Ryan Rodrick Beiler The Separation Wall in the Occupied Palestinian Territory and behind it an Israeli settlement.

Statement by UNHRC: Palestine – International law obliges Israel to end occupation, says rights panel

@UN_HRC All States and international organizations, including the @UN, have obligations under international law to bring to an end #Israel’s unlawful presence in the Occupied #Palestinian Territory, according to a UN independent international commission of inquiry. 18 October 2024 Human Rights All States and international organizations, including the United Nations, have obligations under international law to …

UN – Gaza: UN humanitarian official warns Security Council of “unconscionable human suffering”

Briefing to the Security Council on the humanitarian situation in Gaza by Joyce Msuya, Acting Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator New York, 29 August 2024 As delivered Thank you, Mr. President. Mr. President, Members of the Council, thank you for this opportunity to brief you on the humanitarian situation in Gaza. First, allow …

UN report: Israeli authorities, Palestinian armed groups are responsible for war crimes, other grave violations of international law, UN Inquiry finds

12 June 2024 Summary by @zei_squirrel The UN just released its first actual investigation into October 7 and ongoing Gaza genocide by Israel. It concludes that though there was violence against women (SVGB), there is no proof of any rape, let alone “mass rape”, or that it was “ordered by Hamas”. It’s over. The investigation …

Lazzarini: UNRWA headquarters in occupied East Jerusalem set on fire

Philippe Lazzarini @UNLazzarini – 9 May [Update below] This evening, Israeli residents set fire twice to the perimeter of the UNRWA Headquarters in occupied East Jerusalem. This took place while UNRWA and other UN Agencies’ staff were on the compound. While there were no casualties among our staff, the fire caused extensive damage to the …

UN Press Release: “Onslaught of violence against women and children in Gaza unacceptable”

06 May 2024 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. “We are horrified at details emerging from mass graves recently unearthed in the Gaza Strip. Over 390 bodies have …

UN: “Amid campus crackdowns, Gaza war triggers freedom of expression crisis”

25 April 2024 – – UN News – Irene Khan, UN Special Rapporteur on freedom of expression and opinion. Across the United States, “heads are rolling” at the top of some Ivy League universities amid a campus-wide crackdown on students protesting Israel’s war in Gaza, shining a spotlight on the question of freedom of expression …

Report on UNRWA concludes Israel has not provided evidence of employees’ militancy

24 April 2024 In Feb, UN Sec General Antonio Guterres appoints independent UNRWA review panel. It was led by former French Foreign Minister Catherine Colonna, working with three research organizations in Sweden, Norway and Denmark. Yesterday, the report they issued was made public and the media began reporting on its findings. Francesca Albanese, UN Special Rapporteur …

WHO’s Dr. Tedros on hospitals in Gaza

Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus @DrTedros 21 patients have died since the hospital came under siege on 18 March. Hostilities continue around the hospital according to updates from Al-Shifa hospital in #Gaza reported by a health worker inside the hospital. 107 patients are in an inadequate building, within the hospital compound, lacking needed health support, medical care …