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The International Court of Justice begins hearing the case of South Africa v. Israel in The Hague.
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International Court of Justice: South Africa institutes proceeding against Israel claiming a violation of the Genocide Convention in Gaza

South Africa presented its case at the International Court of Justice (ICJ),  the highest judicial organ of the United Nations, to end the mass killing of civilians in Gaza, accusing Israel of ...

Last update 12 Jan 2024
The Security Council adopts resolution 2712 (2023) calling for urgent and extended humanitarian pauses and corridors throughout the Gaza Strip for a sufficient number of days to enable, consistent with international humanitarian law, the full, rapid, safe
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United Nations: Resolution 2712 (2023) adopted by the Security Council at its 9479th meeting, on 15 November 2023

The Security Council has recently adopted the Resolution 2712, which highlights the deep concern of the Security Council regarding the humanitarian situation in the Gaza Strip and its serious impact ...

Last update 24 Nov 2023
Famiglie fuggono dal loro quartiere distrutto
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Statement by Principals of the Inter-Agency Standing Committee, on the situation in Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territory 5th November 2023

The Principals of the Inter-Agency Standing Committee (IASC), the longest-standing and highest-level humanitarian coordination forum of the United Nations system, have issued an incisive statement ...

Last update 8 Nov 2023
Families flee their shattered neighbourhood, Tal al-Hawa, to seek refuge in the southern Gaza strip.
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"Gaza is running out of time" UN experts demand ceasefire to avert genocide

"Gaza is running out of time," UN experts warn, calling for a cease-fire to prevent genocide of Palestinians, following Gaza's repeated attacks by the Israeli military, prompting urgent calls for ...

Last update 8 Nov 2023
Image: two children play with yellow tanks in Gaza (photo taken from the Red Cross (ICRC) Report "GAZA 1.5 million people trapped in despair").
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Report of the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian territories occupied since 1967, Francesca Albanese (2023)

INTRODUCTION 1. In her 2023 report to the Human Rights Council, the Special Rapporteur exposed how Israel has turned the occupied Palestinian territory (oPt) into an open-air prison, where ...

Last update 8 Nov 2023
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Report of the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian territories occupied since 1967 , Francesca Albanese (2022)

INTRODUCTION 1. In the present report, the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian territories occupied since 1967, Francesca Albanese, addresses a number of ...

Last update 8 Nov 2023
A view shows houses and buildings destroyed in Israeli strikes, in Jabalia in the northern Gaza Strip, October 11, 2023.
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The Conclusion of the 54th Session of the UN Human Rights Council Addresses the Israel-Gaza Conflict

On Friday, October 13th, the UN Human Rights Council convened in Geneva, where the conclusion of the meeting was an opportunity for 22 countries and one NGO to address the conflict in Gaza and ...

Last update 1 Nov 2023
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United Nations Special Rapporteur on Palestine: Israel’s illegal prison practices in the occupied Palestinian territories have turned into an open prison

The report presented by Francesca Albanese, the United Nations Special Rapporteur on Palestine, to the United Nations Human Rights Council last June, denounces Israel's use of various means, ...

Last update 11 Sep 2023
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United Nations: Concerned about Ongoing Israeli Military Operation in Jenin

The ongoing Israeli airstrikes in Jenin have raised significant concerns within the international community. United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres has emphasized the urgency of ...

Last update 17 Jul 2023
Children in Israeli prisons – Children deprived of their childhood, 10 July 2023, 18:30-20:30, Geneva
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Children in Israeli prisons – Children deprived of their childhood, 10 July 2023, 18:30-20:30, Geneva

This event, in parallel to the 53rd Session of the UN Human Rights Council, will take place on the 10th of July, from 19:00 to 20:30, at the Institut des cultures arabes et ...

Last update 10 Jul 2023
The challenge of human rights in Palestine, University of Padova, 17 May 2023. 
An Israeli control tower along the wall dividing Israel and the West Bank. On the tower is a mural of a little girl with a key around her neck looking up.
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The challenge of human rights in Palestine, University of Padova, 17 May 2023

[versione italiana] Wednesday 17 May 2023, 4-6.30 p.m. University of Padova, Palazzo Bo, Archivio Antico Within the framework of the third Civic Week (15-21 May 2023), in preparation of the ...

Last update 6 Dec 2023
The Separation Wall in the occupied Palestinian Territory and behind it an Israeli settlements
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Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and Israel: First report released

The continued occupation by Israel of Palestinian territory and discrimination against Palestinians are the key root causes of the recurrent tensions, instability and protraction of conflict in the ...

Last update 11 Jun 2022
Motorola radar detectors, Bracha Settlement, Apr 2011, Photographed by Dror
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The Business behind Israeli Settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (OPT): a Case Study of the Surveillance Industry

Laura Caramignoli holds a master’s degree in Human Rights and Multi-level Governance from the University of Padova. This in Focus article is an excerpt from her master thesis, discussed in ...

Last update 26 Mar 2024
Occupied Palestinian Territory: Israeli settlements should be classified as war crimes, says UN expert
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United Nations: Occupied Palestinian Territory: Israeli settlements should be classified as war crimes, says UN expert

The UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian Territory occupied since 1967, Michael Lynk, called on the international community to label Israeli settlements as a war ...

Last update 4 Aug 2021
Photo exhibit "Sons of a lesser god. Stories of palestinian girls and boys arrested by the Israeli army", Padua - Cortile Pensile, Palazzo Moroni, from 3rd to 18th of July 2021
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Exhibition of photographs "Sons of a Lesser God. Stories of Palestinian girls and boys arrested by the Israeli army", Padova, 3-18 July 2021

From 3rd to 18th of July 2021, it will be open in the Cortile Pensile of Palazzo Moroni of Padova the Photo exhibition "Sons of a Lesser God. Stories of Palestinian girls and ...

Last update 23 Jun 2021