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BADIL submitted one written and one oral statement for the 49th regular session of the UNHRC, which took place from 28 February – 1 April 2022. Both statements urged the UN and its member states to end international impunity for the crimes of forcible transfer,[1] annexation,[2] and policies and practices that amount to colonization and apartheid.[3]
The written statement, submitted under Item #2 in response the High Commissioners annual report, focused on the lack of accountability for Israeli human rights violations and international crimes. The oral statement, submitted under Item #7 (Human Rights Situation in Palestine), also focused on upholding Palestinian rights through practical measures and accountability for Israel.
[1] see BADIL Resource Center for Palestinian Residency and Refugee Rights, Coercive Environments: Israel’s Forcible Transfer of Palestinians in the Occupied Territory, (Bethlehem: BADIL, 2017), available at: https://badil.org/cached_uploads/view/2021/04/20/ft-coercive-environments-1618907680.pdf
[2] See BADIL Resource Center for Palestinian Residency and Refugee Rights, Creeping Annexation: A Pillar of the Zionist-Israeli Colonization of Mandatory Palestine, working paper no. 25 (Bethlehem: BADIL, 2020), available at: https://www.badil.org/cached_uploads/view/2021/04/19/wp25-creepingannexation-1618823962.pdf
[3] See BADIL Resource Center for Palestinian Residency and Refugee Rights, The Nation State Law: The Culmination of 70 Years of Israeli Apartheid and Colonization, Position Paper (Bethlehem: BADIL, 2018), available at: https://www.badil.org/cached_uploads/view/2021/04/20/nationstatelaw-positionpaper-badil-oct2018-1618905362.pdf