The Palestinian Foreign Ministry welcomes the adoption by the Human Rights Council of a resolution on accountability

The Palestinian Ministry of Foreign Affairs welcomed the adoption by the Human Rights Council, in its 52nd regular session, in its session today, of Palestine’s first decisions before the Human Rights Council and under the second item of its agenda, under the title of the human rights situation in the occupied Palestinian territory, including East Jerusalem, and the necessity of ensuring accountability and justice. . The ministry stated, in a statement, that the countries that voted in favor of the draft resolution submitted by Palestine reflect the principled position of these countries regarding the importance of questioning the colonial system, the Israeli apartheid, noting that 38 countries voted in favor of the resolution. The Palestinian Foreign Ministry expressed that the international consensus and positive vote on Palestine’s decisions at this particular time constitutes a form of rejection of Israeli practices and crimes. Voting also constitutes a deterrent mechanism for the occupation, protection for the Palestinian people, and preserving their rights until their realization, leading to the end of the Israeli colonial occupation and its regime. racist. And she stressed that these votes must be translated into steps for states to express their commitment to shouldering their responsibilities in ensuring accountability for criminals, perpetrators of war crimes and crimes against humanity against the Palestinian people, and for justice to be served. She affirmed that she will work hard to transform these decisions into effective steps by the countries of the international community to put them into practice, to deter and hold Israel accountable, work to protect the Palestinian people, ensure the application and respect of international law in the land of the State of Palestine and impose the foundations for ending colonialism and dismantling Israeli apartheid. She called on the international community and its institutions to work on holding Israel accountable and holding Israeli war criminals to account, and stressed that the policy of double standards and selectivity in implementing the rules of international law will undermine the law-based international order, and that Palestinian diplomacy will not allow prejudice to the rights of the Palestinian people, especially their rights to self-determination and independence. And return.