PALESTINE’S LEGAL SCENE –Issue.113

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

26 Feb -5 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

• The Palestinian Minister of Foreign Affairs calls on the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights to update the database of companies involved in illegal activities in Palestine and to end the Israeli violations against Palestinians. (Feb. 28, 2022). For further details, click here
• The Palestinian Ministry of Foreign Affairs condemns the death of two young men in the Jenin camp and calls on the International Criminal Court to investigate Israel’s crimes as soon as possible. (March1, 2022). For further details, click here
• The Palestinian Ministry of Foreign Affairs condemns the execution of a young man from the Arup camp and urges the International Criminal Court to immediately launch an inquiry into the occupation’s and its settlers’ crimes.(March 1, 2022).For further details, click here
• Palestinian Prisoners and detainees Affairs holds the Israeli occupation accountable for Palestinian prisoners’ medical incompetence and calls on international institutions, human rights organisations, and the ICRC to assume their respinsibilities in the cause of prisoners. (March 2, 2022). For further details, click here

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

• The Jerusalem Board approves the establishment of a park on the territory of the Jerusalem Yusufia Cemetery. (March 1, 2022). For further details, click here
• Israeli High Court of Justice ruled that four Palestinian families in the Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood of East Jerusalem should not be evicted until the Ministry of Justice settle their property claims. (March 1, 2022).For further details, click here
• Israeli Defense Minister states that the Israeli government plans to increase the number of Palestinian workers who can enter Israel from the Gaza Strip.(March 2, 2022). For further details, click here
• Israeli Supreme Court rules on petition filed by Hebron municipality on private Palestinian land; “the confiscation of private Palestinian lands for the purpose of building houses for Jews contributes to enhancing security in the region”.(March 3, 2022). For further details, click here
• Israel answers questions by the Human Rights Committee regarding administrative detention and other human rights issues. (March 3, 2022). For further details, click here

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

• Qatar’s Foreign Affairs Minister: The Israeli occupation of Palestinian and Arab lands still represents a model of colonial occupation, and one of the worst ongoing humanitarian crises.(Feb. 28, 2022).For further details, click here
• The European Union urges the Israeli authorities to “cease the excessive use of violence and live ammunition” against Palestinian civilians. (March 1, 2022). For further details, click here
• The Secretary-General of the League of Arab States, Ahmed Abu Gheit, underlines the need of resolving the Palestinian-Israeli conflict and implementing the two-state solution. (March 3, 2022). For further details, click here
• US Congressman Lee Zeldin introduces a bill to criminalize the BDS movement in the United States. (March 3, 2022).For further details, click here
• Irish MP Richard Boyd Barrett raises several questions to his government on its double standard position on Russia’s actions in Ukraine versus Israel’s actions in the occupied Palestinian territories. (March 3, 2022).For further details, click here
• Human Rights Council addresses a report indicating an increasing level in violence in the occupied Palestinian territory. (March 4, 2022).For further details, click here

Publications of human rights NGOs

• Al Mezan Center for Human Rights denounces the use of the crossings as a “trap” to arrest Palestinians and calls on the international community to end the siege of Gaza.(March 3, 2022). For further details, click here

Human rights conferences and events

• Palestinian Human Rights organizations hold various events, with widespread public participation, in support of Plastinian prisoners. (Feb. 28, 2022).For further details,click here
• The British “Campaign Against Anti-Semitism” group launches an attack on Amazon and demands it to seaze selling products of companies bearing slogans calling for an end to the Israeli occupation of Palestine and for a free Palestine.(March 4, 2022).For further details, click here
• Ben & Jerry’s Israel branch is suing Unilever for wrongful termination of contract for boycott purposes.(March 2, 2022). For further details, click here