For more information about Israeli policies in Hebron's Old City, have a look at BADIL's latest report: ‘Forced Population Transfer: The Case of the Old City of Hebron’ http://www.badil.org/…/pr…/77-2016/4633-pr-en-310816-39.html

BADIL Resource Center, in partnership with Professor Michael Dumper of the University of Exeter, organized a panel event on Wednesday, 31 August 2016.

More than 40 community activists and representatives, local and international partner organizations, academics, and popular committee representatives attended to discuss the future of UNRWA.

BADIL announces the release of the "Forced Population Transfer: The Case of the Old City of Hebron" Working Paper.

This paper focuses on the most affected areas by these policies in the Old City, where the implantation of Israeli colonies and colonizers, among other practices, has resulted in the forcible transfer of significant numbers of Palestinians from their homes.

Israeli forces targeting Palestinian youth in the West Bank

The systematic targeting of Palestinians, particularly youth, by Israeli military forces throughout the occupied Palestinian territory (oPt) has intensified since the beginning of 2016.
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Silencing Rights Voices Does Not Erase Injustice: Palestinian Human Rights Defenders Face Death Threats.

Forcible transfer of Palestinians is ongoing. Israeli policies of colonization and apartheid need to stop!

Occupation Authorities Administer Torture through Military Courts: Palestinian Human Rights Organizations Council Renews its Calls for Release of Hunger Striking Administrative Detainee Bilal Kayed

Forcible transfer of Palestinians throughout the oPt is a war crime and a crime against humanity. BADIL calls on the office of the Prosecutor of the ICC to launch an official investigation of the Israeli human rights violations and forcible transfer polices against Palestinians.

On World Refugee Day: Palestinians refugees remain deprived of international protection.

After 68 years of ongoing forced displacement from, and within, their homeland, Palestinian refugees remain the largest and longest-standing refugee population in the world. As of 2015, there were 7.25 million Palestinian refugees in the world, and over 700,000 internally displaced Palestinians. Moreover, these numbers are destined to increase for as long as Israel maintains its denial of Palestinian refugees’ right of return, coupled with its relentless forced displacement of Palestinians throughout Historic Palestine by way of a range of discriminatory policies.

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In preparation for the 32nd regular session of the United Nations Human Rights Council, to take place in Geneva from 13 June to 1 July 2016, BADIL Resource Center for Palestinian Residency and Refugee Rights held and participated in several meetings, dialogues and conferences in Geneva and Brussels.

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PHROC Dismayed by Israel's Election to Chair the General Assembly's Legal Sixth Committee.

On 13 June 2016, Israel won a vote to chair the United Nations Legal Affairs Sixth Committee (hereinafter the Committee), with the support of 109 member states and no votes against. The Committee acts as the central space through which legal questions are brought before the General Assembly. For 2016-2017, the agenda of the Committee will include measures to eliminate international terrorism, the rule of law at national and international levels, and responsibility of States for internationally wrongful acts, amongst others.

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PHROC Dismayed by Israel's Election to Chair the General Assembly's Legal Sixth Committee.

On 13 June 2016, Israel won a vote to chair the United Nations Legal Affairs Sixth Committee (hereinafter the Committee), with the support of 109 member states and no votes against. The Committee acts as the central space through which legal questions are brought before the General Assembly. For 2016-2017, the agenda of the Committee will include measures to eliminate international terrorism, the rule of law at national and international levels, and responsibility of States for internationally wrongful acts, amongst others.

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The Palestinian Human Rights Organizations Council (PHROC) commends recent statements by European officials on the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement.
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28 human rights bodies have called upon Adama Dieng - the UN Secretary-General’s Special Advisor on the Prevention of Genocide - to withdraw his participation from the annual conference of the International Network of Genocide Scholars, scheduled to take place June 26-29 2016, at the Hebrew University in occupied East Jerusalem.
To read the open letter:
http://www.badil.org/…/pr…/77-2016/4597-pr-en-240516-25.html

Going to the International Criminal Court is one of the preferred pathways by Palestinian refugees to achieve a durable solution for the refugee issue.

This article from al-Majdal Magazine explores the potential and the challenges of the ICC.