PALESTINE’S LEGAL SCENE –Issue.114

Your weekly survey of the most important publications and activities related to Palestine and law, from local and international sources

6 – 12 march 2022

Issued every Sunday by Law for Palestine

This weekly report reviews the legal dynamics of the Palestine question, and everything related to international law and Palestine. The report includes an account of the most important publications, activities and conferences related to Palestine at the local, regional, international levels. The report further covers decisions, decrees, and judicial orders affecting the Palestinian cause, whether made at the official, academic or public levels. The report aims to be a reference for monitoring, documenting and archiving the latest human rights developments related to Palestine, and to present them to individuals, researchers, study centers, and official, academic and legal institutions concerned.

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Judicial decrees, decisions, positions, and orders issued by official Palestinian bodies

• Palestinian MOFAE condemns the two murders committed by the Israeli occupation forces against the young man Karim Jamal al-Qawasmi from the village of Al-Tur and the child Yamen Jafal from the town of Abu Dis, Jerusalem district (March 6, 2022). For further details, click here
• The Human Rights Department of PLO calls for international action to protect the children of Palestine (March 7, 2022). For further details, click here
• Permanent Observer of the State of Palestine to the UN, Riyad Mansour, sends three identical letters to UN authorities in response to Israel’s continuous systematic persecution and attacks on unarmed Palestinians (March 8, 2022).For further details, click here
• Palestinian Prisoners and Detainees Affairs records the testimony of two young men who were assaulted and battered by Israeli occupation forces during their detention, emphasising that these acts directly violate all international human rights instruments and treaties (March 9, 2022).For further details, click here

Judicial decrees, decisions, positions, and orders issued by official Israeli bodies

• The Israeli Supreme Court overturns the ban on farmers entering their isolated land behind the wall (March 5, 2022).For further details, click here
• The Israeli Knesset approves the extension of a law that prevents the unification of Palestinian families (March 10, 2022). For further details, click here
• Israeli Ministry of Defense places a set of restrictions on academics who can enter and remain in the West Bank and teach at its universities (March 8, 2022). For further details, click here

Judicial decrees, decisions, positions, and orders issued by Arab, European, and international bodies

• Arab Lawyers Union condemns the settler’s attack on 4 Palestinians, including three children, and wounding them with live bullets in Hebron (March 5, 2022). For further details, click here
• UK Government Arabic Spokesperson, Rosie Dyas, considers the settlement to be illegal and an impediment to peace and stability (7 March 2022). For further details, click here
• Arab Lawyers Union strongly condemns Israel’s bombing of two Palestinian detainees homes west of Jenin (March 8, 2022). For further details, click here
• The Arab League Council urges the International Criminal Court to accelerate the launch of a criminal inquiry into Israel’s war crimes (March 9, 2022). For further details, click here
• Tor Wennesland expresses concern at the deteriorating security situation in the occupied West Bank, including East Jerusalem, and calls for maximum restraint. (March 9, 2022) For further details, click here
• The UNRWA Commissioner-General calls on Arab countries to increase their support for Palestinian refugees (March 9, 2022).For further details, click here
• OHCHR expresses its concern at the deterioration of the situation in the occupied Palestinian territory (March 9, 2022).For further details, click here
• A US District court in southern New York has ruled unconstitutional the Terrorism Act that Trump implemented to punish the Palestinian Authority in 2019 (March 11, 2022).For further details, click here

Publications of human rights NGOs

• Palestinian Prisoners Club holds the Israeli prison administration fully responsible for the life of the prisoner Iyad Omar and the rest of the sick prisoners who face systematic policies that have caused them to suffer from chronic diseases (March 7, 2022). For further details, click here
• The Higher Follow-up Committee for Arab Citizens: Denying Palestinian families unification is a crime that reflects the brutal mentality of the Israeli ruling establishment (March 11, 2022). For further details, click here
• Amnesty International: The Knesset’s re-passing of a law prohibiting Palestinians from obtaining citizenship means the disruption of more Palestinian families and we demand an end to apartheid against the Palestinians (March 11, 2022).For further details, click here
• During the 49th session of the Human Rights Council, human rights organizations sent letters to European Union institutions urging them to adopt a consistent approach to human rights issues and the rule of law in Palestine (March 9, 2022).For further details, click here
• The BDS movement is calling on Kenyan governmental organizations and the industrial companies of the Nairobi Israeli Film Festival to end their support for Israel’s decades-old apartheid regime (March 12, 2022). For further details, click here

Academic research and studies

• Researcher Ronen Shamir publishes a study entitled: “Contested Infrastructures: The Case of British- Mandate Palestine ”(Jan. 4, 2022).For further details, click here

Human rights conferences and events

• Palestinian-Australian files a legal complaint on the Australian government’s advocacy for Israel (Feb. 16, 2022). For further details, click here
• UNRWA maintains a sports marathon in New York City to support children in the Gaza Strip who suffer from psychological and neurological illnesses and injuries as a result of repeated Israeli attacks (March 9, 2022).For further details, click here
• The European Alliance in Defence of Palestinian Detainees Holds a Solidarity Meeting with Palestinian Women Prisoners on the Occasion of International Women’s Day (March 9, 2022).For further details, click here
• Birzeit University expresses its rejection of the Israeli decision on the foriegn academics and students. (March 12, 2022). For further details, click here