Association Suisse-Palestine

Report and supporting documentation (released on 22 June 2015)

Report of the Independent Commission of Inquiry on the 2014 Gaza Conflict
A/HRC/29/52 (34 pages)

Report of the detailed findings of the Commission of Inquiry on the 2014 Gaza Conflict
A/HRC/29/CRP.4 (183 pages)

“Balance” in UN Gaza report can’t hide massive Israeli war crimes
Ali Abunimah / 22 June 2015

Le Parlement israélien a publié le 30 juillet 2015 une loi qui permet d'alimenter artificiellement et contre leur volonté les prisonniers qui entreprennent une grève de la faim. L'ONU - entre autre - a commenté cette loi en disant qu' Israel légalise de cette manière, une forme de torture.

UN Joint Statement on new Israeli law on force-feeding of detainees - 8 August 2015

The Israeli Medical Association has said that force-feeding is tantamount to torture.[1] United Nations human rights experts[2] have called it a violation of internationally-protected human rights. The United Nations Special Rapporteur on torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment, Juan E. Méndez, has called “feeding induced by threats, coercion, force or use of physical restraints of individuals, who have opted for the extreme recourse of a hunger strike to protest against their detention … tantamount to cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment, even if intended for their benefit.”  The UN Special Rapporteur on the right to health, Dainius Pûras, has observed that “(u)nder no circumstance will force-feeding of prisoners and detainees on hunger strike comply with human rights standards. Informed consent is an integral part in the realization of the right to health.”[3]             >>> (pdf, en)

48 Years of Military Occupation of the Palestinian Territories:

Israel’s Self-Imposed Socio-Economic Burden

June 4, 2015|By: Shlomo Swirski, Yaron Hoffmann-Dishon         >> download full report

(p21) An International BDS Movement - 2

Israel officials tend to downplay the risks of the BDS movement. The most notable statement made thus far by an
Israeli politician about the possible negative ramifications was by former Finance Minister Yair Lapid, in January
2014. His statement was made during a special discussion convened by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu,
following warnings sounded by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the National Security Council concerning the
dangers of an ongoing boycott campaign. The Minister of Finance stated:

Die Schweizer Akteure im Nahostkonflikt

swisspeace | HEKS | Christlicher Friedendienst cfd | medico international schweiz |
Mission 21 | Frauen für den Frieden Schweiz | Peace Watch Switzerland / EAPPI - Ecumenical Accompaniment Programme in Palestine and Israel |
Forum für Menschenrechte in Israel und Palästina

Eine Studie im Auftrag des Forums für Menschenrechte in Israel/Palästina, verfasst von Birgit Althaler unter Mitarbeit von Ingrid Gassner-Jaradat

>>> vollständiger Bericht

Herausgegeben vom Forum für Menschenrechte in Israel/Palästina
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Februar 2015