The International Commission of Jurists strongly condemns the killing of Al Jazeera veteran correspondent Shireen Abu Akleh, who according to witness testimonies was shot dead by Israeli forces on 11 May 2022 while covering Israeli incursions in Jenin, West Bank.
Israel must end the cycle of impunity for crimes under international law committed by Israeli Defence Forces (IDF) in the Occupied Palestinian Territory and overhaul its accountability framework and procedures, the ICJ said today.
Until then, the international community should fully support the International Criminal Court’s (ICC) investigation into the Situation in Palestine, as the sole avenue of accountability for past and ongoing crimes falling under the jurisdiction of the Court.
The ICJ today denounced Israel’s system of apartheid against Palestinians in a statement for the interactive dialogue with the UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian territory occupied since 1967 at the UN Human Rights Council.
The International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) stands in solidarity with Al-Haq and five other Palestinian civil society organizations formally designated as “terrorist organizations” on 19 October 2021 by Israeli Defence Minister Benny Gantz.
Israel’s designation of six Palestinian human rights NGOs as “terrorist organizations” is a cynical assault on independent civil society and on the exercise of the rights to freedom of expression and association in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (OPT), the International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) said today.
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