PALESTINE’S LEGAL SCENE –Issue.146

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

16 – 22 Oct 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 head of the Detainees Affairs Commission warns that the occupation will not fulfill its promises to the administrative prisoners who suspended their hunger strike. (October 16, 2022). For further details, click here 
• Palestinian MOFAE: The silence of the international community provides a protection network for the occupying power to commit more crimes. (October 16, 2022). For further details, click here
• The family of martyr Omar Asaad confirms its rejection of the Israeli proposal to offer financial compensation in exchange for forfeiting its right in his case brought before Israeli and American courts. (October 16, 2022).For further details, click here
• The Commission of Detainees Affairs calls on the international community to take immediate action to end the policy of killing and executing Palestinian prisoners and detainees. It further stresses that the continued silence of the international community gives Israel space to commit more crimes. (October 17, 2022). For further details, click here
• The Palestinian MOFAE welcomes the Australian government’s decision to reverse its recognition of West Jerusalem as the capital of Israel, and calls on Australia to embody its commitment to the principle of the two-state solution by recognizing the State of Palestine. (October 18, 2022). For further details, click here
• The Palestinian Prime Minister condemns the Israeli campaign of incitement against the head of the Settlement and Wall Resistance Commission, Muayyad Shaaban, and the committee’s staff through social media. (October 20, 2022). For further details, click here

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

• The Israeli Prime Minister slams Australia’s decision on retracting recognition of Western Jerusalem as the capital of Israel. He affirms that “Jerusalem is the eternal and united capital of Israel and nothing will ever change that”. (October 18, 2022). For further details, click here
• Israeli Prime Minister: The United Nations report accusing Israel of violating international law in Gaza is biased, false, unbalanced, and anti-Semitic. (October 20, 2022). For further details, click here

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

• The 2022 Plenipotentiary Conference, held in the Romanian capital Bucharest, adopts Resolution No. “125” for the State of Palestine, which calls for providing support and assistance in developing infrastructure and building human capacities in Palestinian communications and information technology. (October 16, 2022). For further details, click here
• Australia rescinds its recognition of Jerusalem as the capital of Israel, and affirms its previous position that Jerusalem is an essential issue of the final negotiated solution in accordance with international legitimacy. It also affirms that it will not support any approach that would prevent the realization of a two-state solution in which Israel and the future Palestinian state coexist in peace and security within internationally recognized borders. (October 18, 2022). For further details, click here
• The UN Special Rapporteur in Palestine, Francesca Albanese, issues a report that describes the Israeli occupation of Palestine as a settler colonial regime. (October 18, 2022). For further details, click here / here
• The Arab Parliament commends Australia’s decision for retracting the recognition of Western Jerusalem as the capital of Israel. It states that this decision aligns with international law and resolutions of international legitimacy. (October 18, 2022). For further details, click here
• Saudi Arabia and Jordan welcome Australia’s decision to retract its recognition of West Jerusalem as the capital of Israel. Also, the Arab Parliament commends this step. (October 19, 2022). For further details, click here
• In a new report, the UN Commission of Inquiry finds that the Israeli occupation is unlawful under international law and calls for an urgent request by the UNGA to be referred to the International Court of Justice for an advisory opinion on Israel’s continued refusal to end its occupation. (October 20, 2022). For further details, click here
• UN experts have called on Israel to immediately release Salah Hammouri, a Palestinian lawyer. They are concerned by Israel’s pervasive misuse of administrative and criminal law proceedings and use of secret information against Palestinians. (October 19, 2022). For further details, click here
• The UN calls on Israel to end administrative detention and confirms that it is closely monitoring the situation of human rights defender Salah Hammouri, who is currently imprisoned.(October 21, 2022). For further details, click here

Publications of human rights NGOs

• 65 Palestinian and international organizations call on the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights to implement concrete measures to ensure justice and accountability for the Palestinian people, including recognition of Israeli settler colonialism as the root cause of the denial of Palestinian rights. (October 17, 2022). For further details, click here
• The Palestinian Center for Human Rights and Al Mezan Center for Human Rights hold the Israeli occupation authorities responsible for the death of the patient Akram Al-Sultan and demand the international community intervene to save the lives of patients in the Gaza Strip. (October 18, 2022). For further details, click here
• PNGO condemns the policy of collective punishment imposed by the Israeli occupation on the city of Nablus and considers it a war crime. (October 18, 2022). For further details, click here
• The International Centre of Justice for Palestinians (ICJP) have written to Prime Minister Liz Truss warning her that her stated intention to move the UK embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem would be unlawful and any attempt to do so could put the UK under prosecution for violating the international law. (October 19, 2022). Forfurther details, click here
• The Legal Center for Arab Minority Rights in Israel, “Adalah”, comments on the report of the United Nations Independent Commission of Inquiry, stating that, “Decades of extreme violations of Palestinian human rights, and total impunity for war crimes committed by Israel necessitate an immediate international response”. (October 20, 2022). Forfurther details, click here