Recommendations 1. Adopt and support rights-based durable solutions as a long-term strategy: Members of the international community, states, UN bodies and agencies and civil society organizations should support and facilitate durable solutions for the Palestinian people, especially refugees and IDPs, consistent with international law, relevant UN resolutions (UNGA 194(III) and UNSC 237) and best practice. Such a framework requires: · · · · · Recognizing the urgent need to dismantle the Israeli colonial-apartheid regime through addressing the root causes of the ongoing forcible displacement and continued denial of the rights to self-determination and reparations of the Palestinian people by Israel; 74 years after the commencement of the Nakba, the international community, including civil society and relevant influencers, continue to bear the duty of promoting awareness of – and effective responses to – Israel’s system of displacement and transfer, colonialism, and apartheid; a system which actively prevents Palestinian self-determination and provides the ideological foundation upon which Israel’s strategy of maximum land with minimum Palestinians is based; Reaffirming and implementing the fundamental rights of refugees and IDPs to repatriation to their homes, land and property restitution, compensation for all losses and damages sustained and guarantees of non-repetition; Developing mechanisms and taking effective measures to bring Israel into compliance with international law; including pursuing responsibility and accountability for injuries, loss of life and property through independent investigatory processes, in turn ensuring reparations to victims and prosecution of perpetrators of serious international human rights and humanitarian law violations; Taking all measures available within international law, including severance of diplomatic relations, as well as economic, military and cultural and sports sanctions to hold Israel accountable for its policies and practices of colonization and apartheid. Utilizing all available legal mechanisms that obligate third states to refrain from supporting and/or investing in infrastructure and services that reinforce Israel’s colonial-apartheid strategy and to cut all investment ties with the Israeli government and companies as well as international companies involved in the Israeli colonialapartheid regime, not limited to those listed on the UN database of business enterprises involved in activities relating to settlements (colonies) in the oPt. 2. Ensure effective protection of Palestinian refugees, IDPs and those at risk of forced displacement in Palestine and host countries: Implementation of international protection standards for Palestinian refugees and IDPs requires: · Clarifying the mandates of agencies and bodies responsible for developing and xix