in the Arab world.153 Arab states instead seek a solution whereby Palestinian refugees can return to their homes and are no longer reliant on host states for aid and services. There is also reluctance from Arab states to finance anything that resembles compensation to Palestinians for Israeli actions in 1948 and subsequently. Given Arab states are not responsible for the creation of the Palestinian refugee issue, they reject claims that they should have to pay the priceforit.154 2.4. Guarantees of non-repetition The obligation to guarantee non-repetition of an internationally wrongful act follows as a consequence of the obligation upon the state concerned to cease that act. Such an obligation usually serves a preventive function, and “may be described as a positive reinforcement of future performance.”155 As pointed out by the former Special Rapporteur for the United Nations Commission on Human Rights, “there exists a definite link between effective remedies to which the victim(s) is (are) entitled, remedies aimed at the prevention of the recurrence of similar violations, and the issue of the follow-up given by the State...”156 Guarantees of non-repetition in cases of serious violations of IHRL or IHL may include the assurance of effective civilian control of military and security forces; the application of international standards of due process, fairness and impartiality to all civilian and military proceedings; and the review and reform of laws contributing to or allowing gross/serious violations of IHRL andIHL.157 As a starting point, Israel would need to stop the ongoing displacement of Palestinians, repeal the aforementioned legislative acts such as the Law for the Prevention of Infiltration and the Absentee’s Property Law, withdraw the corresponding military orders, and enact appropriate 153 Michael R. Fischbach, “The United Nations and Palestinian Refugee Property Compensation,” Journal of Palestine Studies 31, no. 2 (2002): 34-50, available at: https://www.jstor.org/stable/pdf/10.1525/ jps.2002.31.2.34.pdf?refreqid=search%3A60022ac6ac442499c0e8762dbdde4b44 154 Rex Brynen, “Financing Palestinian Refugee Compensation,” Palestinian Refugee Research Net, available at: https://prrn.mcgill.ca/research/papers/brynen_990714.htm [accessed 10 July 2018]. 155 ILC, Draft Articles on Responsibility, supra note 34, Commentary to Article 30. 156 Study of Special Rapporteur on the Right to Restitution, supra note 44, para. 55. 157 United Nations General Assembly, Basic Principles and Guidelines on the Right to a Remedy and Reparation for Victims of Gross Violations of International Human Rights Law and Serious Violations of International Humanitarian Law, A/RES/60/147, 21 March 2006, Principle 21, available at: https:// documents-dds-ny.un.org/doc/UNDOC/GEN/N05/496/42/PDF/N0549642.pdf?OpenElement [accessed 27 Jul 2018] 53