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Date Title Subject Symbol
12-Feb-2024 State of Palestine reiterates appeal for “urgent international mobilization to stop Israel’s genocidal war against the Palestinian people” – Letter from Palestine-(A/ES-10/984-S/2024/162) Armed conflict, Casualties, Children, Gaza Strip, Genocide, Human rights and international humanitarian law, Hunger, Protection of civilians, War crimes, Women A/ES-10/984
Sources:

General Assembly, Security Council

Entity:

Palestine/PLO/Palestinian Authority

Type

Letter

Country:

Palestine (State of)

06-Feb-2024 Committee against Torture: Information received from the State of Palestine on follow-up to the concluding observations on its initial report*(CAT/C/PSE/FCO/1) Convention: Torture and Other Cruel Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment, Legal issues, Occupying Power, Torture, War crimes, detainees CAT/C/PSE/FCO/1
Sources:

Committee against Torture, Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment

Entity:

United Nations system

Type

Report

Country:

Palestine (State of)

31-Jan-2024 This genocidal Israeli war against the Palestinian people must be stopped and its illegal colonial occupation and apartheid regime must be brought to an end – Letter from Palestine Armed conflict, Ceasefire, Children, Funding needs, Gaza Strip, Refugees and displaced persons, Violence, War crimes, West Bank, Women A/ES-10/981
Sources:

General Assembly, Security Council

Entity:

Palestine/PLO/Palestinian Authority

Type

Letter

Country:

Palestine (State of)

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

12-Jan-2024 As Israel’s Aerial Bombardments Intensify, ‘There Is No Safe Place in Gaza’, Humanitarian Affairs Chief Warns Security Council – UN Press Release Armed conflict, Casualties, Ceasefire, Children, Gaza Strip, Human rights and international humanitarian law, Humanitarian relief, Protection of civilians, Refugees and displaced persons, Settler violence, War crimes, West Bank, Women
Sources:

Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), Security Council

Entity:

United Nations system

Type

Press Release

Country:

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

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)

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:

20-Dec-2023 Unlawful killings in Gaza City – OHCHR Press Release Armed conflict, Children, Extrajudicial killings, Gaza Strip, War crimes, Women
Sources:

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

Entity:

United Nations system

Type

Press Release

Country:

15-Dec-2023 The killing must stop, the terror must stop, the forced displacement must stop, the inhumanity must stop – Letter from Palestine (A/ES-10/976-S/2023/993) Casualties, Ceasefire, Children, Gaza Strip, Human rights and international humanitarian law, Jerusalem, War crimes, West Bank, Women A/ES-10/976
Sources:

General Assembly, Security Council

Entity:

United Nations system

Type

Letter

Country:

Palestine (State of)

11-Dec-2023 Israel, the occupying Power, must be held accountable and the perpetrators must be brought to justice – Letter from Palestine (A/ES-10/975-S/2023/979) Casualties, Ceasefire, Children, Gaza Strip, Human rights and international humanitarian law, Internally displaced persons, War crimes, Women A/ES-10/975
Sources:

General Assembly, Security Council

Entity:

United Nations system

Type

Letter

Country:

Palestine (State of)

27-Nov-2023 UN experts call for full and independent investigations into all crimes committed in Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territory Armed conflict, Casualties, Human rights and international humanitarian law, Israeli practices affecting the human rights of the Palestinian people in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, Protection of civilians, Torture, War crimes
Sources:

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

Entity:

Type

Press Release

Country:

08-Nov-2023 Gaza: Destroying civilian housing and infrastructure is an international crime, warns UN expert – UN Human Rights Office – Press Release Access and movement, Armed conflict, Gaza Strip, House demolitions, Human rights and international humanitarian law, Refugees and displaced persons, Violence, War crimes
Sources:

Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), Special Rapporteur on the right to adequate housing

Entity:

United Nations system

Type

Press Release

Country:

01-Nov-2023 CEIRPP Bureau renews calls for an Immediate Ceasefire in the Gaza Strip – Statement Armed conflict, Casualties, Ceasefire, Children, Food, Gaza Strip, Human rights and international humanitarian law, Humanitarian relief, Internally displaced persons, Nakba, Occupation, Palestine question, Protection of civilians, Self-determination, Settlements, Situation in the OPT including Jerusalem, Two State solution, Violence, War crimes, West Bank, Women
Sources:

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

Entity:

United Nations system

Type

Statement

Country:

23-Oct-2023 Israel/Gaza: UN experts urge lawyers advising Israeli military to refuse legal authorisation of actions that could amount to war crimes Armed conflict, Casualties, Gaza Strip, Human rights and international humanitarian law, Legal issues, War crimes
Sources:

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

Entity:

United Nations system

Type

Statement

Country:

13-Oct-2023 Iran urges the Security Council to compel the Israeli regime to put an end to its occupation – Letter from the Islamic Republic of Iran Gaza Strip, Internally displaced persons, Self-determination, Violence, War crimes S/2023/764
Sources:

Security Council

Entity:

United Nations system

Type

Letter

Country:

Iran (Islamic Republic of)

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