PALESTINE’S LEGAL SCENE – Vol. 78

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

27 June- 3 July 2021

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 MOFA calls on the Prosecutor of the ICC to promptly investigate the crimes of the Israeli occupation in Sheikh Jarrah and Silwan. (27 June 2021). For further details, click here
• Palestine’s delegate to the UN: Not including Israel on the black list of violators of children’s rights is a moral and legal failure of the United Nations. (June 28, 2021). For further details, click here 
• Palestine’s representative to the United Nations sends letters to UN officials regarding Israeli attacks on the Palestinian people. (29 June 2021). For further details, click here 
• Palestinian MOFA condemns home demolitions in al-Bustan neighborhood, calls out Israel’s continued attacks in the face of a mute international community. (29 June 2021). For further details, click here 
• Member of the Executive Committee of the Palestine Liberation Organization calls for an Irish initiative to recognize the State of Palestine. (July 1, 2021). For further details, click here 
• MOFA warns against ‘Avitar’ deal between Israeli govt. and settlers, considers it an Israeli endorsement of settlements. (July 1, 2021). For further details, click here 
• Palestinian MOFAE: Family reunification is a right to Palestinian families under international law and is not an Israeli favour. (July 1, 2021). For further details, click here 
• PNC sends letters to regional and international parliaments to save the life of prisoner Ghadanfar Abu Atwan. (July 1, 2021). For further details, click here

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

• Israeli MOI intends to propose to the Knesset a further extension on the ban of family reunification without any amendments. (June 29, 2021). For further details, click here
• Israeli govt strikes deal with Israeli settlers regarding lands in Palestinian town of Beita, south of Nablus, to leave the outpost while state re-examines future status of land. (June 30, 2021). For further details, click here

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

• Democrats in the US House call on US President Joe Biden to reverse Trump’s pro-Israel policies and the deal of the century. (June 28, 2021). For further details, click here
• UN Secretary-General affirms: there is no place for children in conflict, referring to violations committed by the Israeli occupation and Palestinian armed groups in its recent attack on Gaza. (June 28, 2021). For further details, click here
• The Arab League condemns the demolition of homes in Silwan, occupied Jerusalem. (June 29, 2021). For further details, click here
• Members in the US Congress: We must not look away from what is happening in Jerusalem, we call on the int’l community to protect the Sheikh Jarrah neighbourhood and the town of Silwan. (June 30, 2021). For further details, click here
• German President: The ICC has no jurisdiction to investigate Israel. (June 30, 2021). For further details, click here
• Russia’s ambassador to the UN: We reject Israeli demolition, displacement and settlement. (July 1, 2021). For further details, click here

Publications of human rights NGOs

• The Palestinian Center for Human Rights makes a statement on the new restrictions imposed by Israel to fight the Palestinian farmers and their products. (June 27, 2021). For further details, click here
• Physicians for Human Rights (PHRI) publishes a position paper on Israel’s responsibility to guarantee the right to health for Palestinians in the oPt. (June 28, 2021). For further details, click here
• CIHRS sends four written submissions on the deteriorating situation of human rights at 47th Session of the Human Rights Council (June 29, 2021). For further details, click here
• Addameer Association publishes a paper titled “torture and ill-treatment beyond interrogation: violent raids against Palestinian prisoners in Israeli Occupation prisons” (June 30, 2021). For further details, click here
• HRW: On Israel and Palestine, It’s Time for Canada to Recognize Reality. (June 30, 2021). For further details, click here
• J Street welcomes the approval by the United States House Appropriations Committee of a bill to ensure that equipment supplied to Israel may not be used to undermine a two-state solution. (July 1, 2021). For further details, click here

Academic research and studies

• The researcher Ahmed Al-Ashkar issued a paper through ARDD on the challenges and opportunities available to the Palestinians in the wake of the investigation of the ICC. (June 29, 2021). For further details, click here

Human rights conferences and events

• Palestinian prisoners’ societies call on the international community to urgently intervene to rescue the prisoners and provide them with protection. (June 28, 2021). For further details, click here
• PCHR starts a training program on “Mechanisms for Preparing and Writing Reports Submitted to International Committees: CEDAW as a Model.” (June 28, 2021). For further details, click here
• CEIRPP and OIC hold an international conference on Jerusalem. (July 1, 2021). For further details, click here