#Israel reviewed by the UN Human Rights Committee #ICCPR at Palais Wilson in Geneva, home of United Nations Human Rights. UN Experts asked about the recent Operation Protective Edge, the extra-territorial application of the Covenant to Gaza and the West Bank and the military blockade of Gaza. Other issues raised with the high-level Israeli delegation included access to water, the settlement policy, the prohibition of torture, and reports of excessive use of force by authorities. Provisions for the Bedouin People, and returns of asylum seekers, particularly those from Eritrea and South Sudan, as well as juvenile justice, gender equality, punitive housing demolitions, the use of administrative detention and the teaching of the Holocaust. Read the summary in English: ow.ly/D50Au And in French : ow.ly/D52Ms
Posted on: Tue, 21 Oct 2014 08:12:37 +0000
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