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LPHR Q&A: Ireland’s Control of Economic Activity (Occupied Territories) Bill in the context of imminent formal annexation and ongoing settlement expansion
30th June 2020
LPHR’s submission for accountability study being conducted by UN Special Rapporteur Michael Lynk
1st June 2020
Supreme Court finds against the UK government on LGPS ethical investments
29th April 2020
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

From our blog

Israeli Supreme Court strikes down the ‘Land Regularisation’ Law but fails to condemn illegal settlements and their expansion
9th July 2020

On 9 June 2020 the Israeli Supreme Court struck down a law passed in 2017 that provided for the expropriation of private Palestinian land in the occupied West Bank. The ruling, HCJ 1308/17, Silwad Municipality, et al. v. The Knesset, et. al (petition accepted 9 June 2020) (joined by the court with HCJ 2055/17, The Head of Ein Yabrud Village v. The Knesset ), held that the law disproportionately violates Palestinians’ rights to property, equality and dignity.

While a welcome relief against a particularly offensive law that would justify further expropriation of Palestinian land, the judgment is made on a narrow basis that fails to recognise either the underlying illegality of settlements or to be clear on the inappropriateness of the Israeli state passing and reviewing legislation to apply to the occupied West Bank. Before addressing the judgment and its limitations in more detail, a brief history of the Regularisation Law will be provided. (more…)
Abuse and violence against children in the Palestinian neighbourhood of Al-Issawiya in East Jerusalem
3rd July 2020

LPHR remain extremely concerned at the ongoing police campaign of abuse and violence against children in the Palestinian neighbourhood of Al-Issawiya in occupied East Jerusalem. Over the past year, LPHR has monitored and reported a sharp increase in the number of children injured as a result of violent police activity in the neighbourhood, with injuries sustained through the use of rubber-coated steel bullets, black sponge rounds and tear-gas. Since the Israeli police launched their operation in Al-Issawiya in April 2019, there has also been a high number of child arrests in the neighbourhood (many carried out during terrifying night-time raids of family homes) and a systemic violation of children’s legal rights during arrests and detention. B’Tselem reports that during the period of April 2019 – April 2020, more than 850 residents of Al-Issawiya have been arrested: the majority of them minors. This blog elaborates upon these serious child rights issues.

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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…)

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RT @lioramihai Today @YeshDin released a new legal opinion by leading human rights lawyer @sfardm claiming that the crime against humanity of apartheid is being committed against Palestinians in the West Bank, even without any new steps toward annexation. bit.ly/3feZiKz

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Almost immediately after the Regularisation Law was passed, it was subject to two legal challenges. The Israeli Attorney General refused to defend the law, calling it unconstitutional, but the basis of the refusal was flawed lphr.org.uk/blog/israeli-a…

RT @benabyad Israeli occupation forces arrested 18 Palestinians in pre-dawn raids today, including yet another university student. english.wafa.ps/page.aspx?id=… twitter.com/JalalAK_jojo/s…

Both settlements & outposts are unlawful under international criminal, humanitarian and human rights law. The Regularisation Law was deeply concerning as a means of adding to the settlement enterprise by formalising the expropriation of land settled without authorisation.

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