Adalah's report to the United Nations detailing Israel’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic and its negative impact on human rights
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In response to a call by the UN, Adalah submitted a report to inform experts’ upcoming thematic statements and reports to the UN Human Rights Council or the General Assembly on the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on human rights.
Adalah’s report spans many subjects such as the Israeli government’s excessive use of Emergency Regulations; discrimination against Palestinians regarding access to medical services, education and economic financial support; the lack of available data on COVID-19 and Palestinian citizens of Israel and delayed, limited health-related information in Arabic; insufficient economic measures taken to help Palestinian citizen workers, households, businesses and the exploitation of West Bank Palestinian workers in Israel and more.
• CLICK HERE to read the Major Findings of the report
• CLICK HERE to read the full report
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Adalah’s participation in the UN Human Rights Council on accountability and collective punishment
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Adalah's International Advocacy Coordinator, Ms. Soheir Asaad, addresses the UN Human Rights Council via video broadcast, 16 July 2020
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Adalah, together with partner Palestinian and international human rights organizations, participated virtually in the 44th session of the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva on 16 and 17 July 2020.
Among our interventions, Adalah’s International Advocacy Coordinator, Ms. Soheir Asaad made a joint oral statement, which emphasized the specific case of Gaza. She stressed that Israel has created a legal “blackhole” regarding Gaza, where a policy of total impunity and lack of accountability prevails both in civil and criminal law. Adalah urged the international community to step to end impunity, and to ensure accountability and justice for the victims. Press Release.
Read Adalah’s statement to the 44th session Human Rights Council here
Adalah also participated in a webinar for diplomats organized by Palestinian, regional and international human rights organizations, on “Collective Punishment in Gaza: 13 years of Illegal Closure with Impunity”. Watch the webinar here.
Read also Adalah’s new report responding to the Israeli Attorney General’s memorandum on the International Criminal Court and the ‘Situation of Palestine”, which includes an analysis of the lack of accountability in the case of Gaza: Here
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