Mission

AURDIP has two primary missions :

1. To promote the application of international law in Israel and Palestine ; specifically to oppose Israeli occupation of the Palestinian territories and Israel’s settlement policy, which fly in the face of international conventions on human rights, United Nations resolutions, and decisions of the International Court of Justice.

2. To defend Palestinians’ right to education and to support students and staff of Palestinian universities in the defense of this right.

With these goals in mind, AURDIP proposes to take the following steps, in coordination with organizations and individuals pursuing the same objectives, in France and abroad :

1. To press governments in Europe to suspend cooperative agreements between the European Union and Israel as long as the Israeli government fails to respect its obligations under international law.

2. To encourage university professors and researchers to reconsider their professional links with Israeli academic and cultural institutions as long as the Israeli government fails to respect its obligations under international law. This reconsideration may take various forms, for example refusal to participate in scientific meetings in Israel or in institutional collaboration between France and Israel, especially as regards military applications.

3. To take part in activities, within the university setting and in professional organizations, with the purpose of providing information on the situation in Palestine and on the real nature of the occupation and settlement policy.