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Date Title Subject Symbol
08-Feb-2024 Nicaragua requests permission to intervene in the proceedings under Article 62 of the ICJ Statute – Application of the Genocide Convention in the Gaza Strip (South Africa v. Israel) – ICJ- Press Release Armed conflict, Convention: Genocide, Gaza Strip, Genocide, Human rights and international humanitarian law, Legal issues
Sources:

International Court of Justice (ICJ)

Entity:

United Nations system

Type

Press Release

Country:

Israel, Nicaragua, South Africa

06-Feb-2024 The Ongoing Genocide in Gaza and International Complicity – Written statement submitted by the Palestinian Return Centre, an NGO in special consultative status, to the Human Rights Council Access and movement, Armed conflict, Arms control and regional security issues, Gaza Strip, Genocide A/HRC/55/NGO/293
Sources:

Human Rights Council, Palestinian Return Centre Ltd.

Entity:

Non-governmental organization

Type

Statement

Country:

31-Jan-2024 Action by UN System and Intergovernmental Organizations Relevant to the Question of Palestine (January 2024 Monthly Bulletin) Access and movement, Armed conflict, Assistance, Casualties, Ceasefire, Children, Convention: Genocide, Funding needs, Gaza Strip, Genocide, Human rights and international humanitarian law, Humanitarian relief, Internally displaced persons, Legal issues, Protection of civilians, Refugees and displaced persons, Shelter, Violence, Water, West Bank
Sources:

Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People (CEIRPP), Division for Palestinian Rights (DPR), General Assembly, Independent Expert on human rights and international solidarity, Independent Expert on the enjoyment of all human rights by older persons, International Court of Justice (ICJ), Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), Secretary-General, Security Council, Special Rapporteur in the field of cultural rights, Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Peaceful Assembly and Association, Special Rapporteur on contemporary forms of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance, Special Rapporteur on contemporary forms of slavery, 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 independence of judges and lawyers, Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of human rights and fundamental freedoms while countering terrorism, 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 right to peaceful assembly and association, Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights defenders, 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, UN Women, United Nations Childrens Fund (UNICEF), United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA), Working Group on discrimination against women and girls, Working Group on enforced or involuntary disappearances, Working Group on the use of mercenaries, World Health Organization (WHO)

Entity:

United Nations system

Type

Bulletin, Monthly Bulletin

Country:

31-Jan-2024 Gaza: ICJ ruling offers hope for protection of civilians enduring apocalyptic conditions, say UN human rights experts – OHCHR – Press Release Armed conflict, Casualties, Children, Convention: Genocide, Gaza Strip, Genocide, Human rights and international humanitarian law, Legal issues, War crimes, Women
Sources:

Independent Expert on human rights and international solidarity, Independent Expert on the enjoyment of all human rights by older persons, International Court of Justice (ICJ), Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), Special Rapporteur in the field of cultural rights, Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Peaceful Assembly and Association, Special Rapporteur on contemporary forms of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance, Special Rapporteur on contemporary forms of slavery, 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 independence of judges and lawyers, Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of human rights and fundamental freedoms while countering terrorism, Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of the right to freedom of opinion and expression, Special Rapporteur on the right to education, Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights defenders, Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian territories occupied since 1967, Special Rapporteur on trafficking in persons, Working Group on discrimination against women and girls, Working Group on enforced or involuntary disappearances,  Special Rapporteur on the issue of human rights obligations relating to the enjoyment of a safe

Entity:

United Nations system

Type

Press Release

Country:

Israel, South Africa

31-Jan-2024 CEIRPP 415th Meeting – Election of officers, Briefing by South Africa on ICJ case, briefing by UNRWA and Adoption of 2024 Programme of Work – Summary Record (A/AC.183/SR.415) Access and movement, Armed conflict, Assistance, Gaza Strip, Genocide, Human rights and international humanitarian law, Palestine question, Refugees and displaced persons, UNRWA A/AC.183/SR.415
Sources:

Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People (CEIRPP), Division for Palestinian Rights (DPR), Secretary-General, United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA)

Entity:

United Nations system

Type

Meeting record, Summary record

Country:

Bolivia (Plurinational State of), China, Cuba, Guyana, Indonesia, Malaysia, Nicaragua, Palestine (State of), Senegal, South Africa, Türkiye, Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)

31-Jan-2024 Humanitarian Response in Gaza ‘Completely Dependent’ on Palestine Refugee Agency, Relief Chief Tells Security Council, Urging Countries to Restore Funding – Security Council- Press Release Armed conflict, Assistance, Casualties, Ceasefire, Children, Convention: Genocide, Gaza Strip, Genocide, Hostages, Human rights and international humanitarian law, Humanitarian relief, West Bank, Women
Sources:

International Court of Justice (ICJ), Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), Security Council, United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA)

Entity:

United Nations system

Type

Country:

Algeria, China, Ecuador, France, Guyana, Israel, Japan, Malta, Mozambique, Palestine (State of), Republic of Korea, Russian Federation, Sierra Leone, Slovenia, Switzerland, United States of America

29-Jan-2024 Israel’s Attacks in the West Bank – Joint written statement submitted by Al-Haq, SHAMS Centre, Palestinian Centre for Human Rights, MIFTAH, NGOs in special consultative status – Human Rights Council Access and movement, Armed conflict, Casualties, Children, Genocide, Prisoners and detainees, West Bank, Women A/HRC/55/NGO/292
Sources:

Al-Haq, Human Rights Council, MIFTAH, Palestinian Centre for Human Rights

Entity:

Non-governmental organization

Type

Statement

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

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)- Request for the indication of provisional measures – Summary of the ICJ Order Armed conflict, Casualties, Ceasefire, Convention: Genocide, Gaza Strip, Genocide, Human rights and international humanitarian law, Humanitarian relief, Violence
Sources:

International Court of Justice (ICJ)

Entity:

United Nations system

Type

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

Country:

Israel, Palestine (State of), South Africa

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) – ICJ Order Armed conflict, Casualties, Ceasefire, Convention: Genocide, Gaza Strip, Genocide, Human rights and international humanitarian law, Legal issues
Sources:

International Court of Justice (ICJ),  Special Rapporteur on the issue of human rights obligations relating to the enjoyment of a safe

Entity:

United Nations system

Type

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

Country:

Israel, Palestine (State of), South Africa

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)- Court Order – ICJ Armed conflict, Casualties, Ceasefire, Convention: Genocide, Gaza Strip, Genocide, Human rights and international humanitarian law, Humanitarian relief
Sources:

International Court of Justice (ICJ)

Entity:

United Nations system

Type

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

Country:

Israel, Palestine (State of), South Africa

26-Jan-2024 Statement of the Bureau of the General Assembly’s Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People on ICJ Provisional Measures  to Prevent Acts of Genocide Armed conflict, Assistance, Ceasefire, Convention: Genocide, Gaza Strip, Genocide, House demolitions, Palestine question
Sources:

Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People (CEIRPP)

Entity:

United Nations system

Type

Statement

Country:

Israel, Palestine (State of), South Africa

24-Jan-2024 Application of the Genocide Convention in the Gaza Strip (South Africa v. Israel) – Provisional Measures – Court to deliver its Order on Friday 26 January 2024 at 1 p.m. – ICJ Press Release Armed conflict, Convention: Genocide, Gaza Strip, Genocide, Legal issues, Protection, Protection of civilians
Sources:

International Court of Justice (ICJ)

Entity:

United Nations system

Type

Press Release

Country:

Israel, South Africa

23-Jan-2024 ICJ: Application for permission to intervene submitted by Nicaragua in the case concerning Application of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide in the Gaza Strip (South Africa v. Israel) Armed conflict, Convention: Genocide, Gaza Strip, Genocide, Human rights and international humanitarian law
Sources:

International Court of Justice (ICJ)

Entity:

United Nations system

Type

Application

Country:

Nicaragua

16-Jan-2024 Over one hundred days into the war, Israel destroying Gaza’s food system and weaponizing food, say UN human rights experts – UN Human Rights Office- Press Release Armed conflict, Food, Gaza Strip, Genocide, Hospitals, Humanitarian relief, Hunger, Medical supplies, Water
Sources:

Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), 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 right to adequate housing, Special Rapporteur on the right to education, Special Rapporteur on the right to food, Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian territories occupied since 1967, Special Rapporteur on violence against women and girls, its causes and consequences

Entity:

United Nations system

Type

Press Release, Statement

Country:

11-Jan-2024 UN human rights experts welcome start of ICJ genocide hearings in The Hague, reiterate call for ceasefire – UN Human Rights Office- Press Release Armed conflict, Children, Convention: Genocide, Gaza Strip, Genocide, Women
Sources:

Independent Expert on the enjoyment of all human rights by older persons, International Court of Justice (ICJ), Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Peaceful Assembly and Association, Special Rapporteur on contemporary forms of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance, Special Rapporteur on the human rights of internally displaced persons, Special Rapporteur on the independence of judges and lawyers, 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 food, Special Rapporteur on the right to peaceful assembly and association, 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 on discrimination against women and girls, Working Group on the use of mercenaries

Entity:

United Nations system

Type

Press Release

Country:

03-Jan-2024 Proceedings instituted by South Africa against Israel – Public Hearing on 11 and 12 January 2024 – ICJ Press Release Convention: Genocide, Gaza Strip, Genocide, Human rights and international humanitarian law, human rights violations
Sources:

International Court of Justice (ICJ)

Entity:

United Nations system

Type

Press Release

Country:

Israel, South Africa

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)

29-Dec-2023 South Africa institutes proceedings against Israel and requests the International Court of Justice to indicate provisional measures – ICJ Press Release Gaza Strip, Genocide
Sources:

International Court of Justice (ICJ)

Entity:

United Nations system

Type

Press Release

Country:

Israel, South Africa

21-Dec-2023 Gaza Strip: States are obliged to prevent crimes against humanity and genocide, UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination Armed conflict, Convention: Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination, Gaza Strip, Genocide, Human rights and international humanitarian law
Sources:

Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD)

Entity:

United Nations system

Type

Decision, Press Release

Country:

21-Dec-2023 Gaza Strip: States are obliged to prevent crimes against humanity and genocide, UN Committee on Elimination of Racial Discrimination stresses – OHCHR Press Release Armed conflict, Ceasefire, Gaza Strip, Genocide, Human rights and international humanitarian law, Racial discrimination, War crimes, West Bank
Sources:

Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD), Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR)

Entity:

United Nations system

Type

Press Release

Country:

12-Dec-2023 Chair Summary of Panel Discussion on “2023 War on Gaza: The Responsibility to Prevent Genocide” Gaza Strip, Genocide, NGOs/Civil Society
Sources:

Center for Constitutional Rights, Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People (CEIRPP), Division for Palestinian Rights (DPR), Jerusalem Fund, Law For Palestine, Stockton University

Entity:

Non-governmental organization, United Nations system

Type

Country:

12-Dec-2023 Guerra de 2023 contra Gaza: la responsabilidad de prevenir el genocidio Gaza Strip, Genocide, NGOs/Civil Society
Sources:

Center for Constitutional Rights, Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People (CEIRPP), Division for Palestinian Rights (DPR), Jerusalem Fund, Law For Palestine, Stockton University

Entity:

Non-governmental organization, United Nations system

Type

Chair summary

Country:

16-Nov-2023 Gaza: UN human rights experts call on international community to prevent genocide against the Palestinian people – OHCHR Press Release Armed conflict, Arms control and regional security issues, Casualties, Ceasefire, Children, Gaza Strip, Genocide, Hostages, Human rights and international humanitarian law, Humanitarian relief, Internally displaced persons, International presence, Jerusalem, Protection, Violence, Water, Women
Sources:

Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), Special Rapporteur on contemporary forms of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance, 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 independence of judges and lawyers, Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the OPT, Special Rapporteur on violence against women and girls, its causes and consequences

Entity:

Type

Press Release, Statement

Country:

10-Nov-2023 Organization of Islamic Cooperation – Joint Communiqué on the Threat of Use of Nuclear Weapons by Israel, Letter from Mauritania (A/ES-10/966-S/2023/859) Arms control and regional security issues, Gaza Strip, Genocide, Negotiations and agreements A/ES-10/966
Sources:

General Assembly, Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), Secretary-General, Security Council

Entity:

Intergovernmental organization or multilateral, State

Type

Communiqué, Letter

Country:

Mauritania

08-Nov-2023 Letter from the Islamic Republic of Iran to the Security Council on atrocities committed by Israel in Gaza and OPT Armed conflict, Casualties, Gaza Strip, Genocide, Human rights and international humanitarian law, Humanitarian relief, Occupation S/2023/847
Sources:

Security Council

Entity:

Type

Letter

Country:

Iran (Islamic Republic of)

06-Nov-2023 UN GA Fourth Committee Debates Israeli Practices in the Occupied Territories – Delegates Voice Alarm at Rising Gaza Death Toll and West Bank Settler Violence Armed conflict, Assistance to the Palestinian people, Casualties, Ceasefire, Children, Gaza Strip, Genocide, Health, Human rights and international humanitarian law, Humanitarian relief, Incidents, Israeli practices affecting the human rights of the Palestinian people in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, Jerusalem, Occupation, Protection of civilians, Refugee camps, Refugees and displaced persons, Security issues, Two State solution, Water, West Bank, Women GA/SPD/796
Sources:

General Assembly, General Assembly Fourth Committee (Special Political and Decolonization)

Entity:

United Nations system

Type

Press Release

Country:

02-Nov-2023 Gaza is ‘running out of time’ UN experts warn, demanding a ceasefire to prevent genocide Access and movement, Casualties, Ceasefire, Children, Gaza Strip, Genocide, Human rights and international humanitarian law, Humanitarian relief, Refugee camps, Refugees and displaced persons, Women
Sources:

Special Rapporteur on contemporary forms of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance, 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 right to food, Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the OPT

Entity:

Type

Press Release, Statement

Country:

27-Oct-2023 General Assembly Adopts Gaza Resolution Calling for Immediate and Sustained ‘Humanitarian Truce’ – News Item Armed conflict, Assistance to the Palestinian people, Casualties, Gaza Strip, Genocide, Humanitarian relief, Illegal Israeli actions in occupied East Jerusalem and the rest of the Occupied Palestinian Territory, Terrorism
Sources:

General Assembly, General Assembly 10th Emergency Special Session, United Nations Department of Global Communications

Entity:

Type

News item

Country:

23-Oct-2023 Military aggression against the Palestinian civilian population in the Gaza Strip – Letter from Palestine Armed conflict, Casualties, Ceasefire, Children, Food, Gaza Strip, Genocide, Health, Human rights and international humanitarian law, Humanitarian relief, Incidents, Security issues, Shelter, Social issues, Terrorism, Violence A/ES-10/960
Sources:

General Assembly, PLO/Palestine, Security Council

Entity:

Type

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

Country:

Palestine (State of)

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