"I am satisfied that there is a reasonable basis to proceed with an investigation into the situation in Palestine, pursuant to article 53(1) of the Statute. In brief, I am satisfied that (i) war crimes have been or are being committed in the West Bank, including East Jerusalem, and the Gaza Strip (“Gaza”); (ii) potential...Read More

Demands that Israel cease all of its settlement activities, the construction of the wall and other measures aimed at altering the character, status and demographic composition.Read More

Condemning settlement activities by Israel, the occupying Power, in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and the occupied Syrian GolanRead More

Expresses grave concern as a result of unlawful Israeli practices and measures, and calls for the immediate cessation of all illegal Israeli settlement activities and the construction of the wall, the lifting of the blockade of the Gaza Strip, as well as the complete cessation of the excessive and indiscriminate use of force and military operationsRead More

"[T]he Committee draws the State party’s attention to its general recommendation 19 (1995) concerning the prevention, prohibition and eradication of all policies and practices of racial segregation and apartheid, and urges the State party to give full effect to article 3 of the Convention to eradicate all forms of segregation between Jewish and non-Jewish communities...Read More

Israel’s continued occupation of Palestinian territory, as well as the efforts that Israel goes to to impose second-class citizen status on Palestinian citizens and inhabitants of the occupied West Bank prompted the "First Global Conference on Israeli Apartheid" to take place in Istanbul, Turkey, last weekend. Inaugurating the conference, President of the Union of Non-Governmental...Read More

Professors Virginia Tilley and Richard Falk speak at the First Global Conference on Israeli Apartheid: Dimensions, Repercussions, and Means to Combat it, Istanbul, Turkey, Nov. 29, 2019. (Videos of the speeches are below.) Analyses by Professors Richard Falk and Virginia Tilley confirm that Israel is perpetrating ‘apartheid,’ a system of racism and discrimination that under international...Read More

Israel’s continued occupation of Palestinian territory, as well as the efforts that Israel goes to to impose second-class citizen status on Palestinian citizens and inhabitants of the occupied West Bank prompted the "First Global Conference on Israeli Apartheid" to take place in Istanbul, Turkey, last weekend. Inaugurating the conference, President of the Union of Non-Governmental...Read More

Mats Svensson Master’s degree in Social Sciences.Development worker for the Swedish Government since 1988.Worked with various NGOs and consultants assisting countries like Congo-Brazzaville, Bangladesh, Ethiopia, Eritrea, Zambia and Palestine.Author of two books "Crimes, Victims and Witnesses – Apartheid in Palestine" and "Aparthgeid is a Crime – Portraits of Israeli Occupation".Held a number of photo exhibitions...Read More