The Attorney General’s decision maintained the absolute immunity granted by Mahash to the police officers implicated in the lethal shootings of 13 Arab citizens of Israel in October 2000. By endorsing Mahash’s decision and notwithstanding its grave failings, the Attorney General establishes low and inappropriate standards for the authorities’ duty to investigate and indict those...Read More
"This short paper provides a list of 20 main new laws and currently-tabled bills that discriminate against the Palestinian minority in Israel and threaten their rights as citizens of the state, and in some cases harm the rights of Palestinian residents of the OPT. While this paper does not cover the entire body of discriminatory and/or...Read More
This resolution regretted non-cooperation by Israel with the fact-finding mission, endorsed the conclusions in the mission’s report and decided to follow-up at its 16th session (28 February-25 March 2011).Read More
This resolution contained the decision to establish a committee to monitor and assess Israeli and Palestinian investigations into violations of international humanitarian and human rights law in follow-up to the Goldstone Report.Read More
This resolution requested the Secretary-General to submit a further follow-up report to the Goldstone Report, within five months, with a view to consider further action, including by the Security Council.Read More
"From the facts available to it, the Mission believes that in the movement and access policy there has been a violation of the right not to be discriminated against on the basis of race or national origin The Mission is concerned about the steps taken recently to formalize the separation of Gaza from the West...Read More