Lebanon: Israel’s White Phosphorous Use Risks Civilian Harm
Airburst Munitions Used Unlawfully in Populated Areas
Category: Reports
Gaza’s doctors were building a health system. Then came war.
Health workers killed in the Gaza war have included more than 50 highly qualified specialists who were seeking to create a healthcare system for a Palestinian state, Reuters found. With each specialist killed, Gaza lost a network of knowledge that will take years to rebuild.
Surveillance and interference: Israel’s covert war on the ICC exposed
Top Israeli government and security officials have overseen a nine-year surveillance operation targeting the ICC and Palestinian rights groups to try to thwart a war crimes probe, a joint investigation reveals.
The International Court of Justice reaffirms its previous provisional measures and indicates new measures
On 24 May 2024, the Court delivered its Order on the Request of South Africa of 10 May 2024 for the modification of the Order of 28 March 2024 in the case concerning Application of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide in the Gaza Strip (South Africa v. Israel), reaffirming its previous provisional measures and indicating new measures.
UN expert horrified by death of Gazan orthopedic surgeon in Israeli detention
GENEVA (16 May 2024) – The death of a renowned Palestinian orthopedic surgeon after nearly four months in detention was “horrifying”, a UN expert said today, demanding an independent international investigation into the circumstances of his demise.
Genocide in Gaza: Analysis of International Law and its Application to Israel’s Military Actions since October 7, 2023
The prohibition of the crime of genocide is a peremptory norm of international law from which no derogation is permitted. In light of the extraordinary implications of a finding that Israel may be committing genocide against the Palestinian people in Gaza, the University Network for Human Rights, the International Human Rights Clinic at Boston University School of Law, the International Human Rights Clinic at Cornell Law School, the Centre for Human Rights at the University of Pretoria, and the Lowenstein Human Rights Project at Yale Law School have conducted a thorough legal analysis of Israel’s acts since October 7, 2023, as situated in their historical context.
Gaza: Israel Flouts World Court Orders
Aid Still Being Obstructed Despite Famine
Strapped down, blindfolded, held in diapers: Israeli whistleblowers detail abuse of Palestinians in shadowy detention center
Sde Teiman, Israel CNN — At a military base that now doubles as a detention center in Israel’s Negev desert, an Israeli working at the facility snapped two photographs of a scene that he says continues to haunt him.
Onslaught of violence against women and children in Gaza unacceptable: UN experts
GENEVA (6 May 2024) – UN experts* today condemned the continued and systematic onslaught of violence committed against Palestinians in Gaza, with most victims being women and children over the past seven months.
New investigations in Gaza’s heritage landscapes: the Gaza Maritime Archaeology Project (GAZAMAP)
Decades of conflict in the Gaza Strip have contributed to widely documented cultural heritage destruction, demonstrating a need to monitor vulnerable sites and enhance the empirical base. This article describes how the Gaza Maritime Archaeology Project (GAZAMAP 2022–2023) was developed to monitor coastal and near-coastal sites, collaboratively. Owing to the unprecedented destruction of heritage since October 2023, GAZAMAP’s scope has fundamentally shifted.