Liberia: New Law Affirms Customary Land Tenure
On 19 September, Liberian President George Manneh Weah signed into law the Land Rights Bill (LRB), a landmark piece of legislation that recognizes the rights of Indigenous Peoples and local communities to their customary lands
Published : 23 October 2018
Statement of the ICC on Palestine
Statement of the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court, Fatou Bensouda, regarding the Situation in Palestine I have been following with concern the planned eviction of the Bedouin community of Khan al-Ahmar, in the West Bank.
Published : 17 October 2018
UNHRC Adopts Peasant Rights Declaration
UN Human Rights Council passes a resolution adopting the peasant rights declaration in Geneva GENEVA—Seventeen years of long and arduous negotiations later, peasants and other people working in rural areas are only a step away from
Published : 30 September 2018
oPt Area C: Development as Resistance
Israel’s Stranglehold on Area C: Development as Resistance Israel’s efforts to tighten its grip on the West Bank have been unprecedented since the current Israeli cabinet formed in 2015. Last year, for instance, witnessed the highest
Published : 27 September 2018
Apartheid in the Continuum of Israeli Legislation
The Follow-up Committee raises the dangers of the "Nation-State Law" in Geneva GENEVA—Adelegation from the Higher Follow-up Committee of the Arab community in the country recently participated in a central international symposium at the Human Rights
Published : 24 September 2018
Israel: Churches, Mosques Vandalized…with Impunity
53 mosques and churches vandalized in Israel since 2009, but only 9 indictments filed. The many unsolved crimes are a question of police priorities, says head of monitoring group. “Without a doubt, they aren’t looking
Published : 24 September 2018
Side event at Human Rights Council 39th session
In the context of the 39th Human Rights Council session and its agenda items 3, 7 and 9, focusing on the rights of indigenous peoples, the right of peoples to self-determination, human rights in Palestine
Published : 17 September 2018
EU Warns Israel: Razing Khan al-Ahmar War Crime
European Parliament warns: Eviction, demolition of Khan al-Ahmar would be a war crime. Resolution passed on Thursday calls EU to demand compensation from Israeli government for aid funds invested in the West Bank Bedouin village,
Published : 13 September 2018
Letter from Iraq — The End of Eden
Climate change comes to the cradle of civilization On a blistering morning in July 2017, Ghazi Luaibi rose before dawn and set out in a worn black sedan from his home in Zubair, a town of
Published : 11 September 2018
