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ESCR-Net has joined 37 other civil society organizations in filing an amicus curiae (“friend of the court”) brief in a lawsuit challenging US sanctions imposed under Executive Order 14203 against the International Criminal Court (ICC), the UN Special Rapporteur on the Occupied Palestinian Territories, and three Palestinian human rights organizations.

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...