In December 2017, the Israeli human rights organisation, Gisha, published ’10 Years 10 Judgments: How Israel’s courts sanctioned the closure of Gaza’. The report examines 10 significant Israeli High Court of Justice judgments made after Israel’s disengagement from Gaza in August 2005 and the tightening of its closure of the Strip in June 2007. [Read more…]
LPHR Human Rights Blog
UK vote against accountability at the UN is a reminder that the pursuit for justice for Palestinians is being led by civil society
Last Friday, at the UN Human Rights Council, the UK regrettably voted against a resolution on accountability for alleged serious international crimes committed against Palestinians in the occupied Palestinian territory.
UK makes principled and meaningful recommendations to Israel at Universal Periodic Review of its human rights record
This morning was the third Universal Periodic Review of Israel at the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva. The UK was one of a number of states that participated in a dialogue with Israel on its human rights record.
The Gaza Electricity Crisis – punitive decisions and the UK Government’s response
In June 2017, the Israeli Government decided to reduce its electricity supply to Gaza by 40 per cent, upon a request from the Palestinian Authority. This decision resulted in an electricity crisis for the residents of Gaza, with households, schools and hospitals receiving only up to 4 hours of electricity per day. [Read more…]
Israeli Attorney General calls for repeal of Land Regularisation Law, but fails on broader issue of settlement illegality
On 22 November 2017, the Israeli Attorney General, Avichai Mandelblit, submitted a written response to an Israeli Supreme Court petition against the Land Regularisation Law, in which he maintained his opposition to the law. This blog, which is published one year on from UN Security Council Resolution 2334 that reaffirmed the illegality of settlements, focuses attention on the significance and limitations of Mandelblit’s response.
The International Criminal Court’s 2017 Update Report on its Examination into the Situation in Palestine
At the start of this month, the Office of the Prosecutor (“Prosecutor’s Office”) of the International Criminal Court (“the Court”) issued its annual report on Preliminary Examination Activities. The Court undertakes preliminary examinations in order to determine whether a situation complies with the legal criteria established in the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court (“Rome Statute”) and thereby warrants further investigation by the Prosecutor’s Office. The report provides an overview of the examinations currently underway or recently concluded, and includes a review of the situation in Palestine.
UN expert finds Israel’s occupation of Palestinian territory to be illegal
Last week, the UN Special Rapporteur for the human rights situation in the occupied Palestinian territory, Professor Michael Lynk, presented his second annual report to the UN General Assembly, which includes a very significant legal determination that Israel’s occupation of Palestinian territory is illegal under international law. [Read more…]
The impact of the closure of Gaza on child welfare
Children, making up roughly half of Gaza’s population, are particularly vulnerable to the diminishment of basic services and human rights protections, including acutely the protection of the right to health, caused by the ongoing illegal closure of Gaza.
Children’s rights implications of three cases involving Israel’s military courts
The non-governmental organisation, Military Court Watch (MCW), has recently reported on three cases1 concerning children’s rights in the Israeli military court system. This blog examines their potential significance.
Cases of solitary confinement and ill-treatment of child detainees
The increasing use of solitary confinement as an interrogation technique against child detainees has been highlighted by Defence for Children International Palestine (DCI Palestine) in a press release dated 17 April 2017.
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