Tag Archive for 'Palestine'
March 8th, 2013 by Raphaelle Rafin
The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) published a report yesterday on the detention conditions of Palestinian children in Israel and outlined practical measures that could improve the treatment of minors in the Israeli military detention system. The report entitled Children in Israeli Military Detention: Observations and Recommendations is the result of a ten-year compilation of [...]
February 9th, 2013 by Julien Maton
by Daniel Robinson* The United Nations (“UN”) Human Rights Council has issued a report warning Israel to cease settlement activity in the West Bank or potentially face legal action at the International Criminal Court (“ICC”). The report, released on 31 January 2013, states that Israel is in violation of international law and calls for both [...]
November 30th, 2012 by Raphaelle Rafin
Yesterday, the U.N. General Assembly approved the de facto recognition of a sovereign Palestinian. The General Assembly was called on the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People to vote on a bid by Palestinians for Non-Member Observer State status. There were 138 votes in favor, nine against and 41 abstentions, including Israel and [...]
November 18th, 2012 by Dina Mahmoud
source: http://truthaholics.wordpress.com/ The Palestinian News & Information agency has announced that the Arab League has demanded the provision of international protection for the Palestinian people, their leaders, land, and destiny; holding the international community fully responsible for the maintenance of international peace and security. At the Council of the Arab League’s extraordinary session at the ministerial level concerning [...]
August 28th, 2012 by Julien Maton
This Tuesday, French prosecutors have agreed to begin a murder inquiry into the death of Yasser Arafat. The inquiry stems from an Al-Jazeera TV documentary broadcast early in July, in which the channel commissioned Lausanne University’s Institute of Radiation Physics to analyse Arafat’s belongings. The scientists told the channel that they had found “significant” traces of [...]
April 3rd, 2012 by Julien Maton
The jurisdiction of the International Criminal Court is not based on the principle of universal jurisdiction. It requires that the United Nations Security Council (article 13(b)) or a “State” (article 12) provide jurisdiction. A “State” can confer jurisdiction to the Court by becoming a Party to the Rome Statute (article 12(1)) or by making an ad [...]
March 23rd, 2012 by Anna Bonini
On 22 March 2012, the Human Rights Council adopted a Resolution opening its first investigation into Israel’s settlements in the occupied territories. An independent international fact-finding mission will be dispatched to investigate the implications of the settlements on the civil, political, economic, social and cultural rights of the Palestinian people throughout the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including [...]
March 1st, 2012 by Dina Mahmoud
On 28 February 2012, the Doha Declaration was issued by the International Conference on Jerusalem, as a result of a conference hosted by Qatar on 26-27 February 2012 on request of the Arab League. The Declaration states that the forced displacement of the people of Jerusalem is a breach of international law and international humanitarian [...]
