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Statement by LPHR, Amnesty International UK, Quakers, War on Want and Christian Aid on the release of the UN database: UK organisations urge UK Government to take action to end businesses’ involvement in illegal settlements in the occupied Palestinian territory
25th February 2020
LPHR files OECD Guidelines complaint against JCB for involvement in human rights breaches in the occupied Palestinian territory
10th December 2019
39 UK parliamentarians sign letter submitted to UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Michelle Bachelet, urging her to immediately publish the UN database listing companies involved in settlement-related activities
26th September 2019
Open Letter to the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Michelle Bachelet: Release of the United Nations Database of Businesses Engaged in Activities Related to Israeli Settlements
29th August 2019
LPHR briefing on the impending demolition of the Palestinian community of Khan al-Ahmar in the occupied West Bank and the forcible transfer of its residents
30th October 2018
LPHR submits letter to the UK company, JCB, raising serious legal and human rights concerns about their involvement in the imminent demolition of Khan al-Ahmar
21st August 2018
LPHR Q&A: What’s happened to the UN Business and Human Rights Database for companies involved in settlement-related activities?
27th July 2018
Joint Open Letter to the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights following his Office’s Report on the UN Database of Businesses Involved in Settlement Activities
22nd February 2018
LPHR briefing: UK Government’s position on the UN business and human rights database
12th January 2018
LPHR publishes briefing to local authorities on pensions investment and public procurement decision-making in relation to companies operating in the occupied Palestinian territory and/or Israel
17th July 2017

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COVID-19 pandemic: Vulnerable population groups in the occupied Palestinian territory and the legal duty to apply ‘all necessary preventative means available’
31st March 2020

While many parts of the world transition to mandatory lockdown, Palestinians in the occupied Palestinian territory face uncertainty about how they will be protected from the spread of COVID-19. This blog will focus on the circumstances of three particularly vulnerable population groups: i) the population of Gaza, ii) child and adult detainees in Israeli prisons and detention facilities, and iii) families and individuals displaced by home demolitions.

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Children from Gaza receiving medical treatment whilst separated from parents due to Israel’s permit regime
26th March 2020

Physicians for Human Rights Israel and the Israeli newspaper Haaretz recently reported that a 10-year-old girl from Gaza, Miral Abu Amsha, died of cancer on 28 February without having seen her father since December, after her family struggled to obtain Israeli-issued permits to accompany her to hospital. Miral’s mother had also initially been denied permission to accompany Miral to hospital in Nablus to undergo chemotherapy due to “incorrect details” on her application form. She was eventually allowed to visit Miral in hospital, reportedly following publicity around the case. Miral’s father didn’t apply for permission to accompany her as it is generally the case that only one accompanier is allowed per patient, including for children. (more…)
A seminal step towards legal accountability and justice: ICC Prosecutor announces she is ready to open an investigation into the situation in Palestine
24th December 2019

ICC Prosecutor Fatou Bensouda’s announcement that she is ready to open a criminal investigation into the situation in Palestine is a seminal step towards achieving legal accountability and justice for the many victims, survivors and their families of alleged serious international crimes perpetrated by Israeli forces and their military and political leadership.

The potential for the investigation to effectively prevent or deter the commission of ongoing and future crimes, by countering the systemic impunity that has prevailed until now, is also very significant.

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Update on the shooting of 9-year-old ‘Abd a-Rahman a-Shtweiwi: Forensic Architecture’s findings strongly suggest the boy was shot in the forehead with live ammunition
23rd October 2019

On 12 July 2019, nine-year-old ‘Abd a-Rahman a-Shteiwi was shot in the forehead by an Israeli soldier in Kafr Qaddum, in the occupied West Bank, during the town’s weekly protests against settlement expansion and settler violence. At the the time he was shot, ‘Abd was playing at the entrance of his friend’s house, over 100 metres away from demonstrators. The shot to ‘Abd’s forehead resulted in a large hole, multiple skull fractures and serious brain damage; a CT scan showed around 100 fragments lodged in the boy’s brain. Over three months since this grievous wounding, we have reports from two sources that he remains in hospital in a coma. (more…)

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RT @btselem For about a year, the Israel Police has been conducting a harassment operation in the East Jerusalem neighborhood al-‘Esawiyah. In three cases documented by B’Tselem in February and March 2020, three minors – 8, 9 and 16 – were injured by sponge rounds. btselem.org/firearms/20200…

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RT @eappiukireland "In the face of potential #COVID-19 outbreak in the #Gaza Strip, #Israel is obliged to take measures to save lives, permitting the entry of medical equipment and supplies, to meet patients’ needs" twitter.com/MedicalAidPal/…

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RT @WHOoPt Read about the challenges of the oPt's health sector in responding to COVID-19: 🔹limited access to testing + supply of essential lab supplies 🔹a shortage of supplies to designated COVID-19 hospitals In our latest Cluster Health Bulletin: bit.ly/3bZRSJg pic.twitter.com/DpQ7dgnc44

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