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BADIL’s participation in the 20th Human Rights Council Session (including videos)

09.07.2012. The 20th session of the Human Rights Council (HRC) took place from the 18th of June to the 6th of July 2012. BADIL participated actively in the event and submitted one written statement, three oral statements as well as organized one side event (parallel event). Furthermore, BADIL engaged productively with various stake holders and participants of official delegations in addition to numerous members of the international civil society.

This HRC session was an important opportunity for BADIL to promote its 2012 advocacy strategy and to uphold the inalienable rights of the Palestinian people, in particular the right of return of the over seven million Palestinian refugees. BADIL focused on illustrating Israel’s policy of ongoing forcible displacement of the Palestinian people and the right of Palestinian refugee communities living in forced exile since 64 years.

I. Written Statements

·       Israeli Settlement Policy Amounts to Forced Population Transfer

II. Oral Statements

·       BADIL Oral statement on ID SR on situation in Palestinian territories, 25th Meeting (02 July 2012)

·       BADIL Oral Statement on GD Item:7 (Cont'd), 26th Meeting (02 July 2012)

·       Joint Oral Statement on GD Item:7 (Cont'd), 26th Meeting (02 July 2012)

III. Side event

·       BADIL’s side event, “Israel’s prolonged occupation of the Palestinian people and land”