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Date Title Subject Symbol
11-Apr-2025 Gaza: Increasing Israeli “evacuation orders” lead to forcible transfer of Palestinians – OHCHR Press briefing Access and movement, Armed conflict, Fourth Geneva Convention, Gaza Strip, Human rights and international humanitarian law, Refugees and displaced persons, ethnic cleansing
Sources:

Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR)

Entity:

United Nations system
Type

Press Conference, Press briefing

Country:

18-Mar-2025 ‘Tragedy foretold and stain on our collective humanity’: Special Rapporteur warns of mass ethnic cleansing in the West Bank Armed conflict, Casualties, Gaza Strip, Genocide, Human Rights Council, Human rights and international humanitarian law, International Court of Justice, Israeli settlements, Legal issues, Refugee camps, Refugees and displaced persons, Security issues, Settler violence, West Bank, ethnic cleansing, human rights violations
Sources:

Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the OPT, Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian territories occupied since 1967

Entity:

Type

Press Release

Country:

19-Feb-2025 Military aggressions against the Palestinian civilian population in spite of the ceasefire agreement – Letter from the State of Palestine (A/ES-10/1023-S/2025/106) Casualties, Ceasefire, Children, Gaza Strip, Human rights and international humanitarian law, Incidents, Internally displaced persons, Protection of civilians, Refugee camps, Refugees and displaced persons, Security issues, Violence, West Bank, ethnic cleansing, human rights violations A/ES-10/1023
Sources:

General Assembly, Security Council

Entity:

Type

Letter, Palestine letter (Situation in the OPT since 29 September 2000)

Country:

05-Feb-2025 United Nations ‘Fully Committed to Peace, Stability, Inalienable Rights of Palestinian People’, UN Secretary-General Tells Palestinian Rights Committee Armed conflict, Ceasefire, Expulsions and deportations, Gaza Strip, Hostages, Human rights and international humanitarian law, Reconstruction, UNRWA, ethnic cleansing SG/SM/22546
Sources:

Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People (CEIRPP), Secretary-General

Entity:

Type

Remarks, Speech, Statement

Country:

08-Nov-2024 There must be “due reckoning” for horrific violations, possible atrocity crimes in Gaza – UN Human Rights Chief Accountability, Armed conflict, Atrocities, Casualties, Children, Expulsions and deportations, Gaza Strip, Human rights and international humanitarian law, Protection, Protection of civilians, Refugees and displaced persons, War crimes, ethnic cleansing
Sources:

Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR)

Entity:

United Nations system
Type

Press Release, Report

Country:

31-Oct-2024 ‘It Is Important to Call a Genocide a Genocide,’ Consider Suspending Israel’s Credential as UN Member State, Experts Tell Palestinian Rights Committee – Press release Apartheid, Armed conflict, Arms control and regional security issues, Atrocities, Casualties, Ceasefire, Children, Colonialism, Expulsions and deportations, Gaza Strip, Genocide, Health, Human rights and international humanitarian law, Hunger, Israel's illegal occupation, Occupation, Palestine question, ethnic cleansing GA/PAL/1473
Sources:

Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Territory, Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People (CEIRPP), Independent Commission for Human Rights, Law For Palestine, Special Rapporteur on the right to health, Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the OPT

Entity:

United Nations system
Type

Multimedia, Press Release, Video

Country:

17-Oct-2024 Support for UNRWA mandate and recent developments – Joint statement by a group of Ambassadors at Security Council Media Stakeout Armed conflict, Assistance, Gaza Strip, Humanitarian relief, UNRWA, ethnic cleansing
Sources:

Security Council, United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA)

Entity:

United Nations system
Type

Multimedia, Press Conference, Statement, Video

Country:

11-Oct-2024 ‘The international legal order is breaking down in Gaza’: UN experts mark one year of genocidal attacks on Palestinians Apartheid, Armed conflict, Casualties, Ceasefire, Gaza Strip, Genocide, Human rights and international humanitarian law, Legal issues, Racial discrimination, Refugees and displaced persons, War crimes, West Bank, ethnic cleansing
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Independent Expert on human rights and international solidarity, Independent Expert on international order, Special Rapporteur in the field of cultural rights, Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Peaceful Assembly and Association, Special Rapporteur on Minority Issues, Special Rapporteur on contemporary forms of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance, Special Rapporteur on contemporary forms of slavery, Special Rapporteur on human rights and the environment, Special Rapporteur on the human rights of internally displaced persons, Special Rapporteur on the human rights to safe drinking water and sanitation, Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of the right to freedom of opinion and expression, Special Rapporteur on the right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health, Special Rapporteur on the right to adequate housing, Special Rapporteur on the right to education, Special Rapporteur on the right to food, Special Rapporteur on the rights of persons with disabilities, Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian territories occupied since 1967, Special Rapporteur on trafficking in persons, Special Rapporteur on violence against women and girls, its causes and consequences, Working Group of Experts on People of African Descent, Working Group on discrimination against women and girls, Working Group on the use of mercenaries

Entity:

United Nations system
Type

Press Release

Country:

05-Apr-2024 Human rights situation in the OPT, obligation to ensure accountability and justice, end of arms transfers to Israel – Human Rights Council draft resolution (adopted) Armed conflict, Arms control and regional security issues, Assistance, Ceasefire, Expulsions and deportations, Food, Fourth Geneva Convention, Gaza Strip, Human rights and international humanitarian law, Hunger, NGOs/Civil Society, Racial discrimination, ethnic cleansing, malnutrition A/HRC/55/L.30
Sources:

Human Rights Council

Entity:

Type

Draft resolution, Resolution

Country:

26-Jan-2024 Application of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide in the Gaza Strip (South Africa v. Israel) – The Court indicates provisional measures – ICJ Press Release Armed conflict, Casualties, Ceasefire, Gaza Strip, Genocide, Humanitarian relief, ethnic cleansing
Sources:

International Court of Justice (ICJ)

Entity:

United Nations system
Type

Order (See also - Military order - Entity listing: ICJ), Press Release

Country:

Israel, Palestine (State of), South Africa
24-Jan-2024 Amid Continuing Rights Violations in Gaza, Security Council Must Do More to Enforce International Law, Its Own Resolutions, Speakers Stress as Open Debate Concludes – UN Security Council Armed conflict, Ceasefire, Gaza Strip, Human rights and international humanitarian law, Nakba, West Bank, ethnic cleansing
Sources:

Security Council

Entity:

United Nations system
Type

Press Release

Country:

Argentina, Bangladesh, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Cuba, Holy See, Iraq, Ireland, Israel, Maldives, Mauritania, Oman, Palestine (State of), Poland, Saint Lucia, Sri Lanka, Syria, Tunisia
03-Jan-2024 Israel’s collective punishment and use of starvation as a weapon of war – Letter from Palestine (A/ES-10/978-S/2024/16) Armed conflict, Assistance, Casualties, Ceasefire, Children, Expulsions and deportations, Extrajudicial killings, Food, Gaza Strip, Genocide, Hunger, ethnic cleansing A/ES-10/978
Sources:

General Assembly, Security Council

Entity:

Palestine/PLO/Palestinian Authority
Type

Letter, Palestine letter (Situation in the OPT since 29 September 2000)

Country:

Palestine (State of)
26-Dec-2023 Calling for an immediate ceasefire, for urgent, unimpeded and sufficient humanitarian aid and for a halt to all Israeli attempts to forcibly transfer Palestinian civilians: Letter from Palestine Armed conflict, Ceasefire, Expulsions and deportations, Gaza Strip, Human rights and international humanitarian law, Humanitarian relief, Jerusalem, Protection of civilians, War crimes, ethnic cleansing A/ES-10/977
Sources:

General Assembly, Security Council

Entity:

United Nations system
Type

Letter, Palestine letter (Situation in the OPT since 29 September 2000)

Country:

Palestine (State of)
16-Oct-2023 The World is Witnessing in Palestine the Horrors – Letter from Palestine (A/ES-10/956-S/2023/778) Access and movement, Armed conflict, Assistance to the Palestinian people, Ceasefire, Expulsions and deportations, Food, Gaza Strip, Human rights and international humanitarian law, Humanitarian relief, Violence, ethnic cleansing A/ES-10/956
Sources:

General Assembly, General Assembly 10th Emergency Special Session, Security Council

Entity:

Type

Letter, Palestine letter (Situation in the OPT since 29 September 2000)

Country:

Palestine (State of)
14-Oct-2023 UN expert warns of new instance of mass ethnic cleansing of Palestinians, calls for immediate ceasefire Armed conflict, Casualties, Ceasefire, Gaza Strip, Nakba, Occupation, Violence, ethnic cleansing
Sources:

Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the OPT

Entity:

United Nations system
Type

Press Release

Country:

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