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26-Nov-2024 With War Raging in Gaza, International Day of Solidarity with Palestinians Marked by Somber Statements across UN System, Diplomatic Sphere – Press release Armed conflict, Atrocities, Casualties, Children, Gaza Strip, Health, Hospitals, Human rights and international humanitarian law, Jerusalem, Occupying Power, Palestine question, Racial discrimination, Settlements, Solidarity day, West Bank GA/PAL/1475
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Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People (CEIRPP), Deputy Secretary-General, Division for Palestinian Rights (DPR), General Assembly, League of Arab States (LAS), Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), Secretary-General, Security Council

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United Nations system

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Press Release

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05-Nov-2024 United Nations, states must combat ‘deep-rooted’ racism against Palestinians, neo-Nazism, hate speech targeting minorities, experts tell Third Committee Armed conflict, Convention: Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination, Gaza Strip, Hostages, Human rights and international humanitarian law, Occupation, Racial discrimination, Violence GA/SHC/4425
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General Assembly, General Assembly Third Committee (Social Humanitarian and Cultural), Special Rapporteur on contemporary forms of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance

Entity:

United Nations system

Type

Multimedia, Press Release, Report, 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:

03-Oct-2024 FIFA must respect international law regarding Israeli football clubs: UN experts Apartheid, Armed conflict, Education and culture, Gaza Strip, Human rights and international humanitarian law, Jerusalem, Racial discrimination, West Bank
Sources:

Special Rapporteur in the field of cultural rights, Special Rapporteur on contemporary forms of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance

Entity:

United Nations system

Type

Press Release, Statement

Country:

18-Sep-2024 Advisory opinion of the ICJ on the legal consequences arising from Israel’s policies and practices in OPT, including East Jerusalem, and from the illegality of Israel’s continued presence in OPT – General Assembly 10th Emergency Special Session – Resolution (A/RES/ES-10/24) Arms control and regional security issues, Human rights and international humanitarian law, Illegal Israeli actions in occupied East Jerusalem and the rest of the Occupied Palestinian Territory, Israel's illegal occupation, Israeli settlements, Occupation, Palestine question, Racial discrimination, Self-determination, Separation barrier, Settlements, Wall A/RES/ES-10/24
Sources:

General Assembly, General Assembly 10th Emergency Special Session, International Court of Justice (ICJ)

Entity:

United Nations system

Type

General Assembly resolution, Resolution

Country:

22-Aug-2024 UN Committee calls for stronger global engagement to address racial discrimination in the Palestine-Israel dispute – Press Release Access and movement, Armed conflict, Convention: Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination, Gaza Strip, Human rights and international humanitarian law, Racial discrimination
Sources:

Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD), International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination

Entity:

United Nations system

Type

Press Release

Country:

22-Aug-2024 Report of the Ad Hoc Conciliation Commission (case State of Palestine v. Israel) – Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD/C/113/3) Armed conflict, Convention: Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination, Human rights and international humanitarian law, Occupying Power, Palestine question, Racial discrimination, United Nations Conciliation Commission for Palestine CERD/C/113/3
Sources:

Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD), International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination

Entity:

United Nations system

Type

Report

Country:

21-Aug-2024 Israel’s reply to the ad hoc Conciliation Commission Report (case State of Palestine v. Israel) Access and movement, Convention: Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination, Racial discrimination
Sources:

Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD)

Entity:

United Nations system

Type

Reply, Statement

Country:

Israel

21-Aug-2024 State of Palestine’s reply to ad hoc Conciliation Commission (case State of Palestine v. Israel) Armed conflict, Convention: Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination, Gaza Strip, Human rights and international humanitarian law, Racial discrimination, Refugees and displaced persons
Sources:

Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD)

Entity:

United Nations system

Type

Reply, Statement

Country:

Palestine (State of)

21-Aug-2024 Addendum: Allegations by State of Palestine and Responses by Israel – Report of the ad hoc conciliation commission on the inter-State communication submitted by the State of Palestine against Israel under International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination – Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD/C/113/3/ADD.1) Convention: Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination, Human rights and international humanitarian law, Racial discrimination CERD/C/113/3/ADD.1
Sources:

Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD), International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination

Entity:

United Nations system

Type

Addendum, Report

Country:

Palestine (State of)

01-Aug-2024 Humanitarians efforts ‘nowhere near where they should be’ 300 days into Gaza war: OCHA Press conference Access and movement, Armed conflict, Assistance, Casualties, Gaza Strip, Racial discrimination, Refugees and displaced persons
Sources:

Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), United Nations Department of Global Communications

Entity:

United Nations system

Type

Multimedia, News item, Press Conference, Press briefing, UN news item, Video

Country:

17-May-2024 The Nakba and the UN’s Permanent Responsibility for the Question of Palestine by Prof. Ardi Imseis, 2024 Gaza Strip, Nakba, Occupation, Occupied Palestinian Territory, Occupying Power, Palestine question, Racial discrimination, Self-determination, West Bank
Sources:

Entity:

Type

Remarks

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:

29-Jan-2024 Israel’s Intention to Expel Political Prisoners – Written statement submitted by Palestinian Return Centre, an NGO in special consultative status- Human Rights Council Expulsions and deportations, Legal issues, Prisoners and detainees, Racial discrimination, Terrorism A/HRC/55/NGO/291
Sources:

Human Rights Council, Palestinian Return Centre Ltd.

Entity:

Non-governmental organization

Type

Statement

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:

18-Sep-2023 Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination – Combined third to fifth periodic reports submitted by the State of Palestine under article 9 of the Convention, due in 2023 Convention: Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination, Gaza Strip, Human rights and international humanitarian law, Jerusalem, Legal issues, Racial discrimination, West Bank, Women CERD/C/PSE/3-5
Sources:

Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD), International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination

Entity:

United Nations system

Type

Report

Country:

Palestine (State of)

30-Aug-2023 Study on the Legality of the Israeli Occupation of the Occupied Palestinian Territory, Including East Jerusalem Annexation, Armed conflict, Gaza Strip, Green Line, Holy places, Human rights and international humanitarian law, Illegal Israeli actions in occupied East Jerusalem and the rest of the Occupied Palestinian Territory, Inalienable rights of the Palestinian people, International Conventions/Treaties, Jerusalem, Legal issues, Middle East situation, Occupation, Palestine question, Racial discrimination, Refugees and displaced persons, Self-determination, Separation barrier, Settlements, Statehood-related, Two State solution, Wall, West Bank A/78/378
Sources:

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

Entity:

United Nations system

Type

Publication, Study

Country:

30-Aug-2023 Étude : légalité de l’occupation israélienne du territoire palestinien occupé, y compris Jérusalem-Est, 2023 Apartheid, Colonialism, Human rights and international humanitarian law, Illegal Israeli actions in occupied East Jerusalem and the rest of the Occupied Palestinian Territory, Inalienable rights of the Palestinian people, Israeli settlements, Jerusalem, Legal issues, Nakba, Occupation, Occupied Palestinian Territory, Occupying Power, Racial discrimination, Self-determination, Separation barrier, Settlements, Two State solution, West Bank A/78/378
Sources:

Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People (CEIRPP), Irish Center for Human Rights

Entity:

Non-governmental organization, United Nations system

Type

Study

Country:

30-Jun-2023 Action by UN System and Intergovernmental Organizations Relevant to the Question of Palestine (June 2023 Monthly Bulletin) Access and movement, Assistance, Casualties, Children, Closures/Curfews/Blockades, Energy, Extrajudicial killings, Funding needs, Gaza Strip, Golan Heights, Health, House demolitions, Human rights and international humanitarian law, Incidents, Incursions, Jerusalem, Legal issues, Living conditions, NGOs/Civil Society, Occupation, Population, Protection, Racial discrimination, Refugee camps, Refugees and displaced persons, Right of return, Security issues, Settlements, Terrorism, Violence, West Bank
Sources:

Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People (CEIRPP), Division for Palestinian Rights (DPR), General Assembly, General Assembly Fourth Committee (Special Political and Decolonization), Human Rights Council, Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), Secretary-General, Security Council, Special Committee to Investigate Israeli Practices, 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 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 Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process (UNSCO), Working Group on discrimination against women and girls

Entity:

Intergovernmental organization or multilateral, United Nations system

Type

Monthly Bulletin

Country:

16-Jun-2023 End-of-Mission Statement by the UN Special Committee to Investigate Israeli Practices Access and movement, Casualties, Children, Closures/Curfews/Blockades, Energy, Extrajudicial killings, Gaza Strip, Golan Heights, Health, Human rights and international humanitarian law, Jerusalem, Legal issues, Living conditions, Occupation, Population, Racial discrimination, Refugees and displaced persons, Security issues, Settlements, Violence, West Bank
Sources:

General Assembly, General Assembly Fourth Committee (Special Political and Decolonization), Special Committee to Investigate Israeli Practices, United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA)

Entity:

United Nations system

Type

Press Release, Statement

Country:

Egypt, Israel, Jordan, Malaysia, Senegal, Sri Lanka

02-May-2023 Death of Palestinian on Hunger Strike against Detention without Trial – Letter from the State of Palestine (A/ES-10/935-S/2023/310) Casualties, Children, Gaza Strip, Human rights and international humanitarian law, Prisoners and detainees, Protection, Protection of civilians, Racial discrimination A/ES-10/935
Sources:

General Assembly, Security Council

Entity:

Palestine/PLO/Palestinian Authority

Type

Letter

Country:

Palestine (State of)

30-Apr-2023 Action by UN System and Intergovernmental Organizations Relevant to the Question of Palestine (April 2023 Monthly Bulletin) Annexation, Assistance, Casualties, Children, Economic issues, Education and culture, Funding needs, Gaza Strip, Governance, Health, Holy places, House demolitions, Human rights and international humanitarian law, Incidents, Incursions, Internally displaced persons, Jerusalem, Land, Legal issues, Middle East situation, Nakba, Occupation, Palestine question, Protection, Racial discrimination, Refugee camps, Refugees and displaced persons, Security issues, Settlements, Shelter, Situation in Lebanon, Terrorism, Violence, West Bank
Sources:

Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People (CEIRPP), Division for Palestinian Rights (DPR), European Union (EU), International Court of Justice (ICJ), International Monetary Fund (IMF), League of Arab States (LAS), Secretary-General, Security Council, Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the OPT, 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:

13-Apr-2023 UN Special Rapporteurs Urge International Community to End Forced Displacement and Annexation of Occupied Territory – Press Release Annexation, Human rights and international humanitarian law, Internally displaced persons, Jerusalem, Land, Legal issues, Racial discrimination, Settlements, Shelter
Sources:

Special Rapporteur on the human rights of internally displaced persons, Special Rapporteur on the right to adequate housing, Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the OPT

Entity:

United Nations system

Type

Press Release, Statement

Country:

Israel

29-Mar-2023 Human Rights Council Concludes General Debate on the Human Rights Situation in Palestine and Other Occupied Arab Territories – Meeting Summary (Excerpts) Annexation, Casualties, Demographic issues, Fourth Geneva Convention, Gaza Strip, Golan Heights, History, House demolitions, Human rights and international humanitarian law, Land, Legal issues, Living conditions, Racial discrimination, Security issues, Settlements, Statehood-related, Violence
Sources:

Human Rights Council, Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC)

Entity:

United Nations system

Type

Press Release, Summary, Video, Webcast

Country:

Algeria, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Bolivia (Plurinational State of), Brunei Darussalam, Chile, China, Cuba, Côte D'Ivoire, Democratic People Republic of Korea, Djibouti, Indonesia, Iran (Islamic Republic of), Iraq, Ireland, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Luxembourg, Malaysia, Maldives, Mauritania, Mexico, Morocco, Namibia, Nigeria, Oman, Pakistan, Qatar, Russian Federation, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Tunisia, Türkiye, United Arab Emirates, Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of), Yemen, Zimbabwe

21-Mar-2023 OIC Strongly Condemns Racist Comments Denying the Existence of the Palestinian People and the Decision to Close the Palestinian Media Office in Al-Quds – Statement (Non-UN Document) Annexation, Jerusalem, Racial discrimination
Sources:

Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC)

Entity:

Intergovernmental organization or multilateral

Type

Press Release, Statement

Country:

11-Oct-2022 OIC Condemns Burning of Copies of the Holy Qur’an by Settlers – OIC Statement (Non-UN Document) Hebron, Holy places, Human rights and international humanitarian law, Incidents, Racial discrimination, Settlements, Violence
Sources:

Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC)

Entity:

Intergovernmental organization or multilateral

Type

Press Release, Statement

Country:

21-Sep-2022 Corporate Accountability in OPT: Calling for Action Against Corporate Complicity in Violations of Human Rights – Statement Submitted by Al-Haq (A/HRC/51/NGO/88) Economic issues, Human rights and international humanitarian law, Natural resources, Protection, Racial discrimination A/HRC/51/NGO/88
Sources:

Al-Haq, Human Rights Council, Secretary-General

Entity:

Non-governmental organization, United Nations system

Type

Statement

Country:

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 Unjustified Israel Apartheid Comparison as a Threat to the Security of the Global Jewish Community – Statement Submitted to the Human Rights Council by World Jewish Congress (A/HRC/51/NGO/232) Human rights and international humanitarian law, Racial discrimination A/HRC/51/NGO/232
Sources:

Human Rights Council, Secretary-General, World Jewish Congress

Entity:

Non-governmental organization, United Nations system

Type

Statement

Country:

31-Jul-2022 Action by UN System and Intergovernmental Organizations Relevant to the Question of Palestine (July 2022 Monthly Bulletin) Access and movement, Assistance, Casualties, Children, Convention: Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women, Convention: Torture and Other Cruel Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment, Economic issues, Education and culture, Expulsions and deportations, Gaza Strip, Gender, Golan Heights, Governance, Hebron, House demolitions, Human rights and international humanitarian law, Inalienable rights of the Palestinian people, Incidents, Internally displaced persons, Jerusalem, Land, Legal issues, Living conditions, Media/Journalists, Middle East situation, NGOs/Civil Society, Occupation, Palestine question, Population, Prisoners and detainees, Public information, Racial discrimination, Refugees and displaced persons, Security issues, Settlements, Shelter, Situation in Lebanon, Situation in the OPT including Jerusalem, Social issues, Technology, Torture, Violence, West Bank, Women, Youth
Sources:

Committee against Torture, Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People (CEIRPP), Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment, Division for Palestinian Rights (DPR), Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC), European Union (EU), Humanitarian Coordinator for the Occupied Palestinian Territory, Security Council, Special Committee to Investigate Israeli Practices, Special Rapporteur on contemporary forms of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance, Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of human rights and fundamental freedoms while countering terrorism, Special Rapporteur on the right to health, Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the OPT, United Nations, 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)

Entity:

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

Type

Monthly Bulletin

Country:

Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Palestine (State of)

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