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This newsletter informs about recent and upcoming activities of Civil Society Organizations working on the question of Palestine. The Committee and the Division for Palestinian Rights of the UN Secretariat provide the information “as is” without warranty of any kind, and do not accept any responsibility or liability for the accuracy, or reliability of the information contained in the websites linked in the newsletter.

Middle East

• On 17 April, on Palestinian Prisoner’s Day, the warns that thousands of Palestinian prisoners are being subjected to harsh and life-threatening conditions in Israeli detention, including acts that may amount to war crimes, crimes against humanity.
• On 16 April, informed that the General Custodian at Israel’s Ministry of Justice has filed an eviction lawsuit against 12 elderly Palestinians from the Basha family, who have lived since the 1930s in a three-story building in the Old City of Jerusalem. The NGO stated that Israel has established a mechanism for the dispossession and expulsion of Palestinians in East Jerusalem, and the General Custodian, a governmental body, has become a central executive arm of this policy. In addition to dozens of eviction lawsuits filed in recent years against Palestinians, the Custodian has also initiated and advanced plans for new settlements within Palestinian neighborhoods in Jerusalem.
• On 12 April, launched legal action against the Minister for Defense of Australia, seeking the release of documents to determine if the Australian government has permitted arms exports to Israel during ongoing grave violations of international law in the unlawfully Occupied Palestinian Territory (OPT). The groups seek the documents to determine whether the Minister has properly assessed the risk that the arms goods or technology being exported may be used to commit or facilitate serious human rights abuses or may be used in a way contrary to Australia’s international obligations or commitments.
• On 9 April, called upon the international community – especially the 麻豆APP, state parties to the Fourth Geneva Convention, the International Court of Justice, and International Criminal Court – to put pressure Israel to end all forms of military attacks on civilians and their properties, to immediately open all Gaza crossings without restrictions to allow the entry of humanitarian aid, fuel, medical equipment, and relief materials, to facilitate their entry to all areas with no exceptions, and to enable engineering teams and municipalities to access all necessary locations to rebuild water and sanitation networks and remove rubble and waste, necessary to prevent the spread of epidemics and environmental disasters.
• On 3 April, welcomed the news that the Italian energy company Eni has from its energy consortium with the Israeli corporation Ratio Energies, ending plans to engage in gas exploitation in the State of Palestine’s Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ).

Africa, Asia and Europe

• On 16 April, the , alongside over sixty European organizations and trade unions, urged European leaders to adopt long overdue measures and immediately suspend the EU-Israel Association Agreement. The latter includes a binding clause that makes respect for human rights an “essential element” of the deal, meaning the EU has the legal basis to suspend it if those obligations are breached. The NGOs stated that the European Union and its Member States should immediately suspend all transfers and transit of arms, munitions, equipment, technology, parts and dual-use goods to Israel This obligation is not discretionary but arises under both EU and international law.
• On 13 April, , in collaboration with the Independent Commission for Human Rights in Palestine, published a new guide for field researchers in Palestine, the “Field Researcher’s Handbook on Documenting for the International Criminal Court (ICC) and Other Accountability Mechanisms”. The guide sets out robust methodologies for documenting testimonies and statements relating to war crimes and crimes against humanity in the OPT, in line with international standards. It is designed to ensure that such material can be effectively used before criminal courts, particularly the ICC.
• On 10 April, issued the press release “States must ensure safe passage for Global Sumud Flotilla as a civilian mission challenging ongoing genocide”. The NGO highlighted that states must uphold their legal obligations under international law and take concrete steps “to help bring an end to Israel’s genocide against Palestinians in Gaza”, including by pressuring Israel to end its the blockade.

North America

• On 27 April, issued the press release “Abusive Israeli Policies Constitute Crimes of Apartheid, Persecution: Crimes Against humanity Should trigger Action to End Repression of Palestinians”. The NGO stated that findings of crimes against humanity should prompt the international community to reevaluate the nature of its engagement in Israel and Palestine and adopt an approach centered on human rights and accountability. The NGO called for the establishment of a UN commission of inquiry to investigate systematic discrimination and repression in Israel and Palestine and a UN global envoy for the crimes of persecution and apartheid with a mandate to mobilize international action to end persecution and apartheid worldwide.
• On 16 April, issued a press release condemning Israel’s new death penalty law, which “places thousands of Palestinians at imminent risk of execution and escalates the systematic killing of Palestinians by the Israeli apartheid regime.”

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• On 13 April, UN Human rights experts expressed grave concern over Israeli military attacks affecting sites sheltering displaced Palestinians in Gaza City, alongside renewed patterns of forced displacement in the West Bank, including East Jerusalem. “States must comply with their legal obligations,” the experts said. “They must bring Israel’s unlawful occupation to an end, refrain from recognizing it and withhold assistance to it, and take effective measures to ensure investigations and accountability for grave violations of international law in the occupied Palestinian Territory.”
• On 9 April, the UN Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People issued its monthly bulletin for the month of March 2026, covering inter alia settler-violence in the OPT in 2026, Special Rapporteur Albanese’s report “Torture and Genocide”, and the humanitarian situation and restrictions to aid in Gaza.