Relevant International Law Documents
International Law, The Grassroots Palestinian Anti-Apartheid Wall Campaign, September 10th, 2002
United Nations Convention on the Crime of Apartheid
United Nations Convention, United Nations
APRIL 11TH, 2004 -- "Observing that the Security Council has emphasized that apartheid and its continued intensification and
expansion seriously disturb and threaten international peace and security, Convinced that an International Convention on the
Suppression and Punishment of the Crime of Apartheid would make it possible to take more effective measures at the
3 international and national levels with a view to the suppression and punishment of the crime of apartheid." [MORE]
”THE APARTHEID WALL IN PALESTINE”
Written statement* submitted by the International Organization for the Elimination of all Forms of Racial Discrimination
(EAFORD), a non-governmental organization in special consultative status to the Secretary-General of the UN [28 January 2004]
QUESTION OF THE VIOLATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS IN THE OCCUPIED ARAB TERRITORIES, INCLUDING PALESTINE
Report, Commission on Human Rights
SEPTEMBER 8TH, 2003 -- This report from the Special Rapporteur of the Commission on the Human Rights, John Dugard, addresses
the violation of Palestinian human rights with particular attention given to the Wall in addition to the reality of prisoners,
destruction, and the restriction of movement among other realities under the Occupation. The report addresses the Wall within
the context of Israeli settlements, land annexation, and documents how “The amputation of the Palestinian territory by the Wall
seriously interferes with the right of self-determination of the Palestinian people…” [MORE]
The Illegality of South Africa's Occupation of Namibia
ICJ Ruling, International Court of Justice
JUNE 28TH, 2004 -- In 1971, after years of South Afican Occupation, and countless UN resolutions the ICJ heard the case for
the "Legal Consequences of the Continued Presence of South Africa in Namibia." After deliberations the ICJ found the continued
Occupation of Namibia to be illegal under International law. Shortly thereafter the international community imposed sanctions on
the Apartheid State. Subsequent International isolation, economic sanctions and diplomatic pressure supported the South African
Anti-Apartheid Movement in its struggle against a racist and colonialist regime and have brought South African Apartheid to an
end. [MORE]
“Certain Legal Aspects of the International Campaign Against Apartheid,” Kader Asmal
“It is particularly pertinent to discuss the use of law and lawyers in the struggle against apartheid inasmuch as one of the chief mechanisms used by the apartheid regime to maintain its system of controls over the black majority in South Africa has been a complex web of laws and a judicial system that has served the dictates of exploitation rather than the rule of law.”
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RECENT SITE ADDITIONS
Ni’lin demonstrations continue to succeed in halting construction (July 20th, 2008)
Ni’lin: Despite mounting brutality by the Occupation forces, 1,000 villagers protest the Apartheid Wall (July 18th, 2008)
Al Ma’sra protest calls for the release of all Palestinian prisoners (July 18th, 2008)
Two arrested in latest Ni’lin demonstration (July 16th, 2008)
More protests against the Apartheid Wall held across the West Bank (July 11th, 2008)
Four years after the ICJ decision: Palestinians don’t forget and don’t surrender (July 10th, 2008)
48 hours in Ni'lin - local solidarity breaks the siege (July 9th, 2008)
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