The 1949 Fourth Geneva Convention, commonly said to prohibit Israeli settlements, does no such thing.

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Lord Warner said it represented "collective punishment" of Gaza's citizens and was in "direct violation" of article 33 of the fourth Geneva Convention.

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The settlements violate the Fourth Geneva Convention, which prevents an occupying power from transferring its own population into occupied territory, the report states.

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It also said Israel must comply with the Fourth Geneva Convention, which states that occupying powers shouldn't transfer parts of its civilian population into territory it occupies.

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The Mission also recommended that the Assembly ask the Swiss Government to convene a conference of the high contracting parties to the Fourth Geneva Convention of 1949 on measures to enforce the Convention in the Occupied Palestinian Territory and ensure its respect in accordance with its article 1.

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