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22.11.2025 - 07:19 [ Human Rights Watch ]

West Bank: Israel Emptying Refugee Camps a Crime Against Humanity

(November 20, 2025)

The Israeli government’s forced displacement of the populations of three West Bank refugee camps in January and February 2025 amount to war crimes and crimes against humanity.

The Geneva Conventions prohibit displacement of civilians from occupied territory except temporarily for imperative military reasons or the population’s security. Displaced civilians are entitled to protection, accommodation, and to return as soon as hostilities in the vicinity cease.

Senior Israeli officials, including Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Israel Katz, should be investigated for the refugee camp operations and appropriately prosecuted for war crimes and crimes against humanity. Governments should impose targeted sanctions and take other urgent action to press Israeli authorities to end their repressive policies.

03.10.2025 - 00:06 [ Human Rights Watch ]

Justice for Palestinians Can’t Wait for a Peace Deal

States approved the UNGA resolution ahead of a high-level conference that marked the passing of the September 2025 deadline for states to comply with a landmark July 2024 advisory opinion by the International Court of Justice on the legal consequences of Israel’s policies and practices in the Occupied Palestinian Territory.

The vote this year should not be an empty gesture as Israeli authorities expand illegal settlements and further displace and exterminate Palestinians. Respect for Palestinians’ basic rights is not dependent on reaching agreement on a peace plan. Countries should move ahead quickly with steps that advance justice and accountability.

18.09.2025 - 15:44 [ Bernie Sanders, U.S. Senator for Vermont ]

It Is Genocide

Hamas, a terrorist organization, began this war with its brutal attack on October 7, 2023, which killed 1,200 innocent people and took 250 hostages. Israel, as any other country, had a right to defend itself from Hamas.

But, over the last two years, Israel has not simply defended itself against Hamas. Instead, it has waged an all-out war against the entire Palestinian people. Many legal experts have now concluded that Israel is committing genocide in Gaza. The International Association of Genocide Scholars concluded that “Israel’s policies and actions in Gaza meet the legal definition of genocide.” The Israeli human rights groups B’Tselem and Physicians for Human Rights-Israel have reached the same conclusion, as have international groups like Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch.

Just yesterday, an independent commission of experts appointed by the United Nations echoed this finding. These experts concluded that: “It is clear that there is an intent to destroy the Palestinians in Gaza through acts that meet the criteria set forth in the Genocide Convention.”

I agree.

26.08.2025 - 19:43 [ Human Rights Watch ]

Gaza: US Forces Can Be Liable for Assisting Israeli War Crimes

“The direct US participation in military operations with Israeli forces means that as a matter of international law, the United States has been and currently is a party to the armed conflict in Gaza,” said Sarah Yager, Washington director at Human Rights Watch. “US military and intelligence personnel and contractors assisting Israeli forces who commit war crimes may at some point find themselves facing criminal prosecution for atrocities in Gaza.”

Under international humanitarian law, the ongoing hostilities between Israel and Palestinian armed groups in Gaza is a non-international armed conflict. International law does not set out specific criteria for determining when a country assisting another country in a non-international armed conflict itself becomes a party to that conflict, though direct participation in combat operations is a clear example.

18.08.2025 - 18:46 [ Human Rights Watch ]

All According to Plan: The Rab’a Massacre and Mass Killings of Protesters in Egypt

(August 12, 2014)

In July and August 2013, many of Egypt’s public squares and streets were awash in blood. On July 3, 2013, the military deposed Mohamed Morsy, Egypt’s first elected civilian president and a high-ranking member of the Muslim Brotherhood, on the heels of massive popular protests against Morsy calling for early presidential elections.

Over the course of the following two months, Muslim Brotherhood supporters organized two large sit-ins in Cairo and smaller protests across Egypt to denounce the military takeover and demand the reinstatement of Morsy. In response, police and army forces repeatedly opened fire on demonstrators, killing over 1,150, most of them in five separate incidents of mass protester killings.

Human Rights Watch’s one-year investigation into the conduct of security forces in responding to these demonstrations indicates that police and army forces systematically and intentionally used excessive lethal force in their policing, resulting in killings of protesters on a scale unprecedented in Egypt. The evidence we examined includes on-site investigations at each of the protest sites during or immediately after the attacks were underway, interviews with over 200 witnesses, including protesters, doctors, journalists, and local residents, and review of physical evidence, hours of video footage, and statements by public officials. On this basis, Human Rights Watch concludes that the killings not only constituted serious violations of international human rights law, but likely amounted to crimes against humanity, given both their widespread and systematic nature and the evidence suggesting the killings were part of a policy to attack unarmed persons on political grounds. While there is also evidence that some protesters used firearms during several of these demonstrations, Human Rights Watch was able to confirm their use in only a few instances, which do not justify the grossly disproportionate and premeditated lethal attacks on overwhelmingly peaceful protesters.

Numerous government statements and accounts from government meetings indicate that high-ranking officials knew that the attacks would result in widespread killings of protesters; indeed, in the single largest incident, the Rab’a and al-Nahda dispersals, the government anticipated and planned for the deaths of several thousand protesters. One year later, security forces continue to deny any wrongdoing, and authorities have failed to hold a single police or army officer accountable for any of the unlawful killings.

August 14 Rab’a and al-Nahda Square Dispersals

The gravest incident of mass protester killings occurred on August 14, when security forces crushed the major pro-Morsy sit-in in Rab’a al-Adawiya Square in the Nasr City district of eastern Cairo. Using armored personnel carriers (APCs), bulldozers, ground forces, and snipers, police and army personnel attacked the makeshift protest encampment, where demonstrators, including women and children, had been camped out for over 45 days, and opened fire on the protesters, killing at least 817 and likely more than 1,000.

20.05.2025 - 10:51 [ Human Rights Watch ]

List of signatories current as of 9:00am EST, May 19, 2025: Unified Call to Confront Famine in Gaza: Launch the Diplomatic Humanitarian Convoy Now

1. Al-Haq, Law in the Service of Man
2. Al Mezan Center for Human Rights
3. AMAN Coalition
4. Arab Lawyer Union, Egypt
5. Human Rights Watch
6. The Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR)
7. Law for Palestine (UK)
8. Arab Renaissance for Democracy and Development – Jordan
9. Bisan Center for Research and Development
10. Center for Constitutional Rights, New York
11. Child Rights International Network (CRIN), United Kingdom
12. Defence for Children International
13. Doctors Against Genocide – USA
14. Filastiniyat
15. Cordaid, Netherlands
16. GENERAL UNION OF CULTURAL CENTERS
17. Nelson Mandela Foundation, South Africa
18. GLAN | Global Legal Action Network – Ireland
19. Global Centre for the Responsibility to Protect (GCR2P) – New York
20. Health Work Committees
21. IHH Humanitarian Relief Foundation – Turkiye
22. International Association of Democratic Lawyers – Brussels
23. International Commission of Jurists, Norwegian section (ICJ Norway)
24. International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) – Paris, France
25. Jewish Network for Palestine – United Kingdom
26. Centre for Economic Social Cultural Rights In Africa (CESCRA), Uganda
27. ESCR-Net – International Network for Economic, Social and Cultural Rights
28. Jewish Voice for Peace – Hawai’i
29. Jerusalem Legal Aid and Human Rights Center (JLAC)
30. Association for Women‘s Rights in Development (AWID)
31. Legal Action for Peace – United Kingdom
32. National Lawyers Guild International – United States
33. Palestine Independent Commission for Human Rights
34. Palestine Solidarity Campaign UK
35. Palestinian Bar Association
36. Progressive Democrats of America
37. The European Legal Support Center (ELSC), The Netherlands
38. The Hind Rajab Foundation
39. The International Commission for Supporting the Rights of the Palestinian People “Hashd”
40. The Palestine Institute for Public Diplomacy (PIPD)
41. The Palestinian Centre for the Independence of Judiciary and Legal Profession – Musawa
42. Grassroots International, US
43. Action For Humanity, United Kingdom
44. The Palestinian Initiative for the Promotion of Global Dialogue and Democracy – MIFTAH
45. The Women’s Centre for Legal Aid and Counseling
46. Transnational Institute – Netherlands
47. Union of Agricultural Work Committees (UAWC)
48. Women’s Affairs Technical Committee – WATC
49. Worldwide Lawyers Association (WOLAS)
50. Palestinian Youth Association for Leadership and Rights Activation
51. PWWSD Women Rights
52. Palestinian Center for Development and Media Freedoms (MADA)
53. Arab World Democracy and Electoral Monitor (Almarsad)
54. The Civil Commission for the independence of Judiciary and Rule of Law (ISTIQLAL)
55. The Center for Defense of Liberties and Civil Rights “Hurryyat”
56. Sharek Youth Forum
57. Al-Haq Europe
58. Addameer Prisoner Support and Human Rights Association
59. Palestinian Working Woman Society for Development PWWSD
60. Australian Centre for International Justice (ACIJ)
61. The March 30 Movement – Brussels
62. Olive Kids – The Australian Foundation for Palestinian Children
63. British Palestinian Committee
64. Associazione di Consulenza in Diritto del Mare (ASCOMARE) – Italy
65. Defence for Children International Italia
66. Scottish Anti-Racism Education
67. Demokratischen Komitees Palästina – Germany
68. Défense des enfants International Belgique
69. People Before Profit Derry
70. Neighbours NPO
71. Anthropologists for Palestine, Italy
72. Movement for Debt and Reparations – South Africa
73. Abortion Rights Campaign Donegal
74. Abogados Chilenos por Palestina – Chile
75. Liberating Evangelical Lutheran Church in South Africa
76. Save Our Sacred Lands
77. United for Palestine – South Africa
78. Islamic Forum – South Africa
79. Methodist Church of Southern Africa
80. We Will Speak Out South Africa (WWSOSA)
81. Boycott Israeli Hardware Group – South Africa
82. Palestine Solidarity Campaign Cape Town
83. Plataforma Pro-tram Sant Joan Mutxamel
84. Avocats pour la Justice au Proche-Orient AJPO – France
85. Enfield Community Action Group
86. Progressive Democrats of America – Arizona
87. Irish Healthcare Workers for Palestine
88. Kia Ora Gaza (New Zealand)
89. The internatipnal committee for Breaking the siege of Gaza
90. Group of 62O chilean lawyers – Chile
91. Europal Forum
92. Habaq for Human rights training and development
93. Mavi Marmara Freedom and Solidarity Association
94. Edinburgh University Student Staff Assembly
95. Northwest Ohio Peace Coalition
96. Justice center for legal aid – Jordan
97. Milford and District Resource Centre
98. S. Palestinian Community Network (USPCN)
99. Ealing Friends Of Palestine
100. Architects for Gaza – Uk
101. Tamkeen for legal aid and human rights
102. World Peace Now ॐ – Australia
103. Comunità Palestinese in Campania – Napoli
104. Aksa Kadınları Derneği Ağrı – Türkiye
105. Kudüs ve Hukuk Platformu – Türkiye
106. Queer Folk®, Inc. – United States
107. Cihannüma derneği – Türkiye
108. Asociación Americana de Juristas – Panamá
109. Seed of Love Hawai‘i – Hawaii
110. Human Rights Department – PLO
111. Kia Ora Gaza (New Zealand)
112. British Arab Nursing and Midwifery Association
113. Friends of Sabeel North America, Claremont Chapter – USA
114. Health Care Workers for Palestine – Maine
115. Maine Voices for Palestinian Rights Maine, USA
116. Australia Palestine Advocacy Network
117. Palestine Pulse (UK)
118. MAA International – Australia
119. International Tribunal of Conscience of Peoples in Movement
120. World Beyond War Australia
121. Passionists International – United States
122. Digital Memory Association – Turkiye
123. International Association of Democratic Lawyers – Philippines
124. Community Action Center- Al-Quds University – Jersalem
125. Khulumani Support Group – South Africa
126. Hawaii Peace and Justice
127. S. Boats to Gaza – United States
128. Rasheed Transparency International – Jordan
129. East Clare for Palestine
130. Phenix Center for Economics & Informatics Studies – Jordan
131. Veterans for Peace-Hawai‘i
132. Makan Rights – UK
133. United Against Racism Mayo – Ireland
134. Newham Palestine Solidarity Network – London
135. Balbriggan Palestine Solidarity Grouo
136. We Belong Africa – South Africa
137. Muslim Public Affairs Forum Committee – UK
138. Community Action Redbridge
139. Redbridge Palestine Solicarity Campaign
140. Sari for Change – South Africa
141. Widows for Peace through Democracy – UK
142. The Palestinian Forum in Britain (PFB)
143. South African Municipal Workers‘ Union – South Africa
144. Jewish Voice for Labour – UK
145. Jewish Peaceniks UK
146. Peace Appeal Foundation
147. Gorey Youth Needs Group Gorey – Ireland
148. Seanad Civil Engagement Group – Ireland
149. Religious of the Sacred Heart of Mary NGO
150. Foundation for Human Rights – South Africa
151. Centre for Human Rights Research and Advocacy (CENTHRA), Malaysia
152. MA‘AN Development Center, Palestine
153. MontCo for Palestine, Lansdale
154. Congregation of the Mission – Italy
155. Center for Refugee Rights – AIDOUN, Lebanon
156. Palestine Solidarity Campaign Cape Town
157. The Majed Abu Sharar Media Foundation (MASMF), Lebanon
158. Good Energies Alliance Ireland
159. Colchester Action for Palestine
160. Ireland-Palestine Solidarity Campaign
161. Gaza Action Ireland
162. Mision Ezequiel Lugo Morales inc.
163. Frente de Capoeira pro Palestina, Ecuador
164. Palestine-Global Mental Health Network, Palestine
165. Red de Solidaridad Popular de Jinámar, Spain
166. Salt River Heritage Society, South Africa
167. Cloncannon Biofarm, Ireland
168. End water poverty, UK
169. Street Medicine Ireland
170. Palestinian Union of the Deaf
171. Red Centroamericana de Acción del Agua, Central Amarica
172. South African Jews for a Free Palestine
173. Belgian Academics and Artists for Palestine
174. Socialist Lawyers Association of Ireland
175. Comhlamh Justice for Palestine – Ireland
176. Comision Ecuménica de Derechos Humanos CEDHU – Ecuador
177. Congregations of St Joseph – NGO – USA
178. Jews for Justice for Palestinians, UK
179. South African Jews for a Free Palestine
180. Campaign Against Arms Trade, United Kingdom
181. Defence For Children – International Canada
182. Nenagh Friends of Palestine, Ireland
183. BDS Clare, Ireland
184. Psychoanalytic Voices for Palestine, UK
185. Housing and Land Rights Network – Habitat International Coalition
186. Red Universitaria por Palestina, Spain
187. Civil Engagement Group, Ireland
188. A & A Rainbow Hearts Around The World, Poland
189. VIVAT International, New York
190. Scarborough Southwest for Palestine, Canada
191. Women Working Group (WWG), Indonesia
192. Forum of Computer Scientists for Peace and Social Responsibility, Germany
193. Derry Branch of Ireland Palestine Solidarity Campaign
194. Christian Aid, UK
195. Jewish Voice for a Just Peace in the Middle East, Germany
196. SeRVE Indonesia, Indonesia
197. National Union of Peoples Lawyers, Philippines
198. Global Jews for Palestine
199. Australian & Aotearoa New Zealand Doctors for Palestine
200. Labor for Palestine, United States
201. No Detention Centers in Michigan, USA
202. Al-Awda, The Palestine Right to Return Coalition
203. Hunter Asylum Seeker Advocacy, Australia
204. Pax Christi International, Brussels
205. Sh‘ma Koleinu – Alternative Jewish Voices (NZ), New Zealand
206. Frontline Film Foundation, Australia
207. Young Christian Students Movement, South Africa
208. Christian Action Movement, Johannesburg
209. The Jordanian Federation of the Independent Trade Unions
210. No Azure for Apartheid
211. Al Amal Association for the Deaf, Palestine
212. The Rights Forum, The Netherlands
213. Extinction Rebellion Gauteng, South Africa
214. Clare Solidarity Network, Ireland
215. KZN monitor, Durban
216. Xarxa UAB per Palestina
217. Anglican church of Southern Africa
218. Un Ponte Per, Italy
219. KZN Palestine Solidarity Forum, South Africa
220. South Africa Palestine Movement
221. Save Our Local Hospitals, London
222. Scottish Universities Jewish Staff Network, Scotland
223. The Commission for the Disappeared and Victims of Violence (KontraS), Indonesia
224. The Palestine Committee in Norway, Norway
225. The Association of Norwegian NGOs for Palestine, Norway
226. Road to 50% APS, Italy
227. Unión de Comités Autónomos de Agua del Oriente del Estado de México
228. Centro de Documentación en Derechos Humanos „Segundo Montes Mozo SJ“ (CSMM), Ecuador
229. Défense des enfants international, France
230. Asociación Americana de Juristas
231. Red Centroamericana de Acción del Agua – Nica
232. Jews Against the Occupation ‘48, Australia
233. Acción Palestina Chiapas, Mexico
234. An Claíomh Glas, Ireland
235. Women‘s Initiatives for Gender Justice, The Netherlands
236. Social Workers for a Free Palestine, UK
237. Global Coalition Against the Occupation in Palestine
238. Action Reflection Community (ARC), South Africa
239. Vivencias, Manaus Amazone Brazil
240. Hackney Palestine Solidarity, London
241. Justice for Palestine Magan-djin (Brisbane), Australia
242. MENA Rights Group, Switzerland
243. Earth Thrive, UK
244. Menningar og friðarsamtökin MFÍK, Iceland
245. Friends of the Earth Ireland, Ireland
246. European Water Movement, Belgium
247. Medical Rights Advocacy Network (MeRAN)
248. Pakistan Council on Family Relations, Pakistan
249. Environmental Law Ireland at An Taisce
250. Quaker Service Norway, Norway
251. Norwegian People‘s Aid, Norway
252. Coalition of Women for Justice and Peace group, Australia
253. Food Researchers in Edinburgh (FRIED)
254. Alliance for Water Justice in Palestine, Boston, MA
255. France Palestine Mental Health Network, France
256. Deutsch-Palästinensische Gesellschaft, Germany
257. Climate Action Network Arab World
258. FIAN International, Germany
259. Climate Action Network (CAN) Zambia
260. Not On Our Dime, Pittsburgh, PA
261. ACT Ubumbano, South Africa
262. Good Health Community Programmes, Kenya
263. Climate Action Network (CAN) Africa, Tanzania
264. ALTSEAN-Burma
265. Masifundise Development Trust, South Africa
266. Komitee für Grundrechte und Demokratie, Germany
267. Global Initiative Against Impunity (GIAI), France
268. Friends of Swazi Freedom
269. Franciscans International, Switzerland
270. Terra Nuova, Italy
271. Schola Campesina Aps, Italy
272. Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies, Tunis
273. PEOPLES FEDERATION FOR NATIONAL PEACE AND DEVELOPMENT (PEFENAP), MALAWI (AFRICA)
274. Seek The Alternatives, Canada
275. Soroptimist International, UK
276. Canadians for Justice and Peace in the Middle East (CJPME), Canada
277. Peace SOS, The Netherlands
278. Southern African Faith Communities Environment Institute, SAFCE
279. UK-Palestine Child Psychotherapists, UK
280. Plant-for-the-Planet Brazil
281. Help Initiative for Social Justice and Humanitarian Development (HI), Nigeria
282. Climate Action Network (CAN), Europe/Belgium
283. Perth Mums for Palestine, Perth – Western Australia
284. Engajamundo Youth Association, Brazil
285. Eurochild, Belgium
286. The Center for Advancement in Heart Based Education, Texas
287. WE The World, New York
288. A United Earth, Texas/Netherlands
289. Agricultural Justice Project, USA
290. Women for Peace, Finland
291. Friends of Sabeel North America (MI), Michigan
292. Frantz Fanon Foundation
293. No Pride in Policing Collective, Toronto
294. Women‘s International League for Peace and Freedom Ghana
295. Peace Action, USA
296. Scholar Strike Canada, Toronto
297. Palestine Solidarity Campaign SA, Cape Town
298. Streetwise Transformers, Kenya
299. Le Questionnement Psychanalytique, Brussels
300. Center for International Environmental Law, USA
301. GRUPO AMBIENTALISTA DA BAHIA – GAMBÃ, BRASIL
302. A Most Perfect Love Foundation, United States
303. Muslim Peace Fellowship, United States
304. Health workers 4 Palestine, United Kingdom
305. Religious of the Sacred Heart of Mary, United States
306. Ecologistas en Acción, Spain
307. Climate Action Network (CAN) International, Global
308. High Peak Green New Deal, UK
309. UNAforWomen, Vienna
310. Mater Fondazione, Switzerland
311. Federation of Young European Greens, Belgium
312. Communnity Organizing Center, USA
313. AUPA Asamblea Universitaria por Palestina de Alicante, Spain
314. Palestinian-Canadian Academics and Artists Network (PCAAN), Canada
315. Montreal for a World BEYOND War, Canada
316. Maine Coalition for Palestine, Maine, USA
317. Environmentalists Against War, USA
318. Christian-Jewish Allies for A Just Peace for Israel-Palestine, Philadelphia/SE PA
319. Vermont Peace/AntiWar Coalition (VPAC), USA
320. Women‘s International League for Peace and Freedom – Norway
321. UK-Palestine Mental Health Network, United Kingdom
322. Palestine Vivra, Montreal
323. Institute Climate Politics, Brazil
324. Seven Sisters Collective, Turtle island
325. Brazilian Climate Observatory (Observatório do Clima, OC), Brazil
326. World March of Women, Kenya
327. Women Against Military Madness, Minnesota, U
328. United Church of Christ Movement for Palestinian Solidarity (formerly UCC PIN)
329. Islamic Society of Greater Lansing, USA
330. Progressive Jews for Justice in Israel/Palestine, UK
331. Sustainable Agriculture of Louisville (SAL)
332. Palestinian Youth Movement, U.S.A.
333. S. Citizens for Peace & Justice — Rome, Italy
334. Campaign for Peace, Disarmament and Common Security, USA
335. Climate Action Network Southeast Asia Malaysia
336. Platform Vrouwen & Duurzame Vrede, Holland
337. Workers World Party, U.S.A.
338. The Regional Agreement on Access to Information, Public Participation and
Justice in Environmental Matters in Latin America and the Caribbean, United States
339. International Coalition to Stop Genocide in Palestine
340. Palestine Solidarity Network Aotearoa, Aotearoa New Zealand
341. Ontario Palestinian Rights Association, Canada
342. Family Therapists for Palestine, UK
343. Australian Food Sovereignty Alliance, Australia
344. Physician for Human Rights Israel, Israel
345. Parliamentarians for Global Action, The Hague
346. Associação Angá, Brazil
347. Civilian Peace Service Canada, Canada
348. Massachusetts Peace Action, Massachusetts
349. Nicaragua Solidarity Organization
350. Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom UK
351. Mujeres de Negro contra la Guerra-Madrid, Spain
352. PEACE2000 INSTITUTE, Iceland
353. Academics for Palestine, Ireland
354. Marrickville Peace Group, Sydney, Australia
355. Just Peace Queensland, Australia
356. Family Farm Defenders, USA
357. New Jersey Peace Action, USA
358. Conscience Canada, Canada
359. Nova Scotia Voice of Women for Peace, Canada
360. Meta Peace Team, United States
361. Pax Christi Michigan, USA
362. Operação Amazônia Nativa, Brazil
363. Niagara Movement for Justice in Palestine Israel, Canada
364. Pax Christi New York State, USA
365. Pax Christi Dallas Dallas, USA
366. Pax Christi New Jersey, USA
367. Fields of Peace, USA
368. Lansing Area Peace Education Center, USA
369. Independent and Peaceful Australia Network, Australia
370. Middle East Ministry – All Saints Pasadena, USA
371. Union Aid Abroad – APHEDA, Australia
372. Asian Rural Women‘s Coalition
373. Pacific Islands Climate Action Network
374. Peace-seeking Iranian Veterans, Iran/U.S.
375. Pax Christi Little Rock Little Rock, USA
376. Fagforbundet – Norwegian Union of Municipal and General Employees, Norway
377. Jewish Women 4 Peace Action Ready Group, Australia
378. Polo Europeo della Conoscenza, Italy
379. Cultura È Libertà, Italy
380. Popular Struggle Coordination Committee, Palestine
381. Urgenci – International Network for Community Supported, France
382. Pacific Islands Climate Action Network (PICAN), Vanuatu
383. Ecoclimate Vision, Democratic Republic of Congo
384. Association de Solidarité Inter-Peuples, France
385. Association France Palestine Solidarité, France
386. International Centre of Justice for Palestinians (ICJP), United Kingdom
387. Christian Aid, United Kingdom
388. Association of Jungian Analysts (AJA), London
389. Global Justice Now, UK
390. University and College Union Scotland, UK
391. Centre Delàs of Peace Studies, Barcelona
392. Women for Peace, Stockholm
393. Haki Nawiri Afrika, Kenya
394. Pax Christi Australia, Australia
395. Edinburgh Centre for Medical Anthropology (EdCMA), United Kingdom
396. People’s Action for Inclusive Development, Cambodia
397. Umhlabathi Collective, Johannesburg
398. Greater Manchester & District Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament, UK
399. Palestine Justice Movement Sydney
400. Top End Peace Alliance, Northern Territory Australia
401. THEATRO TECHNIS, London
402. University of New South Wales Staff for Palestine, Australia
403. Diaspora Action Group Amsterdam, Netherlands
404. The Walter and Albertina Sisulu Foundation for Social Justice, South Africa
405. Lotta antifa, Italy
406. The National Association of Intellectual Disabilities (Þroskahjálp), Iceland
407. International Physicians for the Prevention of War (IPPNW), Germany
408. Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament, UK
409. Miknaf Ha’aretz, UK
410. Lincolnshire Proficiency Tests Committee, London
411. Vrede vzw, Belgium
412. Viva Salud, Belgium
413. Jewish Action For Palestine, Manchester
414. Association Swiss Palestine, Switzerland
415. Brigada de Alter, Brazil
416. Happy Minds, Australia
417. Association des Universitaires pour le Respect du Droit International en Palestine – AURDIP, France
418. Indian Association of Lawyers, India
419. Kalamazoo Nonviolent Opponents of War, Michigan
420. KATARUNGAN, Philippines
421. Progressive Lawyers‘ Association (ÇHD), Turkey
422. Pax Christi Florida – The Catholic Peace Movement, Florida
423. The Global Alliance for Ministries and Infrastructures for Peace, Latin American & the Caribbean
424. Women‘s Collective Ireland – Limerick
425. Landworkers Alliance, UK
426. Together for Safety, Ireland
427. BIZILUR Elkartea, Basque Country
428. Pax Christi Metro New York, Inc.
429. Ceasefire Now NJ
430. East Brunswick for Ceasefire, USA
431. World March of Women
432. School Sisters of Notre Dame, Italy
433. Campaign Against Gaza Genocide, Jordan
434. Pax Christi Flanders, Belgium
435. PALESTINE SOLIDARITY CAMPAIGN, Cape Town
436. Peace Action New York State, USA
437. Catholic Diocese of Lexington/ Pax Christi USA
438. The Palestinian Institute for Climate Strategy
439. Peace, Justice, Sustainability, NOW!, Pennsylvania
440. MAZLUMDER – The Association for Human Rights and Solidarity for the Oppressed, Turkey
441. Ina autra senda – Swiss Friends of Combatants for Peace, Switzerland
442. Mennonite Church Canada Palestine-Israel Network, CANADA
443. Movimento pelos Direitos do Povo Palestino e pela Paz no Médio Oriente – MPPM, Portugal
444. Sustainable Common Security, Canada
445. Solaris, Iceland
446. South Africa Palestine Movement, South Africa
447. STOP the War Coalition Philippines, The Philippines
448. CJPME – Edmonton, Alberta
449. Denman Island Peace Group, Canada
450. Chicago Area Peace Action, United States
451. Nicaragua Solidarity Coalition
452. Oxfam Brasil, Brasil
453. Palestine Solidarity Nepal Coordination Committee
454. Jewish Voice for Peace, Los Angeles
455. Pax Christi Illinois, USA
456. Jewish Voice for Peace, Tacoma, USA
457. Pax Christi Southern California, USA
458. Women Concerns Center, Kenya
459. Pax Christi USA, United States
460. BDS Namibia
461. CUNY for Palestine, New York
462. Health Poverty Action (HPA), UK
463. Apremavi, Brasil
464. Collectif urgence Palestine, Geneva
465. Friends of Sabeel North America (FOSNA), USA
466. Egyptian Foundation for Environmental Rights, Egypt
467. Faculty and Staff for Justice in Palestine at Pitt, United States of America
468. Collectif Judéo Arabe et Citoyen pour la Palestine, France Human Rights Awareness Center, Nepal
469. Kentucky Health Justice Network, Kentucky
470. Association Swiss Palestine, Switzerland
471. Junts Associació Catalana de Jueus i Palestins, Spain
472. Indigenous Peoples Rights International Philippines
473. Zusammenarbeitsausschuss der Friedensbewegung Schleswig-Holstein (ZAA), German Peace Movement
474. Stichting Kifaia, The Netherlands
475. Peace Action WI, Milwaukee, WI
476. Delawareans for Palestinian Human Rights
477. Movimiento Unificado Francisco Sánchez 1932 *MUFRAS – 32*, El Salvador
478. Canada Stand Up for Palestinian Children‘s Rights, Canada
479. The Peace Movement of Orust The island of Orust, Sweden
480. Otros Mundos Chiapas, México
481. Imaflora, Brazil
482. Canadian Peace Initiative, Canada
483. BC Physicians Against Genocide, Canada
484. Peace Action of San Mateo County San Mateo County
485. Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom, US Section (WILPF US).
486. Newcastle Mums for Palestine, Australia
487. GongGam Human Rights Law Foundation, South Korea
488. Catholics for Peace and Justice in the Holy Land (CPJHL), Canada
489. Asia Indigenous Peoples Pact, Thailand
490. Muslim youth WA, Australia
491. Adalah Justice Project, United States
492. National Amnesty Refugee Network, Australia
493. Amnesty Newcastle and Central Coast, NSW Australia
494. Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights (EIPR), Egypt
495. Action Contre l‘Impunité pour les Droits Humains (ACIDH), DRC
496. Finland Yearly Meeting Quakers, Finland
497. Fundación Mundubat, Spain
498. Pakistan Fisherfolk Forum, Pakistan
499. Femmes Plurielles, France
500. Observatori DESCA (ESCER Observatory), Spain
501. Kisumu Social Rights Association (KISORA), Kenya
502. Palestine Partners Org, USA
503. Forum Palestine Citoyenneté (Palestine Citizenship Forum), France
504. Centre for Human Rights and Development, Mongolia
505. Confédération Paysanne, France
506. Participation and the Practice of Rights, Northern Ireland
507. Association tunisienne des femmes démocrates, Tunis
508. BDS Switzerland, Switzerland
509. Religiosas del Sagrado Corazón de Jesús Mexico
510. Beit Atfal as-Smoud, Lebanon
511. Women‘s Legal Centre, South Africa
512. Habitat International Coalition – Global mandate
513. Stockholms Fredsforening Stockholm, Sweden
514. Economic and Social Rights Centre (Hakijamii), Kenya
515. Sabeel-Kairos, UK
516. Amos Trust, UK
517. Youth and Environment Europe (YEE), Prague
518. College for International Co-operation and Development, England
519. Forum Tunisien pour les Droits Economiques et Sociaux, Tunis
520. Les Écologistes, France
521. MIJARC AFRICA
522. Israeli Committee Against House Demolitions, Germany
523. CÉDÉTIM, France
524. Israeli Committee Against House Demolitions, UK
525. VILUTHU, Sri Lanka
526. Archaeologists Against Apartheid
527. Isha L‘Isha – Haifa Feminist Center, Haifa
528. Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights (EIPR), Egypt
529. Resource Environmental Center Albania
530. Western New York Peace Center, NY
531. WISE Nederland, Netherlands
532. Shifting Advocacy, Germany
533. Unitarian Universalist Peace Ministry Network, USA
534. Student Union of the University of Helsinki (HYY) Helsinki, Finland
535. Palestinian Feminist Collective, North America
536. Clínica Jurídica de Migrantes y Refugiados UDP, Chile
537. Comité pour les droits humains en Amerique Latine, Canada
538. Justiça Global, Brasil
539. World‘s Youth for Climate Justice, Netherlands
540. Associazione A Sud, Italy
541. Asociación Nacional de Agricultores Pequeños, CUBA
542. INNATE, Irish Network for Nonviolent Action Training and Education, Ireland
543. Instituto Latinoamericano para una Sociedad y un Derecho Alternativos – ILSA, Colombia
544. Global with administrative address in Toronto, Canada
545. Editrice Circolare Società Cooperativa, Italy
546. Umanotera, The Slovenian Foundation for Sustainable Development, Slovenia
547. Egyptian Human Rights Forum, France
548. The Legal Resources Centre, South Africa
549. Association for Freedom of Thought and Expression (AFTE), Egypt
550. MARUF-CT Muslim Advocacy for Rights, Unity, and Fairness Connecticut, USA
551. European Jews for Palestine, EU
552. Electra Energy, Greece
553. Jersey Palestine Solidarity Campaign, Channel Islands
554. Corvallis Palestine Solidarity, USA
555. The Israeli Committee Against House Demolitions (ICAHD) – USA Carole Diane Coaching, UK
556. Global Campaign to Reclaim Peoples‘ Sovereignty, Dismantle Corporate Power, and Stop Impunity
557. Boston May Day Coalition, Boston
558. Pax Christi Metro New York
559. NATIONAL UNION OF DOMESTIC EMPLOYEES, TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO
560. Global Women‘s Strike, London
561. Catholic Peace Ministry, Des Moines, IA
562. Participation and the Practice of Rights, Northern Ireland
563. Accountability Counsel
564. CNCD-11.11.11, Belgium
565. Noura.NL, Amsterdam
566. SWISSAID, Schweizerische Stiftung für Entwicklungszusammenarbeit Bern, Switzerland
567. European Association of Lawyers for Democracy and World Human Rights
568. International Jewish Anti-Zionist Network
569. Hamburger Forum für Völkerverständigung und weltweite Abrüstung e. V., Germany
570. Ambiente Desarrollo y Capacitacion (ADC), Honduras
571. Association féministe Apel-Egalite, France
572. Center for Climate Change North Macedonia
573. Bruxelles Panthères, Belgium
574. Mouvement Citoyen Palestine, Belgium
575. Support for Women in Agriculture and Environment (SWAGEN), Uganda
576. Totah Law, California
577. Justiça Global, Brazil
578. Human Rights Awareness Center, Nepal
579. The Asociación para el Desarrollo Integral de las Víctimas de la Violencia (ADIVIMA), Guatemala
580. Cleveland Peace Action, USA
581. Global Women Against Deportations, England
582. All African Women‘s Group, England
583. Kenya Human Rights Commission, Kenya
584. Brent & Harrow PSC, UK
585. West Wales Friends of Palestine, UK
586. Ujasiri Human Rights, France
587. Ciudadanos israelíes en España por sanciones contra Israel, Spain
588. East Berkshire PSC, East Berkshire
589. Fsu et ldh, France
590. Fédération syndicale unitaire, France
591. Women on Web, Canada
592. KAIROS Halifax, Nova Scotia
593. Peace and Justice Alliance (PJA), Canada
594. Independent Jewish Voices, Canada
595. Rising Tide, Australia
596. Consejo Cívico de Organizaciones Populares e Indígenas de Honduras (COPINH), Honduras
597. Merz Institute, New Zealand
598. International Analog Forestry Network, Costa Rica
599. Economic Policy Research Institute, Cape Town
600. Jewish Council of Australia, Australia
601. Mennonite Church Manitoba Palestine Israel Network, Canada
602. Anti-Jindal & Anti-POSCO Movement (JPPSS), India
603. Kenya na Palestine [Kenya Palestine Solidarity Movement], Kenya
604. Comite de Solidaridad con Palestina Medellin, COLOMBIA
605. Frères des Hommes Tours
606. PSA for Palestine
607. Independent Jewish Voices-Toronto & York Region
608. Asia Pacific Forum on Women, Law and Development (APWLD), Thailand
609. Global Development for Palestine
610. International Centre for Ethnic Studies, Sri Lanka
611. Feminist League, Kazakhstan
612. Focus Association for Sustainable Development, Slovenia
613. Comité Palestine 81, France
614. Italian Climate Network, Italy
615. MINBYUN – Lawyers for a Democratic Society, Republic of Korea
616. Liberal Democrat Friends of Palestin, UK
617. BDS País Valencià, Spain
618. Lok Shakti Abhiyan, India
619. La Via Campesina, France
620. International Women‘s Rights Action Watch Asia Pacific (IWRAW AP), Malaysia
621. Linear Lines – MENA, Lebanon
622. Justiça Ambiental JA!, Mozambique
623. A 11 – Initiative for Economic and Social Rights, Serbia
624. Friends of the Earth Sweden
625. Carbon Market Watch Brussels, Belgium
626. Focus, Association for Sustainable Development, Slovenia
627. Tadhamon Singers, UK
628. MenaFem Movement for Economic Development and Ecological Justice
629. Women of Colour Global Women‘s Strike, UK
630. Brot & Rosen. Diakonische Basisgemeinschaft, Germany
631. El Nadim Center For Management & Rehabilitation of victims of violence, Egypt
632. Egyptian Commission for Rights and Freedoms, Egypt
633. Sinai Foundation for Human Rights (SFHR), UK
634. International Volunteers for Peace Australia, Australia
635. Center for Economic Social Cultural Rights in Africa (CESCRA), Uganda
636. Child Helpline International, Netherlands
637. Alofa Tuvalu, France
638. FIAN Norge, Norway
639. Union des progressistes juifs de Belgique (UPJB), Belgium
640. CairoGaza (formerly Global Conscience Convoy), Egypt
641. Movimiento Unificado Francisco Sánchez 1932 (MUFRAS-32), El Salvador
642. Teachers and School Staff for Palestine WA, Australia
643. Campaign Against Misrepresentation in Public Affairs, UK
644. Unitarian Universalist Association, Boston
645. FIAN Belgium, Belgium
646. Ecotrópica – Fundação de Apoio à Vida nos Trópicos, Brazil
647. Architecture Traditionnelle, Luxembourg
648. Donne in Nero – Rovereto, Italy
649. Campaign for Ingternational Cooperation and Disarmament (CICD), Australia
650. Humundi, Belgium
651. Chalana Esperança, Brazil
652. PAH (Plataforma de Afectados por la Hipoteca), Spain
653. Friends of the Earth Europe, Belgium
654. Action Against War (Cork), Ireland
655. Plateforme des Organisations Haitiennes des Droits Humains-POHDH, Haiti
656. Clare Solidarity Network, Ireland
657. Health of Mother Earth Foundation, Nigeria
658. NATIONAL COORDINATION OF FARMERS ORGANIZATIONS, MALI
659. CPPI Saint-Denis |Collectif Paix Palestine Israël], FRANCE
660. Jewish Call for Peace, Luxembourg
661. Extinction Rebellion London, London
662. Lex Innocentium, 21st Century, Ireland
663. Consejo de Pueblo Maya/CPO, Guatemala
664. Convergence Global des Luttes pour la Terre et l‘Eau en Afrique de l‘Ouest (CGLTE-OA)
665. Convergence malienne contre l’accaparement des terres (CMAT)
666. Entertainment Labor for Palestine, USA
667. WOIYO KONDEYE „Women‘s Reflection and Support Space“, Mali
668. Forum Tunisien pour les Droits Economiques et Sociaux (FTDES), Tunisie
669. Fahamu Africa, Sénégal
670. SWAN (Southern Women’s Aid Network), London
671. Centro de Estudios Legales y Sociales (CELS), Argentina
672. Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF), UK
673. Mothers Rebellion, UK
674. Phil Berrigan Memorial Chapter Veterans For Peace, USA
675. Veterans For Peace – Chapter 180 Fresno
676. Youth and Environment Europe (YEE), Czech Republic
677. Port Shepstone Islamic Welfare Trust, South Africa
678. Plataforma contra la privatización de Canal de Isabel II, Spain
679. Socal Friends of the World Social Forum, USA
680. Veterans For Peace, USA
681. Orange County Equality Coalition, California
682. Alliance for Global Justice, USA
683. RVNPC – Rede Vozes Negras pelo Clima, Brasil
684. The Groundwork Trust, South Africa
685. Baltimore Nonviolence Center, Maryland
686. US Campaign for Palestinian Rights Action (USCPR Action), USA
687. International Solidarity for Academic Freedom in India
688. Jewish Voice for Peace – South Bay California
689. Humanitarian and Development Research Initiative (HADRI), Australia
690. Refresh West Limited Bristol, UK
691. Friends of the Earth International
692. FEPAD Burundi – „Femmes Engagées à consolider la Paix et l‘Assainissement
pour le Développement durable“, Burundi
693. York Palestine Assembly
694. Sheffield Palestine Cultural Exchange, UK
695. Reclaim Finance
696. Irish Council for Civil Liberties, Ireland
697. Million Rural Women and Landless, Tunisia
698. NOAH – Friends of the Earth Denmark, Denmark
699. XR psychologists, UK
700. Legambiente, Italy
701. Alhudood, UK
702. Mental Health and Human Rights Info, Norway
703. Les Amis de la Terre-Togo, Togo
704. Italian Democratic Jurists, Italy
705. Community Women Against Abuse, UK
706. Amigas de la Tierra España/ Friends of the Earth Spain
707. Madrid Solidaria con Palestina
708. PAiZanas, Colombia
709. Palestine Trauma Centre, UK
710. Mothers Manifesto, UK
711. Uma Gota no Oceano, Brazil
712. GAIA Kosovo, Kosovo
713. Broederlijk Delen, Belgium
714. Asociación Española de Investigación para la Paz (AIPAZ), Spain
715. Temwa, UK
716. Preston Muslim Forum, UK
717. Comité de Unidad Campesina CUC
718. Escola de Cultura de Pau (School for a Culture of Peace), Spain
719. WILPF España, Spain
720. Researchers for Palestine, Finland
721. A Growing Culture, USA
722. Chico Peace Alliance, CA
723. Unitarian Universalists for Justice in the Middle East, USA
724. A Sud Ecologia e Cooperazione Aps, Italy
725. British Society for Middle Eastern Studies, UK
726. Palestine Economic Policy Research Institute MAS, Palestine
727. Les Amis de la Terre – Belgique asbl, Belgium
728. Preston Independents, UK
729. Amigos de la Tierra América Latina y el Caribe (ATALC)
730. Canada Boat Gaza, Canada
731. Face-to-Face: Jewish-Palestinian Reparations Alliance, US
732. Gernika Gogoratuz. Peace Research Center, Basque Country Spain
733. Just Peace Working Group, The United Church of Canada, Canada and Bermuda
734. de:criminalize e.V., Germany
735. groundWork, South Africa
736. Women Engage for a Common Future (WECF) – France
737. Kouraj Pou Pwoteje Dwa Moun, Haiti
738. Amigos de la Tierra Argentina / Tierra Nativa, Argentina
739. FIAN Switzerland for the Right to Food, Switzerland
740. MOUVEMENT PAYSANS ACUL-DU-NORD(MPA), Haiti
741. Nurses for Palestine, UK
742. COECOceiba ATI Costa Rica, Costa Rica
743. Nisaba, UK
744. Red Agua Publica, Spain
745. Rede de Agroecologia do Maranhão-RAMA, Brasil
746. IUCC Advocates for Peace and Justice, Irvine, CA
747. Iuventa-crew, Berlin
748. Aberdeen Healthcare Workers for Peace, Scotland
749. Friends of the Earth Mexico, Mexico
750. Agroecology Research-Action Collective, USA
751. Seattle Anti-War Coalition, USA
752. Attac, France
753. Centre for Environmental Justice, Sri Lanka
754. Jai Jagat Genève, Geneva
755. Green Scenery, Sierra Leone
756. Peace movement West Austria, Austria
757. Artistree Community Arts Center, Vermont, USA
758. Panteras Rosa Organization, Portugal
759. Good Health Community Programmes, Kenya
760. Law and Society Trust, Sri Lanka

20.05.2025 - 10:42 [ Human Rights Watch ]

Unified Call to Confront Famine in Gaza: Launch the Diplomatic Humanitarian Convoy Now

(May 19, 2025)

Palestinian civil society, joined by humanitarian and human rights organizations worldwide, issues this urgent and unified call: The manufactured famine in Gaza must be halted. The international community must act decisively, immediately, and with full moral and legal responsibility.

We are witnessing, in real time, the deliberate starvation of a civilian population as a method of warfare. Over two million Palestinians in Gaza are living in famine. Since March 2, 2025, Israel has blocked all humanitarian supplies and life-saving assistance – constituting the longest total siege Gaza has ever experienced.

15.05.2025 - 15:29 [ Human Rights Watch ]

Gaza: Latest Israeli Plan Inches Closer to Extermination

Israeli authorities, who have blocked the entry of aid, food, fuel, and medical supplies into Gaza for 75 days, have reportedly decided on a plan that would include “flatten[ing]” buildings and displacing Gaza’s entire population into a single “humanitarian area” if no “deal” with Hamas is reached by mid-May 2025. The dire humanitarian situation stemming from the unlawful blockade and plans to escalate forced displacement and widespread destruction demand a more robust response from other governments and institutions, especially the United States, France, Germany, the European Union, and the United Kingdom. Human Rights Watch called on all parties to the Genocide Convention to do more to prevent further atrocities, including ending weapons sales, military assistance, and diplomatic support to Israel, imposing targeted sanctions on Israeli officials, and reviewing and considering suspending bilateral agreements.

“Hearing Israeli officials flaunt plans to squeeze Gaza’s 2 million people into an even tinier area while making the rest of the land uninhabitable should be treated like a five-alarm fire in London, Brussels, Paris, and Washington,” said Federico Borello, interim executive director of Human Rights Watch. “Israel’s blockade has transcended military tactics to become a tool of extermination.”

25.12.2024 - 16:12 [ Human Rights Watch ]

Extermination and Acts of Genocide

(December 19, 2024)

To All States

– Take all measures within their power to prevent genocide by Israeli authorities in Gaza by pressuring Israel to lift the blockade and comply with the orders of the International Court of Justice, including by discontinuing any military assistance and arms sales or transfers, imposing targeted sanctions, and reviewing bilateral deals and diplomatic relations.

– Publicly condemn war crimes, crimes against humanity, and other violations of human rights and international humanitarian law and the genocide convention committed by the Israeli authorities, and urge them to immediately halt those violations and crimes and cooperate with international judicial bodies, investigative mechanisms, and UN special procedures.

– Increase public and private pressure on the Israeli government to comply with international humanitarian law in the conduct of hostilities, and ensure the entry and safe distribution at scale throughout Gaza of adequate aid and provision of basic services.

– Demand that Israel implement UN Security Council and General Assembly resolutions on Israel and Palestine, including all provisions relating to humanitarian aid delivery to the residents of Gaza and compliance with international humanitarian law.

– Review and possibly suspend bilateral agreements with Israel, such as the EU-Israel Association Agreement, whose review has been proposed by the Spanish and Irish governments.

– End all forms of support for and complicity in the atrocities being carried out by Israel, including suspending military assistance and arms transfers to the Israeli government so long as its forces commit serious rights abuses and war crimes against Palestinian civilians with impunity.

– Publicly support the ICJ’s work and its decisions as an independent judicial institution and press Israel to comply with the ICJ’s binding orders.

– Publicly support the work of the International Criminal Court across all situations under its jurisdiction, including the ongoing Palestine investigation, and render any assistance necessary to give effect to orders of the Court. Uphold the court’s independence and publicly condemn efforts to intimidate or interfere with its work, officials, and those cooperating with the institution.

– Support foreign domestic investigations and prosecutions under the principle of universal jurisdiction, as relevant and appropriate, of those credibly implicated in serious crimes in Gaza.

– The United States should immediately reverse its decisions to suspend funding to UNRWA and state clearly the intention to continue to fund the agency, and all states should urge Israeli authorities to reverse Israel‘s decisions to bar UNRWA from operating within Israel.

– Fund repairs of damaged and destroyed water and sanitation infrastructure, and press Israel to urgently allow the infrastructure to be repaired.

– Support the creation of an international mechanism to address reparation for Palestinians and an international register of damages.

– Call on Israeli authorities to allow water filtration systems, water tanks, and other materials needed to repair water infrastructure and to improve the water supply into Gaza.

– Support the United Nations to establish a plan that would ensure Palestinians have access to water at least equal to what Israel grants Israeli citizens, and pressure Israel to facilitate and contribute to the plan.

– Address long-standing impunity by Israeli authorities and Palestinian armed groups for serious crimes under international law.

To the UN Special Rapporteur on the Human Rights to Water and Sanitation

– Request access to Gaza in order to monitor and report publicly on the human rights situation regarding access to water and sanitation, including damage and destruction of water and sanitation infrastructure; obstruction of repairs and targeting of repair workers; restrictions on the entry of fuel; and the human rights impacts stemming from these actions.

To the International Criminal Court Prosecutor

– Investigate Israeli authorities’ actions and policies that have deprived the civilian population of Gaza of water, including as war crimes, as the crime against humanity of extermination, and as genocide.

25.12.2024 - 15:47 [ Middle East Eye ]

Opinion: Another expert report finds Israel is committing genocide. The West yawns

Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch and Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) agree that Israel is striving for extermination. It has not hidden its intent, and that intent is confirmed by its actions on the ground.

19.12.2024 - 21:24 [ Human Rights Watch ]

Extermination and Acts of Genocide: Israel Deliberately Depriving Palestinians in Gaza of Water

To All States

– Take all measures within their power to prevent genocide by Israeli authorities in Gaza by pressuring Israel to lift the blockade and comply with the orders of the International Court of Justice, including by discontinuing any military assistance and arms sales or transfers, imposing targeted sanctions, and reviewing bilateral deals and diplomatic relations.

– Publicly condemn war crimes, crimes against humanity, and other violations of human rights and international humanitarian law and the genocide convention committed by the Israeli authorities, and urge them to immediately halt those violations and crimes and cooperate with international judicial bodies, investigative mechanisms, and UN special procedures.

– Increase public and private pressure on the Israeli government to comply with international humanitarian law in the conduct of hostilities, and ensure the entry and safe distribution at scale throughout Gaza of adequate aid and provision of basic services.

– Demand that Israel implement UN Security Council and General Assembly resolutions on Israel and Palestine, including all provisions relating to humanitarian aid delivery to the residents of Gaza and compliance with international humanitarian law.

– Review and possibly suspend bilateral agreements with Israel, such as the EU-Israel Association Agreement, whose review has been proposed by the Spanish and Irish governments.

– End all forms of support for and complicity in the atrocities being carried out by Israel, including suspending military assistance and arms transfers to the Israeli government so long as its forces commit serious rights abuses and war crimes against Palestinian civilians with impunity.

– Publicly support the ICJ’s work and its decisions as an independent judicial institution and press Israel to comply with the ICJ’s binding orders.

– Publicly support the work of the International Criminal Court across all situations under its jurisdiction, including the ongoing Palestine investigation, and render any assistance necessary to give effect to orders of the Court. Uphold the court’s independence and publicly condemn efforts to intimidate or interfere with its work, officials, and those cooperating with the institution.

– Support foreign domestic investigations and prosecutions under the principle of universal jurisdiction, as relevant and appropriate, of those credibly implicated in serious crimes in Gaza.

– The United States should immediately reverse its decisions to suspend funding to UNRWA and state clearly the intention to continue to fund the agency, and all states should urge Israeli authorities to reverse Israel‘s decisions to bar UNRWA from operating within Israel.

– Fund repairs of damaged and destroyed water and sanitation infrastructure, and press Israel to urgently allow the infrastructure to be repaired.

– Support the creation of an international mechanism to address reparation for Palestinians and an international register of damages.

– Call on Israeli authorities to allow water filtration systems, water tanks, and other materials needed to repair water infrastructure and to improve the water supply into Gaza.

– Support the United Nations to establish a plan that would ensure Palestinians have access to water at least equal to what Israel grants Israeli citizens, and pressure Israel to facilitate and contribute to the plan.

– Address long-standing impunity by Israeli authorities and Palestinian armed groups for serious crimes under international law.

To the UN Special Rapporteur on the Human Rights to Water and Sanitation

– Request access to Gaza in order to monitor and report publicly on the human rights situation regarding access to water and sanitation, including damage and destruction of water and sanitation infrastructure; obstruction of repairs and targeting of repair workers; restrictions on the entry of fuel; and the human rights impacts stemming from these actions.

To the International Criminal Court Prosecutor

– Investigate Israeli authorities’ actions and policies that have deprived the civilian population of Gaza of water, including as war crimes, as the crime against humanity of extermination, and as genocide.

19.12.2024 - 21:22 [ Human Rights Watch ]

‫ה‬‫כחדה‬‫ומעשים‬ ‫הנכללים‬ ‫תחת‬ ‫הגדרת‬ ‫הפשע‬‫של‬ ‫רצח‬ ‫עם‬ ‫ישראל‬‫שוללת‬ ‫מים‬ ‫בכוונה‬ ‫תחילה‬ ‫מפלסטינים‬ ‫ברצועת‬ ‫עזה‬

‫תקציר‬
‫מאז‬‫אוקטובר‬ ‫‪2023‬‬ ‫‪,‬‬‫הרשויות‬ ‫הישראליות‬ ‫מונעות‬ ‫בכוונה‬ ‫תחילה‬ ‫מפלסטינים‬ ‫גישה‬ ‫לכמות‬ ‫ה‬ ‫מים‬
‫ה‬‫הולמת‬‫הנדרשת‬ ‫להישרדות‬ ‫ברצועת‬ ‫עזה‪.‬‬
‫על‬‫פי‬ ‫ארגון‬ ‫הבריאות‬ ‫העולמי‬ ‫)‬ ‫‪WHO‬‬‫(‪,‬‬‫אדם‬ ‫זקוק‬ ‫ל‬ ‫‪-‬‬‫‪50‬‬‫–‬‫‪100‬‬‫ליטר‬ ‫ים‬‫מים‬ ‫ביום‬ ‫כדי‬ ‫להבטיח‬ ‫ש“צרכיו‬
‫הבסיסיים‬‫ביותר‬ ‫יסופקו“‪.‬‬ ‫‪1‬‬‫במצבי‬ ‫חירום‬ ‫מתמשכים‪,‬‬ ‫כמות‬ ‫המים‬ ‫המינימלית‬ ‫הנדרשת‬ ‫היא‬ ‫‪15‬‬
‫ליטר‬‫ים‬‫לאדם‬ ‫ליום‬ ‫לשתייה‬ ‫ולרחצה‪.‬‬ ‫‪2‬‬‫ולמרות‬ ‫זאת‪,‬‬ ‫בין‬ ‫אוקטובר‬ ‫‪2023‬‬ ‫לספטמבר‬ ‫‪2024‬‬ ‫‪,‬‬‫פעולות‬
‫שביצעו‬‫הרשויות‬ ‫הישראליות‬ ‫מנעו‬ ‫מרובם‬ ‫של‬ ‫יותר‬ ‫מ‬ ‫שני‬‫מיליון‬ ‫הפלסטינים‬ ‫החיים‬ ‫ברצוע‬ ‫ת‬‫עז‬ ‫ה‬‫גישה‬
‫אפילו‬‫לכמות‬ ‫מינימלית‬ ‫זו‬ ‫של‬ ‫מים‪,‬‬ ‫והדבר‬ ‫תרם‬ ‫להתפשטות‬ ‫מחלות‬ ‫והביא‬ ‫למותם‬ ‫של‬ ‫בני‬ ‫אדם‬ ‫‪.‬‬
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‫לרבים‬‫ברצועה‬ ‫הייתה‬ ‫גישה‬ ‫רק‬ ‫‪,‬‬‫או‬ ‫בעיקר‬ ‫‪,‬‬‫למים‬ ‫שאינם‬ ‫ראויים‬ ‫לשתייה‪.‬‬
‫“‬‫אם‬‫אנחנו‬ ‫לא‬ ‫מצליחים‬ ‫למצוא‬ ‫מים‬ ‫ראויים‬ ‫לשתייה‪,‬‬ ‫אנחנו‬ ‫שותים‬ ‫את‬ ‫מי‬ ‫ה‬ ‫ים“‪,‬‬‫אמר‬ ‫אב‬ ‫שנעקר‬
‫לבית‬‫ספר‬ ‫ברפיח‬ ‫לארגון‬ ‫‪Watch‬‬ ‫‪Rights‬‬ ‫‪Human‬‬ ‫בדצמבר‬ ‫‪2023.‬‬ ‫‪4‬‬‫“קרה‬ ‫לי‬ ‫הרבה‬ ‫פעמים‬ ‫שנאלצתי‬
‫לשתות‬‫מי‬ ‫ים‪.‬‬ ‫א‬ ‫י‬‫אפשר‬ ‫להבין‬ ‫כמה‬ ‫אנחנו‬ ‫סובלים“‪.‬‬
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19.12.2024 - 21:20 [ Middle East Eye ]

Human Rights Watch: Israel is guilty of extermination and acts of genocide in Gaza

Israel is guilty of the crime of extermination and acts of genocide in Gaza, Human Rights Watch (HRW) has concluded in a new report published on Thursday.

The US-based human rights organisation found that Israel has inflicted conditions of life in Gaza calculated to destroy the enclave‘s Palestinian population. This amounts to extermination, which is a crime against humanity, and acts of genocide.

Coming two weeks after fellow rights group Amnesty International similarly concluded that Israel is guilty of genocide, the Human Rights Watch report is the latest sign of a growing consensus around Israel‘s actions in Gaza.

17.12.2024 - 22:49 [ Human Rights Watch ]

Syria: Mass Grave in Damascus Should be Protected, Investigated

Residents in Tadamon said that executions in the area were common. In interviews in 2022, they described at least 10 other incidents of summary killings between August 2012 and January 2014 in Tadamon, Daraya, Moadamiya, and surrounding areas. This evidence suggests that other bodies were buried in and around the area. The area was also the site of armed clashes between Syrian government forces and opposition fighters affiliated with the Free Syrian Army (FSA) at numerous points between 2012 and 2013.

Human Rights Watch began investigating the massacre in October 2021, after receiving a leaked video discovered by a member of a Syrian militia on a laptop and handed to Annsar Shahhoud and Uğur Ümit Üngör, researchers at the University of Amsterdam and the NIOD Institute for War, Holocaust and Genocide Studies in Amsterdam, and ARD, a German Public Broadcaster.

“This video, filmed by the perpetrators themselves who laughed as they killed their victims, shows the Syrian government’s callous disregard for people’s lives,” Zayadin said. “This massacre is just one horrific incident in a pattern of state violence and apparent war crimes.”

14.11.2024 - 19:55 [ Human Rights Watch ]

“Hopeless, Starving, and Besieged”: Israel’s Forced Displacement of Palestinians in Gaza

To All Governments

– Publicly condemn Israel’s forced displacement of the civilian population in Gaza as a war crime and crime against humanity, as well as other violations of international humanitarian law, international human rights law, and international criminal law by Israeli authorities, and urge them to immediately halt those crimes and cooperate with international judicial bodies and investigative mechanisms.

– Increase public and private pressure on the Israeli government to stop violating international humanitarian law in the conduct of hostilities, to fully comply with its obligations and the binding orders and advisory opinion from the International Court of Justice, and to ensure the entry and safe distribution throughout Gaza of adequate aid and provision of basic services. Consider, in that regard, the review and possible suspension of bilateral agreements with Israel, such as the EU-Israel Association Agreement, as proposed by the governments of Spain and Ireland, and the US-Israel Free Trade Agreement.

– Suspend military assistance and arms sales to Israel so long as its forces commit violations of international humanitarian law with impunity.

– Enforce domestic legislation limiting the transfer of arms and military assistance for violations of international human rights and humanitarian law.

– Publicly support the International Criminal Court, uphold the court’s independence, and publicly condemn efforts to intimidate or interfere with its work, officials, and those cooperating with the institution.

– Urge the Government of Israel to grant access to independent, international monitors, including from the UN Special Procedures.

– Impose targeted sanctions, including travel bans and asset freezes, against Israeli officials credibly implicated in ongoing serious violations, for the purpose of ending these violations.

– Address long-standing impunity by Israeli authorities and Palestinian armed groups for serious crimes under international law, and support reparations for all victims of gross human rights abuses.

– Support the creation of a register of damages, caused by unlawful Israeli action to persons in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, for the purposes of calculating reparations.

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To the Prosecutor of the International Crimin19al Court

– Investigate Israeli authorities’ forced displacement and prevention of the right to return as a crime against humanity.

14.11.2024 - 19:50 [ France24.com ]

Israel is committing ‘ethnic cleansing’ amid mass forced displacements in Gaza, HRW report says

Israel has committed war crimes and crimes against humanity in Gaza, including pursuing a deliberate policy of forcibly displacing people and denying them the right to return home, according to a Human Rights Watch report released Thursday. The report also labelled the likely permanent dispossession of Gazans in areas cleared by Israel to serve as buffer zones and security corridors as “ethnic cleansing”.

24.10.2024 - 08:25 [ Human Rights Watch ]

North Gaza: Between Death and Displacement

(October 18, 2024)

As it escalates its attacks on north Gaza, the Israeli army has ordered the entire civilian population to evacuate – and cut off food aid to all who remain.

19.09.2024 - 22:32 [ Human Rights Watch ]

Lebanon: Exploding Pagers Harmed Hezbollah, Civilians

(September 18, 2024)

“Customary international humanitarian law prohibits the use of booby traps – objects that civilians are likely to be attracted to or are associated with normal civilian daily use – precisely to avoid putting civilians at grave risk and produce the devastating scenes that continue to unfold across Lebanon today. The use of an explosive device whose exact location could not be reliably known would be unlawfully indiscriminate, using a means of attack that could not be directed at a specific military target and as a result would strike military targets and civilians without distinction. A prompt and impartial investigation into the attacks should be urgently conducted.”

06.04.2024 - 19:10 [ Human Rights Watch ]

Gaza: Israeli Strike Killing 106 Civilians an Apparent War Crime

– Israeli forces unlawfully attacked a residential building in Gaza on October 31, 2023, absent any apparent military target, killing at least 106 civilians, including 54 children.
– Scores of Israeli airstrikes in Gaza since October 7 have caused thousands of civilian casualties, underscoring the greater risk of unlawful attacks from explosive weapons in populated areas.
– Governments should suspend arms transfers to Israel, support the International Criminal Court investigation in Palestine, and impose targeted sanctions on officials responsible for laws-of-war violations.

06.04.2024 - 18:55 [ Al Jazeera ]

Israel strike that killed 106 people in Gaza ‘apparent war crime’: Probe

(04.04.2024)

The inquiry was based on testimonies from 16 people the group spoke to between January and March, satellite images, dozens of photographs and videos from the site, as well as those shared on social media, the international rights group said on Thursday as it released the findings of its investigation.

It called on governments to suspend weapons transfers to Israel and support the International Criminal Court’s (ICC’s) investigation in Palestine, saying the attack was among the “deadliest single incidents for civilians” since Israel’s war on Gaza started in October.

20.12.2023 - 16:44 [ Human RIghts Watch ]

Israel: Starvation Used as Weapon of War in Gaza

International humanitarian law, or the laws of war, prohibits the starvation of civilians as a method of warfare. The Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court provides that intentionally starving civilians by “depriving them of objects indispensable to their survival, including willfully impeding relief supplies” is a war crime. Criminal intent does not require the attacker’s admission but can also be inferred from the totality of the circumstances of the military campaign.

In addition, Israel’s continuing blockade of Gaza, as well as its more than 16-year closure, amounts to collective punishment of the civilian population, a war crime. As the occupying power in Gaza under the Fourth Geneva Convention, Israel has the duty to ensure that the civilian population gets food and medical supplies.

20.12.2023 - 16:38 [ New York Times ]

Human Rights Watch says Israel is using starvation as a weapon in Gaza.

The group said Israel’s actions could constitute a war crime.

It cited statements by senior Israeli leaders to support its claim that depriving Gazans of necessities was a policy implemented by the country’s armed forces.

20.12.2023 - 16:31 [ Communist Party of Israel ]

Human Rights Watch: Israel Starving Gaza Civilians as a Method of Warfare

Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Monday accused Israel of intentionally starving the civilian population in the Gaza Strip, citing comments from high-ranking officials and interviews with displaced Palestinian people. According HRW using starvation of civilians as a method of warfare, goes against international humanitarian law and constitutes collective punishment. The group charged that as the occupying power in Gaza, Israel is responsible for the population getting food and medical supplies.

14.11.2023 - 18:51 [ Human Rights Watch ]

Gaza: Unlawful Israeli Hospital Strikes Worsen Health Crisis

– The Israeli military’s repeated, apparently unlawful attacks on medical facilities, personnel, and transport are further destroying Gaza’s healthcare system and should be investigated as war crimes.

– Concerns about disproportionate attacks are magnified for hospitals. Even the threat of an attack or minor damage can have massive life-or-death implications for patients and caregivers.

– The Israeli government should end attacks on hospitals. The Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Territory and the ICC should investigate.

02.09.2023 - 20:31 [ New York Times ]

U.S. Knew About Migrant Killings by Saudi Forces Earlier Than Previously Disclosed

(Sept. 1, 2023)

The State Department said U.S. diplomats in Saudi Arabia had first heard reports of a dramatic increase in lethal violence against migrants and asylum seekers by that nation’s border forces in the summer of last year and had immediately asked officials at “high levels” of the Saudi government to investigate.

The department made the disclosure in a statement on Thursday night to The New York Times in response to questions posed early this week about the U.S. government’s knowledge of the reported violence and its working relationship with Saudi Arabia’s border forces.

02.09.2023 - 20:18 [ Human Rights Watch ]

„They Fired on Us Like Rain“: Saudi Arabian Mass Killings of Ethiopian Migrants at the Yemen-Saudi Border

(21.08.2023)

Saudi border guards have killed at least hundreds of Ethiopian migrants and asylum seekers who tried to cross the Yemen-Saudi border between March 2022 and June 2023. Human Rights Watch research indicates that, at time of writing, the killings are continuing. Saudi border guards have used explosive weapons and shot people at close range, including women and children, in a pattern that is widespread and systematic. If committed as part of a Saudi government policy to murder migrants, these killings would be a crime against humanity. In some instances, Saudi border guards first asked survivors in which limb of their body they preferred to be shot, before shooting them at close range. Saudi border guards also fired explosive weapons at migrants who had just been released from temporary Saudi detention and were attempting to flee back to Yemen.

02.09.2023 - 20:15 [ Washington Post ]

U.S. presses Saudi Arabia on reported migrant massacres

(Updated August 31, 2023 at 6:22 p.m.)

The United States has voiced public concern about the reports of violence against civilians, which circulated among diplomats and U.N. officials for more than a year before being thrust into wider public view, and called for a Saudi investigation.

U.S. officials, who spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss sensitive diplomatic conversations, say they are also pushing the Saudis to identify the units who, according to eyewitnesses and victims, used mortars, small-arms fire and close-range executions to kill hundreds or possibly thousands of people, many of them women and children.

21.08.2023 - 17:40 [ Human Rights Watch ]

„They Fired on Us Like Rain“: Saudi Arabian Mass Killings of Ethiopian Migrants at the Yemen-Saudi Border

Saudi border guards have killed at least hundreds of Ethiopian migrants and asylum seekers who tried to cross the Yemen-Saudi border between March 2022 and June 2023. Human Rights Watch research indicates that, at time of writing, the killings are continuing. Saudi border guards have used explosive weapons and shot people at close range, including women and children, in a pattern that is widespread and systematic. If committed as part of a Saudi government policy to murder migrants, these killings would be a crime against humanity. In some instances, Saudi border guards first asked survivors in which limb of their body they preferred to be shot, before shooting them at close range. Saudi border guards also fired explosive weapons at migrants who had just been released from temporary Saudi detention and were attempting to flee back to Yemen.

21.08.2023 - 17:40 [ BBC ]

Hundreds of migrants killed by Saudi border guards – report

Migrants have told the BBC they had limbs severed by gunfire and saw bodies left on the trails.

Saudi Arabia has previously rejected allegations of systematic killings.

The Human Rights Watch (HRW) report, titled They Fired On Us Like Rain, contains graphic testimony from migrants who say they were shot at and sometimes targeted with explosive weapons by Saudi police and soldiers on Yemen‘s rugged northern border with Saudi Arabia.

07.07.2023 - 12:31 [ Antiwar.com ]

Report: US Will Provide Ukraine Cluster Bombs as Part of New Weapons Package

The Associated Press reported Thursday that the Biden administration has decided to arm Ukraine with cluster bombs and will announce the munitions as part of a new $800 million arms package. The news comes after Human Rights Watch (HRW) issued a report that said Ukraine has killed its own citizens using the munitions.

01.06.2023 - 14:36 [ Human Rights Watch ]

China’s Techno-Authoritarianism Has Gone Global

(April 8, 2021)

To much of the rest of the world, however, this competition is little more than evil versus evil. The U.S. government has also practiced mass surveillance; big U.S. technology companies have adopted a surveillance-based business model, exploiting people’s data in the name of free service; and the Five Eyes, an intelligence coalition comprised of the United States and Australia, Canada, New Zealand, and the United Kingdom, has sought to undermine encryption by pressuring companies to give governments backdoor access to all digital communications. In this dismal global race to the digital bottom, the biggest losers are ordinary technology users all over the world.

08.05.2023 - 15:49 [ Human Rights Watch ]

Burkina Faso: Army Linked to Massacre of 156 Civilians

African Union, United Nations Should Press for Credible, Independent Inquiry

24.05.2021 - 06:23 [ i24news.tv ]

French FM warns Israel of ‚risk of apartheid‘

The official‘s rhetoric echoes recent reports by the Israeli B‘Tselem rights group, as well as by the Human Rights Watch (HRW) organization, both of which accused Israel of subjecting Palestinians to a multi-tiered regime of discrimination not unlike the racist system of governance that held sway in South Africa between 1948 and 1991.