Is there a crime of apartheid against the Palestinian people?
Nova
01-12-2009
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Send to friendWith the aim to answer that question, Nova and the catalan coordination committee working for a just and sustainable peace in the Middle East "With Palestine in the heart" are presenting the report "Apartheid against the Palestinian People" written by the lawyer Luciana Coconi under the direction of the Professor of International Public Law and International Relations at the Universidad de Barcelona, David Bondia.
The aim of this report is, from outside, without any preconceived side-taking whatsoever, to determine whether or not there is a crime of apartheid against the Palestinian people. While it is indeed true that the international community decided to classify the crime of apartheid in the wake of what was happening in South Africa, now the original cause of its classification – the segregationist and racist South African regime – is history, the persecution of this crime is still underway, whether it be through the Convention on the Crime of Apartheid, the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court or customary international law. Article 7 of the Statute of the International Criminal Court defines the crime of apartheid as “inhumane acts committed in the context of an institutionalised regime of systematic oppression and domination by one racial group over any other racial group or groups and committed with the intention of maintaining that regime”. Taking this latest definition available as a reference, wwhich includes all jurisprudence and customary international law on this matter, this report shall attempt to determine, also in accordance with the Convention on the Crime of Apartheid, whether the Palestinian people are enduring a comparable situation and political stance.
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