{"id":257324,"date":"2021-08-19T18:30:18","date_gmt":"2021-08-19T22:30:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/?p=257324"},"modified":"2021-08-19T18:30:18","modified_gmt":"2021-08-19T22:30:18","slug":"ngo-action-news-19-august-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/ngo-action-news-19-august-2021\/","title":{"rendered":"NGO Action News &#8211; 19 August 2021"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-background-position:left top;--awb-border-sizes-top:0px;--awb-border-sizes-bottom:0px;--awb-border-sizes-left:0px;--awb-border-sizes-right:0px;--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-padding-top:20px;--awb-padding-bottom:20px;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-0 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-one-full fusion-column-first fusion-column-last fusion-column-no-min-height\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-margin-bottom:0px;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-column-wrapper-legacy\"><div class=\"fusion-title title fusion-title-1 fusion-sep-none fusion-title-text fusion-title-size-one\" style=\"--awb-margin-top:-60px;\"><h1 class=\"fusion-title-heading title-heading-left fusion-responsive-typography-calculated\" style=\"margin:0;--fontSize:34;line-height:1.4;\"><h1 class=\"main-title blue\">Civil Society and the <span class=\"secondline\">Question of Palestine<\/span><\/h1><\/h1><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-1 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-one-full fusion-column-first fusion-column-last fusion-column-no-min-height\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-margin-bottom:0px;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-column-wrapper-legacy\"><div class=\"fusion-alert alert custom alert-custom fusion-alert-center notice fusion-alert-capitalize awb-alert-native-link-color alert-dismissable awb-alert-close-boxed alert-shadow\" style=\"--awb-background-color:#edf2fc;--awb-accent-color:#a0a0a0;--awb-border-size:1px;--awb-border-top-left-radius:0px;--awb-border-top-right-radius:0px;--awb-border-bottom-left-radius:0px;--awb-border-bottom-right-radius:0px;\" role=\"alert\"><div class=\"fusion-alert-content-wrapper\"><span class=\"alert-icon\"><i class=\" fa fa-exclamation-circle\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/span><span class=\"fusion-alert-content\">This page may contain links to third-party Web sites. The linked sites are not under the control of the United Nations and the United Nations is not responsible for the content of any linked site or any link contained in a linked site. The United Nations provides these links only as a convenience, and the inclusion of a link or reference does not imply endorsement of the linked site by the United Nations. This newsletter is a project of the Division for Palestinian Rights, and is intended to provide information on NGO activities relevant to the question of Palestine . NGOs interested in contributing information on their activities should communicate it by email.The Division reserves the right to make the final selection with regard to material to be included in this newsletter. It cannot take responsibility for the accuracy of the information.<\/span><\/div><button style=\"color:#a0a0a0;border-color:#a0a0a0;\" type=\"button\" class=\"close toggle-alert\" data-dismiss=\"alert\" aria-label=\"Close\">&times;<\/button><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-2 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-one-full fusion-column-first fusion-column-last\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-column-wrapper-legacy\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-1\"><p><strong>Middle East<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>On 17 August, <a href=\"https:\/\/hrij.amnesty.nl\/hibernations-must-not-curtail-the-iccs-investigation-in-the-situation-in-palestine\/\">Al<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/hrij.amnesty.nl\/hibernations-must-not-curtail-the-iccs-investigation-in-the-situation-in-palestine\/\">&#8211;<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/hrij.amnesty.nl\/hibernations-must-not-curtail-the-iccs-investigation-in-the-situation-in-palestine\/\">Haq<\/a> published the article \u201cHibernations Must Not Curtail the ICC\u2019s Investigation in the Situation in Palestine\u201d in which the CSO\u2019s Head of Legal Research and Advocacy, Susan Power, warns that any move by the Office of the Prosecutor to deprioritize its investigation into Palestine would risk compromising the safety of Palestinian witnesses and civil society, and fuel accusations of political interference with the Court.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>North America<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>On 12 August, a group of <a href=\"https:\/\/uscpr.org\/where-we-stand-on-ben-jerrys\/\">US<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/uscpr.org\/where-we-stand-on-ben-jerrys\/\">&#8211;<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/uscpr.org\/where-we-stand-on-ben-jerrys\/\">based CSOs<\/a> \u2013 Adalah Justice Project, US Campaign for Palestinian Rights, Movement for Black Lives (M4BL), Vermonters for Justice in Palestine, Palestine Legal, American Friends Service Committee, BDS Movement, Jewish Voice for Peace \u2013 issued the press release \u201cWhere We Stand on Ben &amp; Jerry\u2019s\u201d in which they call on individuals and organisations to support Ben &amp; Jerry\u2019s board decision to not renew its licensing agreement in Israel when it expires at the end of 2022, to organise against laws limiting freedom of protest and boycott, and to support Palestinians against Israel\u2019s policies and actions.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>United Nations<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>On 13 August, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ohchr.org\/EN\/NewsEvents\/Pages\/DisplayNews.aspx?NewsID=27381&amp;LangID=E\">OHCHR<\/a> informed that UN human rights experts \u2013 Ms. Irene Khan, Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of the right to freedom of expression; Ms. Mary Lawlor, Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights defenders; Mr. Michael Lynk, Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian Territory occupied since 1967; and Mr.Cl\u00e9ment Nyaletsossi Voule, Special Rapporteur on rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and of association \u2013 called on the Government of Israel to immediately return confidential documents and office equipment that its military seized from the offices of Defense for Children International-Palestine (DCIP) in Al-Bireh, in the occupied West Bank. \u201cWe are deeply concerned by the Israeli military\u2019s interference with the human rights work of a well-known and well-regarded NGO,\u201d said the experts. \u201cThe indispensable work of Palestinian, Israeli and international civil society organizations has provided a measure of much-needed accountability in documenting and scrutinizing the dispiriting human rights trends in the occupied Palestinian territory.\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>On 12 August, the <a href=\"https:\/\/unsco.unmissions.org\/sites\/default\/files\/statement_by_united_nations_humanitarian_coordinator_and_resident_coordinator_lynn_hastigns_on_the_occasion_of_international_youth_day_english.pdf\">United Nations Humanitarian Coordinator and Resident Coordinator,<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/unsco.unmissions.org\/sites\/default\/files\/statement_by_united_nations_humanitarian_coordinator_and_resident_coordinator_lynn_hastigns_on_the_occasion_of_international_youth_day_english.pdf\">Lynn Hastings<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/unsco.unmissions.org\/sites\/default\/files\/statement_by_united_nations_humanitarian_coordinator_and_resident_coordinator_lynn_hastigns_on_the_occasion_of_international_youth_day_english.pdf\">,<\/a> issued a statement on the occasion of International Youth Day under the theme \u201cTransforming Food Systems: Youth Innovation for Human and Planetary Health\u201d, in which she stressed that this year\u2019s commemoration was coming at a challenging time for Palestine and for the world. COVID-19 was placing unprecedented strain on food systems, disrupting markets and supply chains for small-scale farmers around the world, and threatened peace and stability, particularly among the most vulnerable and marginalized populations. \u201cUN agencies will be celebrating this day with various initiatives online and offline, which I encourage you to follow. Let us use today as a reminder that we depend on food systems for human and planetary health and well-being and we cannot achieve it without our youth,\u201d she said.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-2\"><p><em>This newsletter informs about recent and upcoming activities of Civil Society Organizations affiliated with the United Nations Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People. 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