Every year, the UN General Assembly reiterates its demand for an “immediate and complete cessation of all Israeli settlement activities.” In 2018, only six countries opposed this demand as laid down in UNGA Resolution 73/98.Read More

The Attorney General, Dr. Avichai Mandelblit’s claims that the ICC has no jurisdiction in Palestine, rely on intentional misquotation, disregard for international law and an absurd misrepresentation of reality. Contrary to the AG’s position, the ICC has jurisdiction to carry out the necessary investigation of the situation in Palestine. Dr. Avichai Mandelblit is the highest...Read More

50 former foreign ministers and leaders from across Europe speak up on the exacerbating threats of apartheid Israel through Donald Trump’s Peace to Prosperity plan for the Middle EastRead More

Merkel’s responsibility under the Apartheid Convention should be to assist in holding Israel accountable to the vast crimes it commits against the Palestinians, including those with Israeli citizens. Germany is in violation of its responsibility to obstruct investigations of the ICC.Read More

OHCHR has prepared the present report in pursuant to HRC resolution 31/36 on Israeli settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem. A database of all business enterprises involved in the Israeli settlements.   Paragraph 96 of A/HRC/22/63: "Information gathered by the mission showed that business enterprises have, directly and indirectly, enabled, facilitated and profited...Read More

The United Nations (UN) Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian Territory occupied since 1967, Michael Lynk, has warned that the recently-announced US plan "is not a recipe for a just and durable peace but rather endorses the creation of a 21st century Bantustan in the Middle East" consisting of "scattered archipelagos...Read More

"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

"[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

Noura Erakat demonstrates that international law can make a vital contribution when it is wielded by a sophisticated political movement that can “give meaning to the law and also directly challenge the structure of power that has placed Palestinians outside the law”.Read More

This was a Human Rights Council resolution condemning the use of force by Israeli occupying forces against Palestinian civilians and established an independent international commission of inquiry to investigate all alleged violations and abuses in the context of the military assaults on the large-scale civilian protests that began on 30 March 2018.Read More