The HRC just adopted Res. L.4 titled Human rights in the occupied Syrian Golan with a majority vote of 26 yes, 5 no and 16 abstention.

The resolution expressed deep concern at the suffering of the Syrian citizens in the occupied Syrian Golan due to the systematic and continuous violation of their fundamental and human rights by Israel since the Israeli military occupation of 1967, And deplores the announcement by the Israeli occupying authorities in July 2017 that municipal elections would be held on 30 October 2018 in the four villages in the occupied Syrian Golan, which constitutes another violation to international humanitarian law and to relevant Security Council resolutions, in particular resolution 497 (1981), calls upon Israel, the occupying Power, to comply with the relevant resolutions of the General Assembly, the Security Council and the Human Rights Council, in particular Security Council resolution 497 (1981), in which the Council decided, inter alia, that the decision of Israel to impose its laws, jurisdiction and administration on the occupied Syrian Golan was null and void and without international legal effect, and demanded that Israel rescind forthwith its decision. Of course UK voted no on this resolution as expected. Ironic how UK picks and chooses human rights causes as it fits its own political agenda.

Please find attached of the resolution

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