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Al-Haq Condemns United States Recognition of Jerusalem, in the occupied State of Palestine, as Israel’s Capital
When Israel annexed East Jerusalem in 1967, Security Council Resolution 267 warned “all legislative and administrative measures and actions taken by Israel which purport to alter the status of Jerus...
Joint NGO Statement in Support of the UN Human Rights Database on Business Activities related to Settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territory
The Database as mandated by Human Rights Council (HRC) resolution A/HRC/RES/31/36 can be a successful implementing mechanism to further compliance by duty-bearers, businesses and states, with their...
Les organisations des droits humains palestiniennes présentent des preuves à la Procureure de la Cour pénale internationale sur des crimes commis en Cisjordanie
Le directeur d'Al-Haq, M. Shawan Jabarin, qui, avec l'avocate des droits de l'homme Mme Nada Kiswanson, a soumis la communication, a déclaré : «cette communication de 700 pages fournit une base conv...
Palestinian Human Rights Organisations Submit Evidence to the ICC Prosecutor on Crimes Committed in West Bank
The director of Al-Haq, Mr. Shawan Jabarin, who together with human rights lawyer Mrs. Nada Kiswanson submitted the communication, stated that ‘this 700-page communication provides a compelling and...
FIDH supports the right to participate in and call for Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions
In 2005, Palestinian civil society called on individuals and civil society organizations to apply BDS measures until Israel met its international law obligations. Given the lack of political will to...
A Note on the Paris Agreement and Environmental Justice in Palestine
The Paris Agreement is the first-ever universal, legally binding global climate deal that aims at “strengthening the global response to the threat of climate change, in the context of sustainable de...
Al-Haq’s Oral Statement at the 30th Session of the Human Rights Council
The statement addressed the excessive use force by Israeli Occupying Forces in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including Occupied East Jerusalem, and called on member states to reconsider their...
International Human Rights Day…. Palestinian People’s Suffering Continues
The Universal Day of Human Rights comes this year while the human rights situation in the occupied Palestinian territory (oPt) is continuously deteriorating, and the principles of the Universal Decl...
Water For One People Only: Discriminatory Access and ‘Water-Apartheid’ in the OPT
For many years, the Palestinian population of the West Bank, including East Jerusalem, and the Gaza Strip, has suffered from a shortage of clean, safe water. However, despite alarming predictions of i...
Water For One People Only: Discriminatory Access and ‘Water-Apartheid’ in the Occupied Palestinian Territory
Factsheet No. 5: Colonialism and ‘Water-Apartheid’ in the OPT
Stark insight into Palestinian lives
“I believe Palestine has a right to exist and I have a problem with Israel’s abuse of human rights and violation of international laws,” he said.
Mr Wootten told the audience&nb...