{"id":4908,"date":"2015-12-07T09:00:44","date_gmt":"2015-12-07T09:00:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/?p=4908"},"modified":"2015-12-07T09:00:44","modified_gmt":"2015-12-07T09:00:44","slug":"ngo-action-news-7-december-2015-13-january-2016","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/ar\/2015\/12\/07\/ngo-action-news-7-december-2015-13-january-2016\/","title":{"rendered":"NGO Action News &#8211; 7 December 2015 &#8211; 13 January 2016"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-background-position:left top;--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-padding-top:20px;--awb-padding-bottom:20px;--awb-border-sizes-top:0px;--awb-border-sizes-bottom:0px;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-0 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-one-full fusion-column-first fusion-column-last fusion-column-no-min-height\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-margin-bottom:0px;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-column-wrapper-legacy\"><div class=\"fusion-title title fusion-title-1 fusion-sep-none fusion-title-text fusion-title-size-one\" style=\"--awb-margin-top:-60px;--awb-margin-top-small:0px;--awb-margin-right-small:0px;--awb-margin-bottom-small:20px;--awb-margin-left-small:0px;\"><h1 class=\"fusion-title-heading title-heading-left fusion-responsive-typography-calculated\" style=\"margin:0;--fontSize:18;--minFontSize:18;line-height:1.4;\"><h1 class=\"main-title blue\">The Civil Society and the <span class=\"secondline\">Question of Palestine<\/span><\/h1><\/h1><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-1 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-one-full fusion-column-first fusion-column-last fusion-column-no-min-height\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-margin-bottom:0px;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-column-wrapper-legacy\"><div class=\"fusion-alert alert custom alert-custom fusion-alert-center notice fusion-alert-capitalize awb-alert-native-link-color alert-dismissable awb-alert-close-boxed alert-shadow\" style=\"--awb-background-color:#edf2fc;--awb-accent-color:#a0a0a0;--awb-border-size:1px;--awb-border-top-left-radius:0px;--awb-border-top-right-radius:0px;--awb-border-bottom-left-radius:0px;--awb-border-bottom-right-radius:0px;\" role=\"alert\"><div class=\"fusion-alert-content-wrapper\"><span class=\"alert-icon\"><i class=\" fa fa-exclamation-circle\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/span><span class=\"fusion-alert-content\">This page may contain links to third-party Web sites. The linked sites are not under the control of the United Nations and the United Nations is not responsible for the content of any linked site or any link contained in a linked site. ±¬ÁÏÍø provides these links only as a convenience, and the inclusion of a link or reference does not imply endorsement of the linked site by the United Nations. This newsletter is a project of the Division for Palestinian Rights, and is intended to provide information on NGO activities relevant to the question of Palestine . NGOs interested in contributing information on their activities should communicate it by <a href=\"mailto:dprngo@un.org\">email<\/a>.The Division reserves the right to make the final selection with regard to material to be included in this newsletter. It cannot take responsibility for the accuracy of the information.<\/span><\/div><button style=\"color:#a0a0a0;border-color:#a0a0a0;\" type=\"button\" class=\"close toggle-alert\" data-dismiss=\"alert\" aria-label=\"Close\">&times;<\/button><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-2 fusion_builder_column_3_4 3_4 fusion-three-fourth fusion-column-first\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;width:74%; margin-left: 4%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-column-wrapper-legacy\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-1\"><h2>13 January 2015<\/h2>\n<h3>Americas<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>The\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.thejerusalemfund.org\/ht\/d\/sp\/i\/223\/pid\/223\">Palestine Centre of the Jerusalem Fund<\/a>\u00a0held a book talk on \u201cUncivil Rites: Palestine and the Limits of Academic Freedom\u201d with Dr. Steven Salaita, Author and Professor, at the Palestine Centre in Washington D.C. on 8 January. The video of the event is available\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.thejerusalemfund.org\/ht\/d\/sp\/i\/223\/pid\/223\">here<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Europe<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Doctors Without Borders is organising an\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.maisondesmetallos.org\/2015\/07\/23\/palestiniens-entre-deux-guerres\">exhibition &#8216;In Between Wars&#8217;<\/a>\u00a0dedicated to the daily life in the State of Palestine at the Maison des Metallos cultural centre in Paris until 17 January.<\/li>\n<li>Le Comit\u00e9 pour une paix juste au Proche Orient based in Luxemburg published an\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/paixjuste.lu\/lettre-infos-du-23-12-2015\/\">agenda of events<\/a>\u00a0for January.<\/li>\n<li>To commemorate the seventh anniversary of the Israeli \u201cOperation Cast Lead\u201d in Gaza, and to highlight Israeli\u2019s illegal siege of Gaza, the Ireland-Palestine Solidarity Campaign (IPSC) organised a\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ipsc.ie\/event\/dublin-annual-new-years-eve-vigil-for-gaza-on-the-hapenny-bridge-ipsc\">New Year\u2019s Eve vigil<\/a>\u00a0for the people of Gaza.<\/li>\n<li>Several dozen prominent legal experts have\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.eccpalestine.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Letter-on-settlement-trade-FINAL-.pdf\">written<\/a>\u00a0to the EU and its Member States urging them to comply with their fundamental legal obligations resulting from the duty of non-recognition and non-assistance to Israeli settlements and their economic activity and therefore to impose an import ban on settlement products. These legal experts warn that the -policy of labelling is a wholly inadequate measure as it fails to recognise the obligations of third states under international law.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Middle East<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>On 22 December 2015, the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.pchrgaza.org\/\">Palestinian Centre for Human Rights<\/a>\u00a0raised\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/pchrgaza.org\/en\/?p=7549\">concern<\/a>\u00a0over the two death sentences issued in Gaza in one week and over continuing application of the death penalty.<\/li>\n<li>The\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.pchrgaza.org\/\">Palestinian Centre for Human Rights<\/a>\u00a0published its weekly\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.pchrgaza.org\/portal\/en\/index.php?option=com_content&amp;view=article&amp;id=11421:weekly-report-on-israeli-human-rights-violations-in-the-occupied-palestinian-territory-10-16-dec-ember-2015&amp;catid=84:weekly-2009&amp;Itemid=183\">report<\/a>\u00a0on Israeli violations of human rights (10-16 December 2015).<\/li>\n<li>On Human Rights Day,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.adalah.org\/\">Adalah<\/a>\u00a0\u2013The Legal Center for Arab Minority Rights in Israel\u00a0published\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.adalah.org\/en\/content\/view\/8710?mc_cid=91bd337eaf&amp;mc_eid=5da6acb745\">a summary of 10 discriminatory decisions<\/a>\u00a0made by the Israeli Supreme Court this year, on petitions filed by Adalah and other partner organizations.<\/li>\n<li>On Human Rights Day,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.addameer.org\/\">Addameer<\/a>\u00a0released a\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.addameer.org\/news\/human-rights-day-israeli-occupation-continues-carry-out-mass-arrests-palestinians-and-subject\">statement<\/a>\u00a0recalling that in 2015 Israeli occupation continued to carry out mass arrests of Palestinians and subject them to abuse. 118 Palestinians including 25 children had been killed by IDF in the past two months, Addameer said.<\/li>\n<li>On 9 December, the Gaza-based\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.pchrgaza.org\/\">Palestinian Centre for Human Rights<\/a>\u00a0published a statement condemning \u201cin the strongest terms the Israeli trial of Khalidah Jarrar, Member of the Palestinian Legislative Council (PLC) and one of the most prominent defenders of human rights and political prisoners. PCHR calls upon the international community and organizations to pressure the Israeli authorities to immediately release Khalidah Jarrar and allow her to perform her parliamentary and political duties.<\/li>\n<li>In light of the mass detention of Palestinians taking place and the significant arrest campaign which began in October 2015,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.addameer.org\/\">Addameer<\/a>\u00a0published on 20 December 2015 a\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.addameer.org\/sites\/default\/files\/publications\/november_2015_newsletter.pdf\">special edition monthly newsletter<\/a>, covering the events of November 2015. Collective punishment of Palestinians continues, with mass arrests taking place, and ill treatment in the hands of prison guards within the prisons\u2019 walls, Addameer wrote. Additionally, the practice of administrative detention of Palestinians without charge or trial continues to escalate.<\/li>\n<li>The Applied Research Institute Jerusalem published a video on the cost of the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=zhGU3xpm9cs\">Israeli occupation on the Palestinian Economy 2015<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>United Nations<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>On 4 January, the ±¬ÁÏÍø Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian territories, Makarim Wibisono\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/unispal.un.org\/DPA\/DPR\/unispal.nsf\/22f431edb91c6f548525678a0051be1d\/302ac721549907f385257f3000508899?OpenDocument\">resigned.<\/a>\u00a0He \u201cexpressed deep regret that, throughout his mandate, Israel failed to grant him access to the Occupied Palestinian Territory.\u201d The Independent expert will present his last report to the 31st session of the United Nations Human Rights Council in March 2016.<\/li>\n<li>On 31 December, OCHA OPT published its\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/unispal.un.org\/DPA\/DPR\/unispal.nsf\/22f431edb91c6f548525678a0051be1d\/ecd7f4e44713136685257f2c004d8159?OpenDocument\">bimonthly report<\/a>\u00a0on protection of civilians, highlighting that between 14 Palestinians, including two children and one woman (15, 17, and 40 years old), and two Israeli men were killed in the context of 11 Palestinian attacks and alleged attacks, including seven stabbings or attempted stabbings, and five ramming incidents.<\/li>\n<li>Preliminary analysis of data collected by OCHA indicates that 170 Palestinians and 26 Israelis were killed during 2015 (as of 28 December) in attacks and clashes in the occupied Palestinian territory and Israel, according to a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/unispal.un.org\/DPA\/DPR\/unispal.nsf\/22f431edb91c6f548525678a0051be1d\/f5c0f0fb5b7f3c8985257f30004e04ad?OpenDocument\">press release<\/a>\u00a0published by OCHA.<\/li>\n<li>±¬ÁÏÍøRWA published the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/unispal.un.org\/DPA\/DPR\/unispal.nsf\/22f431edb91c6f548525678a0051be1d\/50335513c826d59685257f32004c7b07?OpenDocument\">2015 Gaza Situation Report<\/a>\u00a0saying that \u201cthe year 2015 remained overshadowed by the aftermath of the devastating 2014 conflict, an initially slow reconstruction process and the related ongoing displacement crisis.\u201d<\/li>\n<li>On 16 December, the Security Council held a meeting on the Middle East, including the Palestinian Question. Record of the meeting can be found\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/unispal.un.org\/DPA\/DPR\/unispal.nsf\/22f431edb91c6f548525678a0051be1d\/80030c45cca0990f85257f1f0055cd89?OpenDocument\">here<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>On 14-15 December 2015, the ±¬ÁÏÍø Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People and the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation organised an International Conference on Jerusalem in Jakarta. It was followed by a ±¬ÁÏÍø Civil Society Forum on the Question of Palestine on 16 December, with the participation of Palestinian, Indonesian international and regional civil society organizations. Additional information can be found\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/unispal.un.org\/databases\/dprtest\/ngoweb.nsf\/f12fded4d0597000852573fc005b9471\/8ab3392e7d9d302085257eff006b039a?OpenDocument\">here<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>On 9 December 2015, the General Assembly adopted 8 resolutions on Israeli-Palestinian issues, on:\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.undocs.org\/A\/RES\/70\/83\">Assistance to Palestine refugees<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.undocs.org\/A\/RES\/70\/84\">Persons displaced as a result of the 1967 hostilities<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.undocs.org\/A\/RES\/70\/85\">Operations of ±¬ÁÏÍøRWA<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.undocs.org\/A\/RES\/70\/86\">Palestine refugees\u2019 properties\u00a0<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.undocs.org\/A\/RES\/70\/88\">Applicability of the 4th\u00a0Geneva Convention\u00a0<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.undocs.org\/A\/RES\/70\/89\">Israeli settlements\u00a0<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.undocs.org\/A\/RES\/70\/90\">Israeli practices affecting the human rights of the Palestinian people<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.undocs.org\/A\/RES\/70\/87\">Work of the Special Committee to Investigate Israeli Practices<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-3 fusion_builder_column_1_4 1_4 fusion-one-fourth fusion-column-last\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;width:22%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-column-wrapper-legacy\"><div class=\"fusion-widget-area awb-widget-area-element fusion-widget-area-1 fusion-content-widget-area\" style=\"--awb-title-size:13px;--awb-title-color:#333333;\"><div class=\"fusion-additional-widget-content\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[23],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4908","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ngo-action-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/ar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4908","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/ar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/ar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/ar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/ar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4908"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/ar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4908\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/ar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4908"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/ar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4908"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/ar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4908"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}