The Palestinian Human Rights Organisations Council (PHROC) calls on all third States and the State of Palestine to carry out thorough risk assessments before funding or facilitating the development of Master Plans in Area C that require prior Israeli approval. By basing the development of these Master Plans on Israeli Civil Administration (ICA) approval, donors are implicitly recognising Israel’s unlawful planning regime in Area C and risk furthering the associated violations of international law, including the construction and expansion of settlements, the destruction of Palestinian property, the forcible transfer of Palestinian residents, the violation of various human rights obligations and the acquisition of territory through the use of force. 

Ahead of the submission of a United Nations Security Council resolution on ending the occupation, the Palestinian Human Rights Organization Council (PHROC) urges the Palestinian leadership to ensure that any proposed resolution is in conformity with international legal standards and will not permit the circumvention of international law in a political settlement .

On Monday 1 December, Al-Haq will participate in the third annual United Nations (UN) Forum on Business and Human Rights entitled “Advancing Business and Human Rights Globally: Alignment, Adherence and Accountability”. Al-Haq is participating in the forum for a second year. In 2013, Al-Haq attended the Second Annual Business and Human Rights Forum, presenting on Israel’s exploitation of water resources in occupied Palestine.

On Wednesday 25 November, Al-Haq delivered an oral statement at the UN 7^th Session of the Forum on Minority Issues entitled “Preventing and addressing violence and atrocity crimes targeted against minorities”. 

At the session, Al-Haq highlighted ongoing Israeli violations of international law affecting Palestinian Bedouins, a Palestinian minority community residing within in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, particularly in Area C. Al-Haq expressed its grave concern at the ongoing forcible displacement of families within the Bedouin community and the imminent risk of such displacement due to the Israeli discriminatory practices against them, which includes arbitrary house demotions and land expropriation. In this regard, Al-Haq urged the international community to halt any Israeli attempts to forcibly transfer the Bedouin community in Area C and stressed on the right of the Palestinians to self-determination and exercise of sovereignty over their land and natural resources.