UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD)

Will ICC pierce Israel's bubble of impunity?

Maureen Clare Murphy 30 December 2019

Fatou Bensouda has left open the possibility that judges will reject a full investigation. Read more about Will ICC pierce Israel's bubble of impunity?

Maureen Clare Murphy 11 May 2018

Rod Such 28 February 2014

Allowing refugees to return home has been an essential component to resolving many conflicts, a new collection of essays points out. Read more about A timely reminder that right to return can be implemented

Ben White 23 February 2014

With campuses across the UK poised to host Israeli Apartheid Week events, pro-Israel students have launched a propaganda campaign called “Rethink 2014.” Read more about Urging “rethink,” Zionist students fight Israeli Apartheid Week with recycled tactics

Ryan Brownell Beit Jala 21 May 2012

No reason was given to a Beit Jala family whose livelihood was destroyed by Israeli bulldozers earlier this month. Read more about Well-known Beit Jala restaurant destroyed by Israel, again

Negev 2 April 2012

Bedouin communities not recognized by the Israeli government not only face frequent home demolitions and land confiscation, but limited access to clean water. Read more about Israeli authorities flout court order to provide Bedouins with water

Adri Nieuwhof and Mireille Fanon Mendès-France 16 March 2012

Israel is severely criticized for violating the right to equality in a new report by the UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination. Read more about UN body "appalled" by Israel's racial segregation policies

Adri Nieuwhof Geneva 24 February 2012

Michael Mansfield, a juror for the Russell Tribunal on Palestine, talks about the tribunal’s shadow report documenting Israel’s apartheid policies that tears apart Israel’s report to the UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination. Read more about "UN must prosecute Israel for war crimes," says Bloody Sunday lawyer