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25-Nov-2022 Statement by the EU Spokesperson on the Israeli Demolition of School in Masafer Yatta (Non-UN Document) Assistance, Children, Education and culture, House demolitions, Human rights and international humanitarian law, Legal issues
Sources:

European Union (EU)

Entity:

Intergovernmental organization or multilateral

Type

Press Release, Statement

Country:

17-Nov-2022 Palestinian Rights Committee-Convened Consultations with Civil Society Organizations: “Advocating for Accountability in the oPt” – Chair Summary Human rights and international humanitarian law, Legal issues, NGOs/Civil Society, Occupation
Sources:

Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People (CEIRPP), Division for Palestinian Rights (DPR)

Entity:

Non-governmental organization, United Nations system

Type

Chair summary

Country:

17-Nov-2022 UN Special Rapporteurs Condemn Attacks Against Human Rights Defender Issa Amro and Palestinian Civil Society – Statement Access and movement, Human rights and international humanitarian law, Legal issues, NGOs/Civil Society, Occupation, Settlements
Sources:

Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights defenders, Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the OPT

Entity:

United Nations system

Type

Press Release, Statement

Country:

Israel

15-Nov-2022 OIC Welcomes United States’ Investigation on Shireen Abu Akleh – Statement (Non-UN Document) Incidents, Legal issues, Media/Journalists
Sources:

Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC)

Entity:

Intergovernmental organization or multilateral

Type

Press Release, Statement

Country:

United States of America

15-Nov-2022 Israeli Practices Affecting Human Rights of the Palestinian People in OPT (A/C.4/77/L.12/Rev.1) – Programme Budget Implications of Draft Resolution (A/C.5/77/18) Human rights and international humanitarian law, Inalienable rights of the Palestinian people, Israeli practices affecting the human rights of the Palestinian people in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, Legal issues, Occupation A/C.5/77/18
Sources:

General Assembly, General Assembly Fifth Committee (Administrative and Budgetary), General Assembly Fourth Committee (Special Political and Decolonization)

Entity:

United Nations system

Type

Budget, Draft resolution

Country:

12-Nov-2022 OIC Welcomes United Nations Resolutions on the Cause of Palestine – Statement (Non-UN Document) Human rights and international humanitarian law, Inalienable rights of the Palestinian people, Legal issues, Occupation, Self-determination
Sources:

Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC)

Entity:

Intergovernmental organization or multilateral

Type

Press Release, Statement

Country:

11-Nov-2022 Fourth Committee, Concluding Its Work, Approves Six Draft Resolutions, Including Request for ICJ Opinion on Israeli Occupation – Press Release (GA/SPD/771) Absentee property, Assistance, Fourth Geneva Convention, Funding needs, Gaza Strip, Golan Heights, Human rights and international humanitarian law, Humanitarian relief, Inalienable rights of the Palestinian people, Israeli practices affecting the human rights of the Palestinian people in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, Jerusalem, Land, Legal issues, Middle East situation, Occupation, Peace process, Prisoners and detainees, Protection, Refugee camps, Refugees and displaced persons, Settlements, Women
Sources:

General Assembly, General Assembly Fourth Committee (Special Political and Decolonization), International Court of Justice (ICJ), United Nations Department of Public Information (DPI), United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA)

Entity:

Intergovernmental organization or multilateral, United Nations system

Type

Press Release, Video, Webcast

Country:

Algeria, Argentina, Australia, Austria, China, Cuba, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, France, Indonesia, Iran (Islamic Republic of), Israel, Japan, Kenya, Liechtenstein, Mexico, Namibia, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Oman, Palestine (State of), Singapore, South Africa, Timor-Leste, United Kingdom, United States of America, Uruguay

10-Nov-2022 Israeli Practices Affecting Human Rights of the Palestinian People in the oPt, Including East Jerusalem- GA Draft Resolution (A/C.4/77/L.12/Rev.1) Assistance, Gaza Strip, Human rights and international humanitarian law, Inalienable rights of the Palestinian people, Jerusalem, Legal issues, Occupation, Peace process, Prisoners and detainees, Protection, Women A/C.4/77/L.12/Rev.1
Sources:

General Assembly, General Assembly Fourth Committee (Special Political and Decolonization), International Court of Justice (ICJ)

Entity:

United Nations system

Type

Draft resolution, General Assembly draft resolution

Country:

10-Nov-2022 Israeli Practices Affecting Human Rights of the Palestinian; Budget Implications of A/C.4/77/L.12/Rev.1; Secretary-General Statement – GA Draft Resolution (A/C.4/77/L.16) Funding needs, Human rights and international humanitarian law, Israeli practices affecting the human rights of the Palestinian people in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, Legal issues, Occupation A/C.4/77/L.16
Sources:

General Assembly, General Assembly Fourth Committee (Special Political and Decolonization), International Court of Justice (ICJ), Secretary-General

Entity:

Intergovernmental organization or multilateral, United Nations system

Type

Draft resolution, General Assembly draft resolution, Statement

Country:

06-Nov-2022 OIC Calls for Abu Hameed’s Immediate Release from Israeli Prison – Statement (Non-UN Document) Health, Human rights and international humanitarian law, Legal issues, Prisoners and detainees
Sources:

Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC)

Entity:

Intergovernmental organization or multilateral

Type

Press Release, Statement

Country:

01-Nov-2022 Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and Israel, to hold Public Hearings in Geneva from 7 to 11 Nov. – Press Release Human rights and international humanitarian law, Legal issues, Media/Journalists, NGOs/Civil Society, Occupation
Sources:

Human Rights Council, United Nations Independent International Commission on the oPt, including E. Jerusalem, and Israel

Entity:

United Nations system

Type

Press Release

Country:

31-Oct-2022 Action by UN System and Intergovernmental Organizations Relevant to the Question of Palestine (October 2022 Monthly Bulletin) Access and movement, Assistance, Casualties, Children, Closures/Curfews/Blockades, Economic issues, Food, Fourth Geneva Convention, Funding needs, Gaza Strip, Golan Heights, Governance, Health, House demolitions, Human rights and international humanitarian law, Illegal Israeli actions in occupied East Jerusalem and the rest of the Occupied Palestinian Territory, Incidents, Incursions, Israeli practices affecting the human rights of the Palestinian people in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, Jerusalem, Land, Legal issues, Living conditions, NGOs/Civil Society, Occupation, Peace process, Population, Poverty, Protection, Reconciliation, Refugee camps, Refugees and displaced persons, Security issues, Settlements, Situation in Lebanon, Situation in the OPT including Jerusalem, Two State solution, Violence, Wall, West Bank
Sources:

Addameer Prisoners’ Support and Human Rights Association, Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People (CEIRPP), Division for Palestinian Rights (DPR), European Union (EU), General Assembly, General Assembly 10th Emergency Special Session, General Assembly 4th Emergency Special Session, Human Rights Council, Humanitarian Coordinator for the Occupied Palestinian Territory, Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), Register of Damage caused by the construction of the Wall (UNROD), Secretary-General, Security Council, Special Committee to Investigate Israeli Practices, Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of the right to freedom of opinion and expression, Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights defenders, Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the OPT, United Nations Independent International Commission on the oPt, including E. Jerusalem, and Israel, United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA), United Nations Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator for the OPT, United Nations Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process (UNSCO), Working Group on Arbitrary Detention, World Bank, World Health Organization (WHO)

Entity:

Intergovernmental organization or multilateral, Non-governmental organization, State, United Nations system

Type

Monthly Bulletin

Country:

Algeria, France, Israel, Lebanon, Mexico, Palestine (State of), Russian Federation, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, United States of America

28-Oct-2022 Statement by Vice-Chair of the Palestinian Rights Committee at Security Council Open Debate Access and movement, Assistance, Casualties, Closures/Curfews/Blockades, Gaza Strip, Governance, Human rights and international humanitarian law, Incursions, Jerusalem, Legal issues, Living conditions, NGOs/Civil Society, Occupation, Peace process, Population, Protection, Reconciliation, Security issues, Settlements, Two State solution, Violence
Sources:

Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People (CEIRPP), Security Council, United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA)

Entity:

United Nations system

Type

Statement

Country:

27-Oct-2022 Chair of the Independent International Commission of Inquiry on oPt Chair Pillay Presents Report to Third Committee – Press Release (GA/SHC/4360) (Excerpts) Human rights and international humanitarian law, Legal issues, Occupation
Sources:

European Union (EU), General Assembly, General Assembly Third Committee (Social Humanitarian and Cultural), Non-Aligned Movement (NAM)(See also - Committee on Palestine), Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the OPT, United Nations Department of Global Communications, United Nations Independent International Commission on the oPt, including E. Jerusalem, and Israel

Entity:

United Nations system

Type

Press Release

Country:

Albania, Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Chile, China, Cuba, Czechia, Egypt, Germany, Guatemala, Hungary, Indonesia, Iran (Islamic Republic of), Ireland, Israel, Italy, Liberia, Luxembourg, Malaysia, Mali, Malta, Marshall Islands, Micronesia, Namibia, Netherlands, Niger (The), Norway, Palau, Russian Federation, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, Syria, Tunisia, Türkiye, United Kingdom, United States of America, Uruguay

26-Oct-2022 Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities – Replies of Israel to the List of Issues in Relation to its Initial Report Disabilities, Gender, Human rights and international humanitarian law, Legal issues, Living conditions, Protection, Social issues CRPD/C/ISR/RQ/1
Sources:

Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities

Entity:

State, United Nations system

Type

Convention, Reply

Country:

Israel

20-Oct-2022 Commission of Inquiry Finds that the Israeli Occupation is Unlawful Under International Law – Press Release Human rights and international humanitarian law, Legal issues, Occupation
Sources:

Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Territory, Human Rights Council, United Nations Independent International Commission on the oPt, including E. Jerusalem, and Israel

Entity:

United Nations system

Type

Press Release

Country:

19-Oct-2022 UN Special Rapporteurs Condemn Israel’s “Sadistic” Punitive Measures against French-Palestinian Rights Defender Salah Hammouri – Statement Expulsions and deportations, Health, Human rights and international humanitarian law, Legal issues, NGOs/Civil Society, Prisoners and detainees
Sources:

Addameer Prisoners’ Support and Human Rights Association, Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of human rights and fundamental freedoms while countering terrorism, Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights defenders, Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the OPT, Working Group on Arbitrary Detention

Entity:

Non-governmental organization, State, United Nations system

Type

Press Release, Statement

Country:

France, Israel, Palestine (State of)

17-Oct-2022 Palestinian Children and Youth are Being Killed, Injured, Detained, Abused and Traumatized – Letter from State of Palestine (A/ES-10/914–S/2022/758) Casualties, Children, Human rights and international humanitarian law, Illegal Israeli actions in occupied East Jerusalem and the rest of the Occupied Palestinian Territory, Incidents, Incursions, Jerusalem, Legal issues, Living conditions, Occupation, Population, Protection, Security issues, Violence A/ES-10/914
Sources:

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

Entity:

State, United Nations system

Type

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

Country:

Palestine (State of)

11-Oct-2022 Continuing Daily Violence and Denial of Basic Human Rights in the OPT — Update: August 2022 – Statement Submitted to the Human Rights Council by Al Mezan Centre for Human Rights (A/HRC/51/NGO/246) Access and movement, Annexation, Gaza Strip, Human rights and international humanitarian law, Incidents, Land, Legal issues, Living conditions, NGOs/Civil Society, Occupation, Population, Protection, Security issues, Settlements, Violence A/HRC/51/NGO/246
Sources:

Al Mezan Centre for Human Rights, General Assembly, Human Rights Council, Secretary-General

Entity:

Non-governmental organization, United Nations system

Type

Statement

Country:

06-Oct-2022 1,200 Palestinians Are at Imminent Risk of Forcible Transfer in Masafer Yatta – Statement Submitted to the Human Rights Council by Al-Haq (A/HRC/51/NGO/63) Annexation, Children, Hebron, House demolitions, Human rights and international humanitarian law, Internally displaced persons, Land, Legal issues, NGOs/Civil Society, West Bank A/HRC/51/NGO/63
Sources:

Al-Haq, General Assembly, Human Rights Council, Secretary-General

Entity:

Non-governmental organization, United Nations system

Type

Statement

Country:

04-Oct-2022 West Bank Demolitions and Displacement July-August 2022 – OCHA Monthly Report Assistance, House demolitions, Humanitarian relief, Illegal Israeli actions in occupied East Jerusalem and the rest of the Occupied Palestinian Territory, Internally displaced persons, Jerusalem, Land, Legal issues, Refugees and displaced persons, West Bank
Sources:

Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA)

Entity:

United Nations system

Type

Situation Report, Update

Country:

03-Oct-2022 Israeli Settlements in the oPt, Including East Jerusalem, and the Occupied Syrian Golan – Secretary-General Report (A/77/493) Golan Heights, House demolitions, Human rights and international humanitarian law, Jerusalem, Land, Legal issues, Settlements, West Bank A/77/493
Sources:

General Assembly, Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), Secretary-General

Entity:

United Nations system

Type

Annual report, Report, Secretary-General Report

Country:

30-Sep-2022 Human Rights Council Holds General Debate on the Human Rights Situation in Palestine and Other Occupied Arab Territories – Press Release (Excerpts) Casualties, Children, Gaza Strip, Human rights and international humanitarian law, Legal issues, Prisoners and detainees
Sources:

Human Rights Council

Entity:

United Nations system

Type

Meeting record, Press Release, Video, Webcast

Country:

Palestine (State of), Syria

30-Sep-2022 Action by UN System and Intergovernmental Organizations Relevant to the Question of Palestine (September 2022 Monthly Bulletin) Access and movement, Assistance, Assistance to the Palestinian people, Casualties, Children, Economic issues, Energy, Food, Funding needs, Gaza Strip, Governance, House demolitions, Human rights and international humanitarian law, Incidents, Internally displaced persons, Jerusalem, Land, Legal issues, Living conditions, NGOs/Civil Society, Peace process, Prisoners and detainees, Refugees and displaced persons, Security issues, Settlements, Social issues, Terrorism, Two State solution, Violence, Water, West Bank
Sources:

Ad Hoc Liaison Committee (AHLC), Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People (CEIRPP), Division for Palestinian Rights (DPR), General Assembly, Human Rights Council, International Organization for Migration, League of Arab States (LAS), Office of the Quartet (OQ), Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), Secretary-General, Security Council, United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA), United Nations Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process (UNSCO), World Bank

Entity:

Intergovernmental organization or multilateral, United Nations system

Type

Monthly Bulletin

Country:

29-Sep-2022 Release of Crucial Documents on Kafr Qasim’s Massacre on its 66th Anniversary – Statement Submitted to the Human Rights Council by Palestinian Return Centre (A/HRC/51/NGO/176) Casualties, History, Human rights and international humanitarian law, Incidents, Legal issues, Violence A/HRC/51/NGO/176
Sources:

Human Rights Council, Palestinian Return Centre Ltd., Secretary-General

Entity:

Non-governmental organization, United Nations system

Type

Statement

Country:

28-Sep-2022 Briefing by Special Coordinator Tor Wennesland to the UN Security Council on Implementation of UNSCR 2334 (2016) Casualties, Gaza Strip, House demolitions, Incidents, Internally displaced persons, Legal issues, Security issues, Settlements, Shelter, Terrorism, Violence
Sources:

Security Council, United Nations Special Coordinator in the Occupied Territories (UNSCO)

Entity:

United Nations system

Type

Briefing, Report, Security Council Briefing, Statement, Video, Webcast

Country:

28-Sep-2022 Israeli, Palestinian Leaders’ Statements on Two-State Solution Positive Sign, but Words Must be Turned into Action, Speakers Tell Security Council – Press Release (SC/15042) Access and movement, Armed conflict, Casualties, Children, Economic issues, Gaza Strip, Governance, Incidents, Legal issues, Living conditions, NGOs/Civil Society, Population, Protection, Security issues, Settlements, Situation in the OPT including Jerusalem, Terrorism, Violence, West Bank
Sources:

Security Council, United Nations Department of Global Communications, United Nations Truce Supervision Organization (UNTSO)

Entity:

United Nations system

Type

Press Release, Video, Webcast

Country:

Albania, Brazil, China, France, Gabon, India, Ireland, Kenya, Mexico, Norway, Russian Federation, United Kingdom, United States of America

28-Sep-2022 Briefing by Special Coordinator Wennesland to the UN Security Council on Implementation of UNSCR 2334 (2016) (S/PV.9139) Casualties, Gaza Strip, House demolitions, Incidents, Internally displaced persons, Legal issues, Security Council Briefings, Security issues, Settlements, Shelter, Terrorism, Two State solution, Violence S/PV.9139
Sources:

Security Council, United Nations Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process (UNSCO)

Entity:

United Nations system

Type

Briefing, Meeting record, Security Council Briefing, Verbatim Record, Webcast

Country:

Albania, Brazil, China, France, Gabon, Ghana, India, Ireland, Kenya, Mexico, Norway, Russian Federation, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States of America

19-Sep-2022 List of Issues in Relation to the Initial Report of the State of Palestine – Human Rights Council International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (CCPR/C/PSE/Q/1) Covenant: Civil and Political Rights, Governance, Health, Human rights and international humanitarian law, Legal issues, Prisoners and detainees, Racial discrimination, Refugees and displaced persons, Torture, Violence, Women CCPR/C/PSE/Q/1
Sources:

International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights

Entity:

State, United Nations system

Type

Covenant, List, Periodic report, Report

Country:

14-Sep-2022 Report of the Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and Israel (A/77/328) Human rights and international humanitarian law, Legal issues, Occupation A/77/328
Sources:

Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Territory, General Assembly, Human Rights Council, Secretary-General, United Nations Independent International Commission on the oPt, including E. Jerusalem, and Israel

Entity:

United Nations system

Type

Report

Country:

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