeli interrogators; complaints and need for independent investigations; summary deportations; house demolitions.<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\">\u00a0<\/span><a style=\"color: #000000; text-align: left; font-size: 4pt; font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\" href=\"http:\/\/#bmk17\"><sup>17<\/sup><\/a><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 4pt; font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><sup>\u00a0<\/sup><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: left; border: 0px solid #000000;\" valign=\"top\" width=\"290\">\n<div style=\"margin-left: 20px;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\">2010.<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\">\u00a0<\/span><a style=\"color: #000000; text-align: left; font-size: 4pt; font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\" href=\"http:\/\/#bmk18\"><sup>18<\/sup><\/a><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 4pt; font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><sup>\u00a0<\/sup><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\">Further information requested.<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\">\u00a0<\/span><a style=\"color: #000000; text-align: left; font-size: 4pt; font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\" href=\"http:\/\/#bmk19\"><sup>19<\/sup><\/a><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 4pt; font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><sup>\u00a0<\/sup><\/span><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: left; border: 0px solid #000000;\" valign=\"top\" width=\"139\">\n<p style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\">CEDAW<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: left; border: 0px solid #000000;\" valign=\"top\" width=\"149\">\n<p style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\">2013<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: left; border: 0px solid #000000;\" valign=\"top\" width=\"433\">\n<p style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\">Violence against Palestinian women and girls from both State (Israeli soldiers) and non-State (inter alia settlers) actors; <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 10pt; font-family: SimSun;\">civil marriage and divorce.<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\">\u00a0<\/span><a style=\"color: #000000; text-align: left; font-size: 4pt; font-family: SimSun;\" href=\"http:\/\/#bmk20\"><sup>20<\/sup><\/a><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 4pt; font-family: SimSun;\"><sup>\u00a0<\/sup><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: left; border: 0px solid #000000;\" valign=\"top\" width=\"290\">\n<div style=\"margin-left: 20px;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\">2013.<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\">\u00a0<\/span><a style=\"color: #000000; text-align: left; font-size: 4pt; font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\" href=\"http:\/\/#bmk21\"><sup>21<\/sup><\/a><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 4pt; font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><sup>\u00a0<\/sup><\/span><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: left; border-color: #000000; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px 0px 2px 0px;\" valign=\"top\" width=\"139\">\n<p style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\">CERD<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: left; border-color: #000000; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px 0px 2px 0px;\" valign=\"top\" width=\"149\">\n<p style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\">2013<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: left; border-color: #000000; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px 0px 2px 0px;\" valign=\"top\" width=\"433\">\n<p style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\">Discriminatory laws; discriminatory laws especially targeting Palestinian citizens of Israel; ratification of ICRMW.<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\">\u00a0<\/span><a style=\"color: #000000; text-align: left; font-size: 4pt; font-family: SimSun;\" href=\"http:\/\/#bmk22\"><sup>22<\/sup><\/a><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 4pt; font-family: SimSun;\"><sup>\u00a0<\/sup><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: left; border-color: #000000; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px 0px 2px 0px;\" valign=\"top\" width=\"290\">\n<p style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\">\u2013<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: left; margin-left: 60px;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><strong>\u00a0B.\u00a0\u00a0Cooperation with special procedures<\/strong><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\">\u00a0<\/span><a style=\"color: #000000; text-align: left; font-size: 4pt; font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\" href=\"http:\/\/#bmk23\"><sup>23<\/sup><\/a><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 4pt; font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><sup>\u00a0<\/sup><\/span><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<table style=\"text-align: left; margin-left: initial; margin-right: auto;\" width=\"1013px\" cellspacing=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"color: #000000; text-align: left; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Times New Roman, serif; border-color: #000000; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 0px 2px 0px;\" valign=\"top\" width=\"158\">\n<p style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\">\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: left; border-color: #000000; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 0px 2px 0px;\" valign=\"top\" width=\"461\">\n<p style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 8pt; font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><i>Status during previous cycle<\/i><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"color: #000000; text-align: left; font-size: 8pt; font-family: Times New Roman, serif; border-color: #000000; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 0px 2px 0px;\" valign=\"top\" width=\"394\">\n<p style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\"><i>Current status <\/i><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: left; border-color: #000000; border-style: solid; border-width: 2px 0px 0px 0px;\" valign=\"top\" width=\"158\">\n<p style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><i>Standing invitation<\/i><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: left; border-color: #000000; border-style: solid; border-width: 2px 0px 0px 0px;\" valign=\"top\" width=\"461\">\n<p style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\">No<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: left; border-color: #000000; border-style: solid; border-width: 2px 0px 0px 0px;\" valign=\"top\" width=\"394\">\n<div style=\"margin-left: 20px;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\">No<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: left; border: 0px solid #000000;\" valign=\"top\" width=\"158\">\n<p style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><i>Visits undertaken<\/i><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: left; border: 0px solid #000000;\" valign=\"top\" width=\"461\">\n<p style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\">Violence against women (visit to the Occupied Palestinian Territory (OPT) only, 13\u201318 June 2004)<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\">Human rights defenders (5\u201311 Oct. 2005)<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\">Summary executions; Adequate housing; Health; and Internally displaced persons (10\u201314 Sept. 2006, joint mission)<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\">Terrorism (3\u201310 July 2007)<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\">Children and armed conflict (13\u201320 April 2007)<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\">Occupied Palestinian Territories (six visits to OPT; last one in the previous period 25 Sept.\u20131 Oct 2007)<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\">Freedom of religion (20\u201327 Jan. 2008)<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: left; border: 0px solid #000000;\" valign=\"top\" width=\"394\">\n<div style=\"margin-left: 20px;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\">Adequate housing (30 January to 12 February 2012)<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\">\u00a0<\/span><a style=\"color: #000000; text-align: left; font-size: 4pt; font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\" href=\"http:\/\/#bmk24\"><sup>24<\/sup><\/a><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 4pt; font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><sup>\u00a0<\/sup><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-left: 20px;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\">Freedom of expression<br \/>\n(6\u201317 December 2011)<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\">\u00a0<\/span><a style=\"color: #000000; text-align: left; font-size: 4pt; font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\" href=\"http:\/\/#bmk25\"><sup>25<\/sup><\/a><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 4pt; font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><sup>\u00a0<\/sup><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-left: 20px;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\">Occupied Palestinian Territories* *only Gaza Strip through the Rafah Crossing from Egypt<br \/>\n(1-3 December 2012 )<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\">\u00a0<\/span><a style=\"color: #000000; text-align: left; font-size: 4pt; font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\" href=\"http:\/\/#bmk26\"><sup>26<\/sup><\/a><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 4pt; font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><sup>\u00a0<\/sup><\/span><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: left; border: 0px solid #000000;\" valign=\"top\" width=\"158\">\n<p style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><i>Visits agreed to in principle<\/i><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: left; border: 0px solid #000000;\" valign=\"top\" width=\"461\">\n<p style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\">None<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: left; border: 0px solid #000000;\" valign=\"top\" width=\"394\">\n<div style=\"margin-left: 20px;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\">None<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: left; border: 0px solid #000000;\" valign=\"top\" width=\"158\">\n<p style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><i>Visits requested<\/i><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: left; border: 0px solid #000000;\" valign=\"top\" width=\"461\">\n<p style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\">Special Rapporteur on torture, requested in 2002, follow-up request in 2007; Special Rapporteur on violence against women, requested in 2001; Special Rapporteur on adequate housing, requested in 2005<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: left; border: 0px solid #000000;\" valign=\"top\" width=\"394\">\n<div style=\"margin-left: 20px;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\">Summary executions (2009)<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-left: 20px;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\">Racism (2008)<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-left: 20px;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\">Education (2009)<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-left: 20px;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\">Violence against women (2009 and 2012)<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-left: 20px;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\">Indigenous peoples (2010)<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-left: 20px;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\">Occupied Palestinian Territories (2011 and 2012)<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<table style=\"text-align: left; margin-left: initial; margin-right: auto;\" width=\"563px\" cellspacing=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: left; border: 0px solid #000000;\" valign=\"top\" width=\"119\">\n<p style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><i>Responses to letters of allegations and urgent appeals<\/i><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: left; border: 0px solid #000000;\" valign=\"top\" width=\"444\">\n<div style=\"margin-left: 20px;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\">During the period under review, 63 communications were sent. The Government replied to 18 of these communications.<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: left; border-color: #000000; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px 0px 2px 0px;\" valign=\"top\" width=\"119\">\n<p style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><i>Follow-up reports and missions<\/i><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: left; border-color: #000000; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px 0px 2px 0px;\" valign=\"top\" width=\"444\">\n<p style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\">&#8211;<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\">5.\u00a0\u00a0In 2010, 2011, 2012 and 2013, the Human Rights Council adopted resolutions on the human rights situation in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (OPT), including East Jerusalem<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\">\u00a0. <\/span><a style=\"color: #000000; text-align: justify; font-size: 4pt; font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\" href=\"http:\/\/#bmk27\"><sup>27<\/sup><\/a><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 4pt; font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><sup>\u00a0<\/sup><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\">In 2012 and 2013, the Human Rights Council adopted resolutions on Israeli settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and in the occupied Syrian Golan. <\/span><a style=\"color: #000000; text-align: justify; font-size: 4pt; font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\" href=\"http:\/\/#bmk28\"><sup>28<\/sup><\/a><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 4pt; font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><sup>\u00a0<\/sup><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\">The Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian territories occupied since 1967 has noted the continuing non-cooperation,<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\">\u00a0<\/span><a style=\"color: #000000; text-align: justify; font-size: 4pt; font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\" href=\"http:\/\/#bmk29\"><sup>29<\/sup><\/a><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 4pt; font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><sup>\u00a0<\/sup><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\">and has reiterated his request to Israel to cooperate with his mandate.<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\">\u00a0<\/span><a style=\"color: #000000; text-align: justify; font-size: 4pt; font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\" href=\"http:\/\/#bmk30\"><sup>30<\/sup><\/a><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 4pt; font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><sup>\u00a0<\/sup><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div style=\"color: #000000; text-align: justify; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\"><strong>C.\u00a0\u00a0Cooperation with the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\">6.\u00a0\u00a0The High Commissioner visited Israel and the OPT in February 2011.<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\">\u00a0<\/span><a style=\"color: #000000; text-align: justify; font-size: 4pt; font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\" href=\"http:\/\/#bmk31\"><sup>31<\/sup><\/a><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 4pt; font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><sup>\u00a0<\/sup><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\">\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\">\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\">In May 2012, Israel suspended its relationship with OHCHR.<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\">\u00a0<\/span><a style=\"color: #000000; text-align: justify; font-size: 4pt; font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\" href=\"http:\/\/#bmk32\"><sup>32<\/sup><\/a><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 4pt; font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><sup>\u00a0<\/sup><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\">The High Commissioner submits periodic reports on the human rights situation in the Occupied Palestinian Territory to the Human Rights Council pursuant to resolutions S-9\/1 and S-12\/1.<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\">\u00a0<\/span><a style=\"color: #000000; text-align: justify; font-size: 4pt; font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\" href=\"http:\/\/#bmk33\"><sup>33<\/sup><\/a><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 4pt; font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><sup>\u00a0<\/sup><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\">In addition, OHCHR prepares various reports of the Secretary-General to the General Assembly and the Human Rights Council on the OPT, including East Jerusalem. Some of these reports also cover the occupied Syrian Golan.<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\">\u00a0<\/span><a style=\"color: #000000; text-align: justify; font-size: 4pt; font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\" href=\"http:\/\/#bmk34\"><sup>34<\/sup><\/a><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 4pt; font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><sup>\u00a0<\/sup><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\">\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\">\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\">Israel made annual contributions to OHCHR in 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011 and 2012,<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\">\u00a0<\/span><a style=\"color: #000000; text-align: justify; font-size: 4pt; font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\" href=\"http:\/\/#bmk35\"><sup>35<\/sup><\/a><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 4pt; font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><sup>\u00a0<\/sup><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\">including to the United Nations Voluntary Fund for Victims of Torture in 2008 and 2009, the Voluntary Fund for Technical Cooperation in 2012<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\">\u00a0<\/span><a style=\"color: #000000; text-align: justify; font-size: 4pt; font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\" href=\"http:\/\/#bmk36\"><sup>36<\/sup><\/a><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 4pt; font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><sup>\u00a0<\/sup><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\">and to the United Nations Voluntary Trust Fund on Contemporary Forms of Slavery annually.<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\">\u00a0<\/span><a style=\"color: #000000; text-align: justify; font-size: 4pt; font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\" href=\"http:\/\/#bmk37\"><sup>37<\/sup><\/a><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 4pt; font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><sup>\u00a0<\/sup><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div style=\"color: #000000; text-align: justify; font-size: 8pt; font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\"><i>Notes<\/i><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"color: #000000; text-align: justify; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\">\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\"><img class=\"lazyload\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%27566%27%20height%3D%27841%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%20566%20841%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%27566%27%20height%3D%27841%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-content\/uploads\/images\/63b967d8d2bf4b1f85257c0d006b995f_image0.GIF\" width=\"566px\" height=\"841px\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top: 0px; 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