{"id":8408,"date":"2017-04-24T16:50:09","date_gmt":"2017-04-24T20:50:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/?page_id=8408"},"modified":"2026-08-14T16:43:05","modified_gmt":"2026-08-14T20:43:05","slug":"index","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/","title":{"rendered":"Home"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 fusion-flex-container nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start fusion-flex-content-wrap\" style=\"max-width:1372.8px;margin-left: calc(-4% \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-4% \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-0 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 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data-src=\"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/ls-project-85-slide-1.jpg\" class=\"disable-lazyload ls-tn\" alt=\"\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/ls-project-85-slide-1-200x143.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/ls-project-85-slide-1-300x214.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/ls-project-85-slide-1-400x286.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/ls-project-85-slide-1-600x428.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/ls-project-85-slide-1-800x571.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/ls-project-85-slide-1-1024x731.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/ls-project-85-slide-1-1200x857.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/ls-project-85-slide-1.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><a style=\"\" class=\"ls-l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/2026-conference-on-the-question-of-jerusalem\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/backdrop-jerusalem-conference.png\" class=\"disable-lazyload ls-img-layer\" alt=\"\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/backdrop-jerusalem-conference-200x113.png 200w, https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/backdrop-jerusalem-conference-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/backdrop-jerusalem-conference-400x225.png 400w, https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/backdrop-jerusalem-conference-600x338.png 600w, https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/backdrop-jerusalem-conference-800x450.png 800w, https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/backdrop-jerusalem-conference-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/backdrop-jerusalem-conference-1200x675.png 1200w, https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/backdrop-jerusalem-conference.png 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" style=\"width:652px;height:392px;top:32px;left:24px;\"><\/a><\/div><div class=\"ls-slide\"><img width=\"1280\" height=\"826\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/ls-project-85-slide-7.jpg\" class=\"disable-lazyload ls-tn\" alt=\"\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/ls-project-85-slide-7-200x129.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/ls-project-85-slide-7-300x194.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/ls-project-85-slide-7-400x258.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/ls-project-85-slide-7-600x387.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/ls-project-85-slide-7-800x516.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/ls-project-85-slide-7-1024x661.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/ls-project-85-slide-7-1200x774.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/ls-project-85-slide-7.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><a style=\"\" class=\"ls-l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/document\/special-rapporteur-report-gaza-genocide-a-collective-crime-20oct25\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/YouTube-tumbnails.png\" class=\"disable-lazyload ls-img-layer\" alt=\"UN Special Rapporteur Francesca Albanese stands at a podium in front of a blue United Nations backdrop, holding a black bag. Text on the image reads \u201cGaza Genocide: A Collective Crime\u201d and \u201cNew report by UN Special Rapporteur Francesca Albanese.\u201d\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/YouTube-tumbnails-200x113.png 200w, https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/YouTube-tumbnails-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/YouTube-tumbnails-400x225.png 400w, https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/YouTube-tumbnails-600x338.png 600w, https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/YouTube-tumbnails-800x450.png 800w, https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/YouTube-tumbnails-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/YouTube-tumbnails-1200x675.png 1200w, https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/YouTube-tumbnails.png 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" style=\"width:682px;height:384px;top:21px;left:18px;\"><\/a><\/div><div class=\"ls-slide\"><img width=\"1280\" height=\"826\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/ls-project-85-slide-3.jpg\" class=\"disable-lazyload ls-tn\" alt=\"\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/ls-project-85-slide-3-200x129.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/ls-project-85-slide-3-300x194.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/ls-project-85-slide-3-400x258.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/ls-project-85-slide-3-600x387.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/ls-project-85-slide-3-800x516.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/ls-project-85-slide-3-1024x661.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/ls-project-85-slide-3-1200x774.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/ls-project-85-slide-3.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><a style=\"\" class=\"ls-l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/document\/un-relief-chief-press-briefing-gaza-famine-22aug25\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/YouTube-tumbnails-1.png\" class=\"disable-lazyload ls-img-layer\" alt=\"UN Humanitarian Chief' Tom Fletcher in a suit and red tie speaks at a press conference, gesturing with his hand. Large bold text on the left side reads: Famine Declared in Gaza.\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/YouTube-tumbnails-1-200x113.png 200w, https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/YouTube-tumbnails-1-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/YouTube-tumbnails-1-400x225.png 400w, https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/YouTube-tumbnails-1-600x338.png 600w, https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/YouTube-tumbnails-1-800x450.png 800w, https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/YouTube-tumbnails-1-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/YouTube-tumbnails-1-1200x675.png 1200w, https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/YouTube-tumbnails-1.png 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" style=\"top:28px;left:0px;width:700px;height:394px;\"><\/a><\/div><div class=\"ls-slide\"><img width=\"1280\" height=\"826\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/ls-project-85-slide-6-1.jpg\" class=\"disable-lazyload ls-tn\" alt=\"\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/ls-project-85-slide-6-1-200x129.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/ls-project-85-slide-6-1-300x194.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/ls-project-85-slide-6-1-400x258.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/ls-project-85-slide-6-1-600x387.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/ls-project-85-slide-6-1-800x516.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/ls-project-85-slide-6-1-1024x661.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/ls-project-85-slide-6-1-1200x774.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/ls-project-85-slide-6-1.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><a style=\"\" class=\"ls-l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/un-human-rights-council-and-the-question-of-palestine\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Backdrops-big-size-Website.png\" class=\"disable-lazyload ls-img-layer\" alt=\"\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Backdrops-big-size-Website-200x113.png 200w, https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Backdrops-big-size-Website-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Backdrops-big-size-Website-400x225.png 400w, https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Backdrops-big-size-Website-600x338.png 600w, https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Backdrops-big-size-Website-800x450.png 800w, https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Backdrops-big-size-Website-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Backdrops-big-size-Website-1200x675.png 1200w, https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Backdrops-big-size-Website.png 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" style=\"width:695px;height:391px;top:12px;left:0px;\"><\/a><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-separator fusion-no-large-visibility fusion-full-width-sep\" style=\"align-self: center;margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;width:100%;\"><div class=\"fusion-separator-border sep-double\" style=\"--awb-height:20px;--awb-amount:20px;border-color:#e0dede;border-top-width:10px;border-bottom-width:10px;\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-separator fusion-no-large-visibility fusion-full-width-sep\" style=\"align-self: center;margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;width:100%;\"><div class=\"fusion-separator-border sep-double\" style=\"--awb-height:20px;--awb-amount:20px;border-color:#e0dede;border-top-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px;\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-separator fusion-no-large-visibility fusion-full-width-sep\" style=\"align-self: center;margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;width:100%;\"><div class=\"fusion-separator-border sep-double\" style=\"--awb-height:20px;--awb-amount:20px;border-color:#e0dede;border-top-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px;\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-image-element fusion-no-large-visibility\" style=\"text-align:center;--awb-caption-title-font-family:var(--h3_typography-font-family);--awb-caption-title-font-weight:var(--h3_typography-font-weight);--awb-caption-title-font-style:var(--h3_typography-font-style);--awb-caption-title-size:25px;--awb-caption-title-transform:var(--h3_typography-text-transform);--awb-caption-title-line-height:var(--h3_typography-line-height);--awb-caption-title-letter-spacing:var(--h3_typography-letter-spacing);--awb-filter:contrast(134%);--awb-filter-transition:filter 0.3s ease, -webkit-backdrop-filter 0.3s ease, backdrop-filter 0.3s ease;--awb-filter-hover:contrast(100%);\"><span class=\" fusion-imageframe imageframe-none imageframe-1 hover-type-none fusion-animated\" data-animationType=\"revealInLeft\" data-animationDuration=\"0.3\" data-animationOffset=\"top-into-view\"><a class=\"fusion-no-lightbox\" href=\"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/document\/torture-and-genocide-report-francesca-albanese-a-hrc-61-71\/\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"Albanese Francesca new report\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" alt=\"Poster with a blue-toned background showing a watchtower and separation wall, with the United Nations Palestinian Rights Committee logo in the top left. A large yellow banner across the top reads, TORTURE AND GENOCIDE. White text on the right says: New Report of the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian territories occupied since 1967, Francesca Albanese. In the lower left is a photo of a woman (Francesca Albanese) with gray streaked dark hair and black glasses speaking into a microphone and raising one hand. A dark speech-bubble style box contains the quote: &quot;Genocide has become the ultimate form of torture\u2026&quot;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Random-projects.png\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Random-projects-1024x1024.png\" class=\"lazyload img-responsive wp-image-316535\" srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%271080%27%20height%3D%271080%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%201080%201080%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%271080%27%20height%3D%271080%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Random-projects-200x200.png 200w, https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Random-projects-400x400.png 400w, https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Random-projects-600x600.png 600w, https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Random-projects-800x800.png 800w, https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Random-projects.png 1080w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" data-orig-sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/div><div class=\"fusion-separator fusion-no-large-visibility fusion-full-width-sep\" style=\"align-self: center;margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;width:100%;\"><div class=\"fusion-separator-border sep-double\" style=\"--awb-height:20px;--awb-amount:20px;border-color:#e0dede;border-top-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px;\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-image-element fusion-no-large-visibility\" style=\"text-align:center;--awb-caption-title-font-family:var(--h3_typography-font-family);--awb-caption-title-font-weight:var(--h3_typography-font-weight);--awb-caption-title-font-style:var(--h3_typography-font-style);--awb-caption-title-size:25px;--awb-caption-title-transform:var(--h3_typography-text-transform);--awb-caption-title-line-height:var(--h3_typography-line-height);--awb-caption-title-letter-spacing:var(--h3_typography-letter-spacing);--awb-filter:contrast(134%);--awb-filter-transition:filter 0.3s ease, -webkit-backdrop-filter 0.3s ease, backdrop-filter 0.3s ease;--awb-filter-hover:contrast(100%);\"><span class=\" fusion-imageframe imageframe-none imageframe-2 hover-type-none fusion-animated\" data-animationType=\"revealInLeft\" data-animationDuration=\"0.3\" data-animationOffset=\"top-into-view\"><a class=\"fusion-no-lightbox\" href=\"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/427th-committee-meeting-18-march-2026\/\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"Layer Slider Backdrops CSW event &#8211; Discriminatory Laws and Policies against Palestinian Women and Girls under Israeli Occupation Justice Demands Accountability\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" alt=\"Event poster from the United Nations Palestinian Rights Committee. The headline reads Discriminatory laws and policies against Palestinian women and girls under Israeli occupation: justice demands accountability. Subtext notes the event is held on the margins of the 70th session of the Commission on the Status of Women. Details list 10 a.m., Conference Room 6, UN Headquarters, New York, on 18 March. The background is light beige with abstract mosaic patterns, a UN emblem in the top left, and an image of a broken scale of justice on the right. The URL un.org\/unispal appears at the bottom.\" src=\"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Layer-Slider-Backdrops-CSW-event-Discriminatory-Laws-and-Policies-against-Palestinian-Women-and-Girls-under-Israeli-Occupation-Justice-Demands-Accountability.png\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Layer-Slider-Backdrops-CSW-event-Discriminatory-Laws-and-Policies-against-Palestinian-Women-and-Girls-under-Israeli-Occupation-Justice-Demands-Accountability-1024x576.png\" class=\"lazyload img-responsive wp-image-315462\" srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%271280%27%20height%3D%27720%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%201280%20720%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%271280%27%20height%3D%27720%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" 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https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Layer-Slider-Backdrops-CSW-event-Discriminatory-Laws-and-Policies-against-Palestinian-Women-and-Girls-under-Israeli-Occupation-Justice-Demands-Accountability-1200x675.png 1200w, https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Layer-Slider-Backdrops-CSW-event-Discriminatory-Laws-and-Policies-against-Palestinian-Women-and-Girls-under-Israeli-Occupation-Justice-Demands-Accountability.png 1280w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" data-orig-sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/div><div class=\"fusion-separator fusion-no-large-visibility fusion-full-width-sep\" style=\"align-self: center;margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;width:100%;\"><div class=\"fusion-separator-border sep-double\" style=\"--awb-height:20px;--awb-amount:20px;border-color:#e0dede;border-top-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px;\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-image-element fusion-no-large-visibility\" style=\"text-align:center;--awb-caption-title-font-family:var(--h3_typography-font-family);--awb-caption-title-font-weight:var(--h3_typography-font-weight);--awb-caption-title-font-style:var(--h3_typography-font-style);--awb-caption-title-size:25px;--awb-caption-title-transform:var(--h3_typography-text-transform);--awb-caption-title-line-height:var(--h3_typography-line-height);--awb-caption-title-letter-spacing:var(--h3_typography-letter-spacing);--awb-filter:contrast(134%);--awb-filter-transition:filter 0.3s ease, -webkit-backdrop-filter 0.3s ease, backdrop-filter 0.3s ease;--awb-filter-hover:contrast(100%);\"><span class=\" fusion-imageframe imageframe-none imageframe-3 hover-type-none fusion-animated\" data-animationType=\"revealInLeft\" data-animationDuration=\"0.3\" data-animationOffset=\"top-into-view\"><a class=\"fusion-no-lightbox\" href=\"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/high-level-conference-two-state-solution-july2025\/\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"High-level International Conference for the Peaceful Settlement of the Question of Palestine and the Implementation of the Two-State Solution\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/2state.png\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/2state-1024x576.png\" alt class=\"lazyload img-responsive wp-image-310275\" srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%271280%27%20height%3D%27720%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%201280%20720%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%271280%27%20height%3D%27720%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/2state-200x113.png 200w, https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/2state-400x225.png 400w, https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/2state-600x338.png 600w, https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/2state-800x450.png 800w, https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/2state-1200x675.png 1200w, https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/2state.png 1280w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" data-orig-sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/div><div class=\"fusion-separator fusion-no-large-visibility fusion-full-width-sep\" style=\"align-self: center;margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;width:100%;\"><div class=\"fusion-separator-border sep-double\" style=\"--awb-height:20px;--awb-amount:20px;border-color:#e0dede;border-top-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px;\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-separator fusion-full-width-sep\" style=\"align-self: center;margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;width:100%;\"><div class=\"fusion-separator-border sep-double\" style=\"--awb-height:20px;--awb-amount:20px;border-color:#e0dede;border-top-width:4px;border-bottom-width:4px;\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-1 fusion_builder_column_1_3 1_3 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:33.333333333333%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:5.76%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:20px;--awb-spacing-left-large:5.76%;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:1.92%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-1\"><h2 class=\"title-box-homepage\">History of the Question of Palestine<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/history\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazyload alignnone wp-image-278073 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/History-photo.jpg\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/History-photo.jpg\" alt=\"Javier Perez de Cuellar, Secretary-General of the United Nations, meets with Yasser Arafat, President of the Palestinian Authority and Chairman of Palestine Liberation Organization, in Geneva. 27 June 1988\" width=\"397\" height=\"265\" srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%27397%27%20height%3D%27265%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%20397%20265%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%27397%27%20height%3D%27265%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/History-photo-200x134.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/History-photo-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/History-photo.jpg 397w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" data-orig-sizes=\"(max-width: 397px) 100vw, 397px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/history\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Find out how the question of Palestine was brought before the United Nations shortly after the end of the Second World War.<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-2\"><h2 class=\"title-box-homepage\">International Court of Justice and the question of Palestine<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/icj-and-question-of-palestine\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazyload  wp-image-298573\" src=\"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/AP23363658922172-e1721338457738-1024x618.jpg\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/AP23363658922172-e1721338457738-1024x618.jpg\" alt=\"The seat of the Court - the Peace Palace - in The Hague, Netherlands\" width=\"446\" height=\"269\" srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%27446%27%20height%3D%27269%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%20446%20269%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%27446%27%20height%3D%27269%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/AP23363658922172-e1721338457738-66x40.jpg 66w, https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/AP23363658922172-e1721338457738-177x107.jpg 177w, https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/AP23363658922172-e1721338457738-200x121.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/AP23363658922172-e1721338457738-300x181.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/AP23363658922172-e1721338457738-320x193.jpg 320w, https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/AP23363658922172-e1721338457738-400x241.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/AP23363658922172-e1721338457738-460x278.jpg 460w, https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/AP23363658922172-e1721338457738-540x326.jpg 540w, https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/AP23363658922172-e1721338457738-600x362.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/AP23363658922172-e1721338457738-669x404.jpg 669w, https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/AP23363658922172-e1721338457738-700x422.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/AP23363658922172-e1721338457738-800x483.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/AP23363658922172-e1721338457738-940x567.jpg 940w, https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/AP23363658922172-e1721338457738-1024x618.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/AP23363658922172-e1721338457738-1200x724.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/AP23363658922172-e1721338457738.jpg 1215w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" data-orig-sizes=\"(max-width: 446px) 100vw, 446px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/icj-and-question-of-palestine\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The ICJ has played a pivotal role in addressing the complex and contentious issues surrounding the question of Palestine throughout history. Find out more about the ICJ cases.<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-2 fusion_builder_column_1_3 1_3 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:33.333333333333%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:5.76%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:20px;--awb-spacing-left-large:5.76%;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:1.92%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-3\"><h2 class=\"title-box-homepage\">United Nations Palestinian Rights Committee<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/committee\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazyload alignnone wp-image-313772\" src=\"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/UN-Palestinian-Rights-COmmittee-for-the-front-page-1024x576.png\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/UN-Palestinian-Rights-COmmittee-for-the-front-page-1024x576.png\" alt=\"graphic showing the United Nations headquarters with multiple national flags in the foreground. Large white text reads United Nations Palestinian Rights Committee over a blue geometric overlay, with red patterned borders on both sides.\" width=\"397\" height=\"223\" srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%27397%27%20height%3D%27223%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%20397%20223%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%27397%27%20height%3D%27223%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/UN-Palestinian-Rights-COmmittee-for-the-front-page-200x113.png 200w, https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/UN-Palestinian-Rights-COmmittee-for-the-front-page-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/UN-Palestinian-Rights-COmmittee-for-the-front-page-400x225.png 400w, https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/UN-Palestinian-Rights-COmmittee-for-the-front-page-600x338.png 600w, https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/UN-Palestinian-Rights-COmmittee-for-the-front-page-800x450.png 800w, https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/UN-Palestinian-Rights-COmmittee-for-the-front-page-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/UN-Palestinian-Rights-COmmittee-for-the-front-page-1200x675.png 1200w, https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/UN-Palestinian-Rights-COmmittee-for-the-front-page.png 1280w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" data-orig-sizes=\"(max-width: 397px) 100vw, 397px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/committee\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Background and the Mandate of the UN Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-4\"><h2 class=\"title-box-homepage\">New York Declaration on the Peaceful Settlement of the Question of Palestine<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/document\/un-high-level-international-conference-new-york-declaration-29jul2025\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazyload alignnone wp-image-310279\" src=\"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/New-York-Declaration-2025-1024x576.png\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/New-York-Declaration-2025-1024x576.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"469\" height=\"264\" srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%27469%27%20height%3D%27264%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%20469%20264%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%27469%27%20height%3D%27264%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/New-York-Declaration-2025-200x113.png 200w, https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/New-York-Declaration-2025-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/New-York-Declaration-2025-400x225.png 400w, https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/New-York-Declaration-2025-600x338.png 600w, https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/New-York-Declaration-2025-800x450.png 800w, https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/New-York-Declaration-2025-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/New-York-Declaration-2025-1200x675.png 1200w, https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/New-York-Declaration-2025.png 1280w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" data-orig-sizes=\"(max-width: 469px) 100vw, 469px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/document\/un-high-level-international-conference-new-york-declaration-29jul2025\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The New York Declaration outlines international commitments and proposed steps toward ending the Israeli-Palestinian conflict through a negotiated two-state solution.<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-3 fusion_builder_column_1_3 1_3 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:33.333333333333%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:5.76%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:20px;--awb-spacing-left-large:5.76%;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:1.92%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-5 fusion-no-small-visibility\"><h2 class=\"title-box-homepage\">Two-State Solution Conference and New York Declaration<\/h2>\n<p class=\"title-box-homepage\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/high-level-conference-two-state-solution-july2025\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazyload alignnone wp-image-309463\" style=\"font-size: 16px\" src=\"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/UN71111342-1024x683.jpg\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/UN71111342-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Secretary-General Ant\u00f3nio Guterres (on screen) speaks at the ministerial meeting ahead of the High-level International Conference for the Peaceful Settlement of the Question of Palestine and the Implementation of the Two-State Solution. A wide view of the wrap up session and ministerial meeting entitled \" width=\"528\" height=\"352\" srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%27528%27%20height%3D%27352%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%20528%20352%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%27528%27%20height%3D%27352%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/UN71111342-200x133.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/UN71111342-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/UN71111342-400x267.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/UN71111342-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/UN71111342-800x533.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/UN71111342-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/UN71111342.jpg 1200w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" data-orig-sizes=\"(max-width: 528px) 100vw, 528px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/high-level-conference-two-state-solution-july2025\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">High-level International Conference for the Peaceful Settlement of the Question of Palestine and the Implementation of the Two-State Solution<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-6 fusion-no-small-visibility\"><h2 class=\"title-box-homepage\">UN Commission of Inquiry findings on Gaza<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/document\/israel-has-committed-genocide-in-the-gaza-strip-un-commission-finds-16sep25\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazyload alignnone wp-image-311218 \" src=\"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/YouTube-tumbnails-1024x576.png\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/YouTube-tumbnails-1024x576.png\" alt=\"Nighttime Gaza skyline with explosions and smoke; large translucent word GAZA across the image; overlaid caption reads, \u201cIsrael has committed genocide in the Gaza Strip, UN Commission of Inquiry finds.\u201d\" width=\"565\" height=\"318\" srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%27565%27%20height%3D%27318%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%20565%20318%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%27565%27%20height%3D%27318%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/YouTube-tumbnails-200x113.png 200w, https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/YouTube-tumbnails-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/YouTube-tumbnails-400x225.png 400w, https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/YouTube-tumbnails-600x338.png 600w, https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/YouTube-tumbnails-800x450.png 800w, https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/YouTube-tumbnails-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/YouTube-tumbnails-1200x675.png 1200w, https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/YouTube-tumbnails.png 1280w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" data-orig-sizes=\"(max-width: 565px) 100vw, 565px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/document\/israel-has-committed-genocide-in-the-gaza-strip-un-commission-finds-16sep25\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">&#8220;Israel has committed genocide against Palestinians in the Gaza Strip&#8221;, the UN Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and Israel said in a new <\/a><a title=\"a-hrc-60-crp-3.pdf\" href=\"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/document\/commission-of-inquiry-report-genocide-in-gaza-a-hrc-60-crp-3\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-entity-type=\"file\" data-entity-uuid=\"6363d8e0-e68b-4511-a289-1f2c931aead3\" data-entity-substitution=\"file\">report<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/document\/israel-has-committed-genocide-in-the-gaza-strip-un-commission-finds-16sep25\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">.<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-4 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-flex-column\" 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fusion-flex-content-wrap\" style=\"max-width:1372.8px;margin-left: calc(-4% \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-4% \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-5 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:100%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:1.92%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:20px;--awb-spacing-left-large:1.92%;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:1.92%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-separator fusion-full-width-sep\" style=\"align-self: center;margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;width:100%;\"><div class=\"fusion-separator-border sep-double sep-solid\" style=\"--awb-height:20px;--awb-amount:20px;border-color:#e0dede;border-top-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px;\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-7 fusion-no-small-visibility fusion-no-medium-visibility\" style=\"--awb-margin-top:30px;\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/documents\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazyload alignleft wp-image-278220 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/UNISPAL-SEARCH-5.jpg\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/UNISPAL-SEARCH-5.jpg\" alt=\"Banner for the United Nations Information System on Palestine, showing the title, the subtitle describing it as the world\u2019s largest online repository of documents on the question of Palestine, and a Search button over a background of document folders.\" width=\"873\" height=\"147\" srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%27873%27%20height%3D%27147%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%20873%20147%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%27873%27%20height%3D%27147%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/UNISPAL-SEARCH-5-200x34.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/UNISPAL-SEARCH-5-300x51.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/UNISPAL-SEARCH-5-400x67.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/UNISPAL-SEARCH-5-600x101.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/UNISPAL-SEARCH-5-800x135.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/UNISPAL-SEARCH-5.jpg 873w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" data-orig-sizes=\"(max-width: 873px) 100vw, 873px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-title title fusion-title-1 fusion-title-text fusion-title-size-three\" style=\"--awb-margin-top-small:0px;--awb-margin-right-small:0px;--awb-margin-bottom-small:20px;--awb-margin-left-small:0px;\"><div class=\"title-sep-container title-sep-container-left fusion-no-large-visibility fusion-no-medium-visibility fusion-no-small-visibility\"><div class=\"title-sep sep-double sep-solid\" style=\"border-color:#e0dede;\"><\/div><\/div><span class=\"awb-title-spacer fusion-no-large-visibility fusion-no-medium-visibility fusion-no-small-visibility\"><\/span><h3 class=\"fusion-title-heading title-heading-left fusion-responsive-typography-calculated\" style=\"margin:0;--fontSize:16;--minFontSize:16;line-height:1.5;\"><h1><span style=\"color: #000000\"><strong>FEATURED RESOURCES<\/strong><\/span><\/h1><\/h3><span class=\"awb-title-spacer\"><\/span><div class=\"title-sep-container title-sep-container-right\"><div class=\"title-sep sep-double sep-solid\" style=\"border-color:#e0dede;\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-6 fusion_builder_column_2_3 2_3 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:66.666666666667%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:2.88%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:20px;--awb-spacing-left-large:2.88%;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:1.92%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-8\"><div class=\"heading\">\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/document\/torture-and-genocide-report-francesca-albanese-a-hrc-61-71\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Torture and genocide \u2013 Report of the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian territories occupied since 1967 \u2013 Advance edited version (A\/HRC\/61\/71)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In the present report, the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian territories occupied since 1967 examines the systematic use by Israel of torture against Palestinians from the occupied Palestinian territory since 7 October 2023.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/document\/coi-report-23jun26\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u201cThe essence of childhood has been destroyed\u201d: Israel\u2019s deliberate targeting of Palestinian children in the Occupied Palestinian Territory since 7 October 2023 \u2013 Report (A\/HRC\/62\/CRP.2)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and Israel examines violations and crimes against and affecting Palestinian children, including serious physical and psychological harm by the Israeli security forces since 7 October 2023 resulting in the death of at least 20,179 and injury of 44,143 children.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/document\/special-rapporteur-report-gaza-genocide-a-collective-crime-20oct25\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Report: \u201cGaza Genocide: a collective crime\u201d by the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian territories occupied since 1967 (A\/80\/492)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The report by UN Special Rapporteur Francesca Albanese examines whether and how other states\u2019 military, economic, diplomatic, and humanitarian policies have enabled or contributed to what she characterizes as &#8220;Israel\u2019s genocide in Gaza&#8221; and considers their potential responsibilities under international law.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/document\/the-two-state-solution-must-be-preserved-through-action-palestinian-rights-committee-chair-tells-security-council\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u201cThe two-State solution must be preserved through action,\u201d Palestinian Rights Committee Chair tells Security Council<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This statement by the UN Palestinian Rights Committee Chair urges concrete international action to preserve a two-state solution, addressing the situations in Gaza and the West Bank and calling for progress toward an independent Palestinian state alongside Israel.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-7 fusion_builder_column_1_3 1_3 fusion-flex-column\" 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Declaration<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-8408","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8408","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8408"}],"version-history":[{"count":83,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8408\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":310776,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8408\/revisions\/310776"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8408"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}