Posts tagged Palestine
Joint letter to the EU to ban trade and business with Israel's illegal settlements

We, the undersigned human rights organizations, trade unions and civil society groups, urge the European Commission to take action to ban all trade and business between the EU and Israel's illegal settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (OPT), including East Jerusalem. Such action is essential for the EU and its member states to comply with their obligations under international law.

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Joint statement on the targeting and killing of journalists in Palestine and Lebanon

As an IFEX member, CRIN has signed a statement put forward by 7amleh – The Arab Center for the Advancement of Social Media, the Maharat Foundation and the Palestinian Center for Development and Media Freedoms (MADA), condemining the deliberate targeting and killing of journalists in Palestine and Lebanon by Israeli forces.

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Children’s rights in Palestine webinar series - recommendations and calls for action

Between April and July 2024 Defence for Children International (DCI) and CRIN co-hosted a webinar series highlighting the reality of Palestinian children’s rights under military occupation of the West Bank and the unfolding genocide in Gaza. Below are recommendations for action that emerged from the webinar series. We invite you to think critically about what role you can play in implementing these recommendations - everyone can make an impact, no matter how small it may seem. 

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Joint letter calling to suspend the EU-Israel Association Agreement: A European civil society campaign focused on EU institutions and Member States

CRIN joins over 160 European organisations to issue a statement calling on the EU and its member states to Suspend the EU-Israel Association Agreement and all the related agreements. European countries have the responsibility to prevent genocide under international law and, therefore, must take all diplomatic, economic and political measures within their power to prevent genocide in Gaza.

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Joint letter calling for a complete and accurate list of perpetrators in 2024 Annual Report on children and armed conflict

In this open letter, CRIN joins 21 NGOs in calling on Secretary-General António Guterres to ensure the publication of a complete list of perpetrators of grave violations that is evidence-based and accurately reflects data collected and verified by the United Nations Monitoring and Reporting Mechanism (MRM) in his forthcoming annual report on children and armed conflict (CAAC).

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“Nowhere is safe in Gaza”: The International Court of Justice finds that there are plausible grounds that Israel is committing genocide

On 29 December 2023, South Africa filed a case before the International Court of Justice (ICJ) accusing the State of Israel of genocide. South Africa argued that the State of Israel has been committing a series of acts with the aim of eliminating the Palestinian population in Gaza.

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