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ICJ to issue advisory opinion on Israeli occupation on July 19
The International Court of Justice (ICJ) will issue an advisory opinion on the legal consequences of Israel’s occupation of Palestinian territory on July 19, the court said in a news release.
The UN’s highest court held historic hearings into Israel’s occupation in February of this year. The court heard from 52 countries and three organisations on the legal consequences of Israel’s occupation of the West Bank, Gaza and East Jerusalem.
PRESS RELEASE: the #ICJ will deliver its Advisory Opinion in respect of the Legal Consequences arising from the Policies and Practices of Israel in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem on 19 July 2024 at 3 p.m. https://t.co/y0CgVd2hss Watch live @UNWebTV pic.twitter.com/C9skl1mAGN
— CIJ_ICJ (@CIJ_ICJ) July 12, 2024
Amnesty having double standards as well? No mention of the deaths, torture and abuse in Israeli prisons under administrative detention...
Amnesty International calls for ceasefire, release of captives
“A ceasefire by all parties is the most urgent step to alleviate mass suffering, prevent further loss of life, and ensure the protection of all civilians,” Amnesty International says in a statement.
The group also called on Hamas and other armed groups to “immediately release civilians held hostage in Gaza” as families of captives demonstrated in Israel.
“Hostage-taking is a war crime. Those still alive have spent over nine months now held hostage, away from their loved ones. There can be no justification for inflicting such trauma and anguish on them and their families,” said Erika Guevara-Rosas, Amnesty International’s senior director for research, advocacy, policy and campaigns.
In recent weeks, tens of thousands of people have taken to the streets across Israel demanding that the Israeli authorities agree a ceasefire agreement and negotiate the release of hostages. Families of hostages are continuing their march from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem today. pic.twitter.com/sxMgmuwgEX
— Amnesty International (@amnesty) July 12, 2024
The did back in November
https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2023/11/israel-opt-deal-to-release-hostages-and-prisoners-must-pave-way-for-further-releases-and-a-sustained-ceasefire/
“We also call on the Israeli authorities to release all Palestinians detained unlawfully, including those held without charge or trial in administrative detention. Those expected to be released include many children – the youngest aged 14 – many whom are detained but have not yet been convicted. Israel must abide by its obligation to release arbitrarily detained Palestinian prisoners at all times.
“In recent weeks Amnesty’s research has highlighted an alarming deterioration in conditions for Palestinian detainees including punitive torture and humiliation of detainees, a spike in the use of administrative detention and the imposition of abusive ‘emergency’ measures in prisons facilitating cruel and inhumane treatment of detainees. Arbitrary detention and torture and other ill-treatment are war crimes when committed against protected persons in an occupied territory.
With the conditions in Israeli prisons continuously getting worse, more people getting 'abducted' from the West Bank and Gaza daily, more and more evidence coming out of torture, abuse, overcrowding, deliberate starvation, disappearance, Amnesty picks one side...
https://amnesty.ca/human-rights-news/israel-opt-hamas-and-other-armed-groups-must-immediately-release-civilians-held-hostage-in-gaza/
They are fully correct a ceasefire needs to happen now and the hostages need to be returned home. But why suddenly the one sided view versus what the said in November. Why aren't they advocating against the horrible abuses is Israeli military detention centers.
