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Palestinian rights group urges EU to ensure justice to the Palestinian people at the ICC RAMALLAH, Monday, March 15, 2021 (WAFA) – The Ramallah-based Palestinian human rights organization, Al-Haq, this week sent letters to the High Representative of the European Commission and European Union (EU) member states urging them to ensure justice to the Palestinian people at the International Criminal Court (ICC). The letter came following concerning statements made by various EU member states, rej...

At Least 3,364 Health Care Personnel Still Arrested/Forcibly Disappeared, 98% by the Syrian Regime Format A Year Has Passed Since the Outbreak of COVID-19 in Syria, with Thousands of Medical Personnel Among the Forcibly Disappeared Paris -- The Syrian Network for Human Rights (SNHR) reveals in a report released today that at least 3,364 health care personnel are still arrested/forcibly disappeared, 98% by the Syrian regime, adding that thousands of medical personnel are still among the forcibly...

Ramallah/PNN/ Al-Haq, Al Mezan Center for Human Rights, the Palestinian Centre for Human Right, and Al Dameer Association for Supporting Prisoners and Human Rights (the Coalition) acknowledge and welcome the 3 March 2021 announcement by the Office of the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) on the opening of a full criminal investigation into the Situation in Palestine. This is a historic day in the decades-long Palestinian campaign for international justice and accountability f...

Justice for Palestine: Historic day for Palestinian victims of Israeli crimes, say rights groups RAMALLAH, Wednesday, March 03, 2021 (WAFA) - Al-Haq, Al Mezan Center for Human Rights, the Palestinian Centre for Human Right and Al Dameer Association for Supporting Prisoners and Human Rights (the Coalition) acknowledged and welcomed the announcement today by the Office of the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) on the opening of a full criminal investigation into the Situation in...

(MENAFN - Palestine News Network) PNN/ Ramallah/ On 17 February 2021, Al-Haq submitted an urgent appeal to the United Nations (UN) Special Procedures on intensified Yitzhar settler violence against Palestinians and their properties. Addressing five UN Special Rapporteurs, including the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian territory occupied since 1967, Professor Michael Lynk, the urgent appeal presented more than ten selected Yitzhar settler violence attacks, ...

Rights group sends urgent appeal to UN Special Procedures on intensified Yitzhar settler violence RAMALLAH, Wednesday, February 17, 2021 (WAFA) – The Ramallah-based Palestinian human rights organization, Al-Haq, today submitted an urgent appeal to the United Nations (UN) Special Procedures on intensified violence by Israeli settlers from the illegal Yitzhar settlement in the north of the West Bank against Palestinians and their properties. Addressing five UN Special Rapporteurs, including the...

  Implementation of the Geneva Resolution is an onerous task. It will encounter various challenges and dilemmas. It requires the establishment of institutional structures and national legislation to give effect to operative part of the Geneva Resolutions. Implementing legislation must not offend the 1978 Constitution and the 1976 Vienna Convention of the Law of Treaties (VCLT 1976)   The Geneva Resolutions The Geneva Resolution can be classified as a non-treaty instrument. It is different fro...

Q&A: Conflict in Ethiopia and International Law On November 4, 2020, Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed appeared on state television and acknowledged that he ordered the Ethiopian National Defense Forces (ENDF) to commence operations against the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) in response to what he described as attacks by TPLF forces on Ethiopian military bases and federal forces in the regional capital of Mekelle, and at other camps in the Tigray region. The TPLF, the ruling party ...