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A proposed amendment to South Africa’s eviction law could weaken protections for people facing eviction, expand the criminalisation of land and housing occupation, and expose those supporting affected communities to criminal penalties.

The following article reproduces and amplifies findings presented by the United Nations Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and Israel, as reported by UN News. Given the gravity of the findings and their implications for international human rights and humanitarian law, we are sharing key excerpts and conclusions from the Commission’s latest report to support broader public awareness and accountability.

The initiative seeks to bring the voice of the United Nations into the judicial dispute over public university funding, an unusual move in a domestic legal case.