{"id":310617,"date":"2025-08-22T13:59:06","date_gmt":"2025-08-22T17:59:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/?post_type=document&#038;p=310617"},"modified":"2025-08-22T14:01:44","modified_gmt":"2025-08-22T18:01:44","slug":"ngo-action-news-21-august-2025","status":"publish","type":"document","link":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/document\/ngo-action-news-21-august-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"NGO Action News\u00a0&#8211; 21 August 2025\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:2,&quot;335551620&quot;:2,&quot;335559738&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">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 \u201cas is\u201d 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.<\/span><\/i><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559738&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><b>Middle East<\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"16\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Symbol&quot;,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;\uf0b7&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;hybridMultilevel&quot;}\" data-aria-posinset=\"1\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">On 20 August, <\/span><em><a href=\"https:\/\/gisha.org\/en\/the-claims-israel-makes-vs-reality-2\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Gisha<\/a><\/em><span data-contrast=\"none\"> issued the update \u201cThe Claims Israel Makes vs. Reality\u201d, stating how \u201cbaseless claims\u201d, such as there is no hunger in the Gaza Strip, no blockage of humanitarian aid and that the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation can provide for the needs of the civilian population, were made by Israel to evade its responsibility for the famine unfolding in Gaza.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559685&quot;:360,&quot;335559738&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"16\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Symbol&quot;,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;\uf0b7&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;hybridMultilevel&quot;}\" data-aria-posinset=\"2\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">On 19 August, <\/span><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mezan.org\/en\/post\/46753\/Al-Mezan-on-World-Humanitarian-Day:-Dismantle-Gaza-Humanitarian-Foundation,-Restore-UN-Led-Humanitarian-Aid-System\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Al Mezan Centre for Human Rights<\/a><\/em><span data-contrast=\"none\"> issued the press release \u201cOn World Humanitarian Day: Dismantle Gaza Humanitarian Foundation, Restore UN-Led Humanitarian Aid System\u201d. The NGO calls for immediate and concrete action, urging third States, UN bodies and others to pressure Israel to end the use of starvation as a weapon of war and cease all attacks on civilians, aid workers, and relief sites, and to dismantle the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation and return aid coordination and delivery to UN agencies, with restored and increased funding for UNRWA.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"16\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Symbol&quot;,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;\uf0b7&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;hybridMultilevel&quot;}\" data-aria-posinset=\"3\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">On 19 August, the <\/span><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.alhaq.org\/advocacy\/26642.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Palestinian Human Rights Organizations Council (PHROC) and the Palestinian NGO\u2019s Network (PNGO)<\/a><\/em><span data-contrast=\"none\"> issued a joint statement \u201cPalestinian Civil Society Call to Action: Stop the Genocide, End the Era of Impunity\u201d. While the recognition of the State of Palestine by some Member States is a welcome step, they warned that it will not stop the mass killing, starvation and forced displacement in Gaza and that \u201cGaza has become the cemetery of international law.\u201d The NGOs called for concrete actions, such as legislating to ban trade in goods and services with Israeli\u2019s illegal settlements, to uphold obligations under the Genocide Convention and 2024 ICJ Advisory Opinion, and to enact targeted sanctions on Israel\u2019s security cabinet and military leadership, corporations, institutions and non-profit entities found complicit in Israel\u2019s breaches of international law.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559685&quot;:360,&quot;335559738&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"16\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Symbol&quot;,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;\uf0b7&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;hybridMultilevel&quot;}\" data-aria-posinset=\"4\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">On 18 August, <\/span><em><a href=\"https:\/\/peacenow.org.il\/en\/hearing-on-final-approval-to-the-e1-plan-and-advancing-a-total-of-3753-housing-units-in-the-west-bank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Peace Now<\/a><\/em><span data-contrast=\"none\"> informed of the hearing on final approval to the E1 Plan by Israel\u2019s Higher Planning Council of the Civil Administration to advance a total of 3,753 housing units in the occupied West Bank. Peace Now warned that by pushing this project forward, the Israeli government is sabotaging any possibility of a political solution and dragging both Israelis and Palestinians into an endless cycle of conflict.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559685&quot;:360,&quot;335559738&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"16\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Symbol&quot;,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;\uf0b7&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;hybridMultilevel&quot;}\" data-aria-posinset=\"5\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">On 18 August, the <\/span><em><a href=\"https:\/\/pchrgaza.org\/pchr-warns-of-israels-new-genocidal-plan-to-occupy-gaza-city-and-forcibly-displace-one-million-palestinians\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR)<\/a><\/em><span data-contrast=\"none\"> warned against the forcible transfer of around one million Palestinians to the already destroyed central and southern areas of the Gaza Strip, following the Israeli security cabinet\u2019s approval of Prime Minister Netanyahu\u2019s proposal to launch a full-scale military assault on the city. The NGO called on the international community to impose an immediate arms embargo and to pressure Israel to halt its planned offensive.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559685&quot;:360,&quot;335559738&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"16\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Symbol&quot;,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;\uf0b7&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;hybridMultilevel&quot;}\" data-aria-posinset=\"6\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">On 16 August, <\/span><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.alhaq.org\/publications\/26635.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Al-Haq<\/a><\/em><span data-contrast=\"none\"> published a legal review outlining its examination of state practice as identified in legal written and oral interventions submitted to the ICJ during 2025 in response to the UN General Assembly request for an advisory opinion on the Obligations of Israel in relation to the Presence and Activities of the Â鶹APP, Other International Organizations and Third States in and in relation to the Occupied Palestinian Territory.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559685&quot;:360,&quot;335559738&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><b>Africa, Asia and Europe<\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"17\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559685&quot;:1440,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Symbol&quot;,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;\uf0b7&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;hybridMultilevel&quot;}\" data-aria-posinset=\"1\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">On 14 August, the <\/span><em><a href=\"https:\/\/prc.org.uk\/en\/post\/5025\/profiting-from-the-genocide-in-gaza-experts-at-a-prc-webinar-expose-corporate-support-for-the-occupation\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Palestinian Return Centre (PRC)<\/a><\/em><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> held the online webinar\u202f\u201cWho Profits from the Genocide?\u201d\u202fdiscussing the dimensions of international \u2013 governmental and corporate \u2013 complicity in the war on Gaza.\u202fThe discussion focused on the role of multinational corporations in facilitating the war and profiting from it, in violation of international laws and conventions.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559685&quot;:360,&quot;335559738&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240,&quot;469777462&quot;:[360],&quot;469777927&quot;:[0],&quot;469777928&quot;:[1]}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"17\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559685&quot;:1440,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Symbol&quot;,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;\uf0b7&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;hybridMultilevel&quot;}\" data-aria-posinset=\"2\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">On 14 August, the <\/span><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.oikoumene.org\/resources\/documents\/wcc-comment-on-e1-area-settlement-plans-announced-by-minister-bezalel-smotrich\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">World Council of Churches (WCC)<\/a><\/em><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> issued a statement following Israeli Finance Minister Smotrich\u2019s announced plan to build some 3,400 homes in the E1 settlement project in the occupied West Bank. The NGO urged all responsible members of the international community to confront and reverse this destructive trajectory and urged all WCC member churches to scale up their advocacy and action for a just peace.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559738&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240,&quot;469777462&quot;:[360],&quot;469777927&quot;:[0],&quot;469777928&quot;:[1]}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><b>North America<\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"17\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559685&quot;:1440,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Symbol&quot;,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;\uf0b7&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;hybridMultilevel&quot;}\" data-aria-posinset=\"3\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">On 20 August, <\/span><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hrw.org\/news\/2025\/08\/20\/despite-efforts-to-shift-the-blame-israeli-policies-are-starving-children\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Human Rights Watch<\/a><\/em><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> issued the article \u201cDespite Efforts to Shift the Blame, Israeli Policies are Starving Children\u201d. The NGO highlighted the obligations of governments to press Israeli authorities to allow unimpeded, disability-inclusive humanitarian access and not leave children to suffer the consequences of intentional starvation. It called on them to use all their leverage with Israel, including an arms embargo and targeted sanctions, to stop the Israeli authorities\u2019 mass starvation policy.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559685&quot;:360,&quot;335559738&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240,&quot;469777462&quot;:[360],&quot;469777927&quot;:[0],&quot;469777928&quot;:[1]}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"17\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559685&quot;:1440,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Symbol&quot;,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;\uf0b7&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;hybridMultilevel&quot;}\" data-aria-posinset=\"4\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">On 19 August, <\/span><em><a href=\"https:\/\/cmep.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/CMEP-Statement_-Gaza_-Churches-for-Middle-East-Peace-Calls-for-the-Safeguarding-of-Healthcare-Facilities.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Churches for Middle East Peace<\/a><\/em><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> issued a statement in solidarity with the Episcopal Diocese of Jerusalem following the Israeli airstrike on Al Ahli Arab Hospital in Gaza City on 18 August. The NGO urgently called on all parties to ensure that hospitals remain safe, demilitarized sanctuaries for civilians. The continued targeting of medical facilities would erode the last spaces of refuge for Gaza\u2019s population, compounding the humanitarian catastrophe and further endangering innocent lives.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559685&quot;:360,&quot;335559738&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240,&quot;469777462&quot;:[360],&quot;469777927&quot;:[0],&quot;469777928&quot;:[1]}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"17\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559685&quot;:1440,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Symbol&quot;,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;\uf0b7&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;hybridMultilevel&quot;}\" data-aria-posinset=\"5\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">On 15 August<\/span><em><a href=\"https:\/\/fmep.org\/resource\/no-way-but-forward-life-in-the-gaza-strip\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">, Foundation for Middle East Peace (FMEP)<\/a><\/em><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> held the podcast \u201cNo Way but Forward: Life in the Gaza Strip\u201d. Former FMEP President Matt Duss spoke with professor and author\u202fBrian Barber, who had recently published \u201c<\/span><em><a href=\"https:\/\/bkbarber.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">No Way But Forward: Life Stories of Three Families in the Gaza Strip<\/a><\/em><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u201d. <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The book tells the stories of day-to-day life under decades of military occupation, building on the close relationships built there through many years of academic research.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"17\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559685&quot;:1440,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Symbol&quot;,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;\uf0b7&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;hybridMultilevel&quot;}\" data-aria-posinset=\"6\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">On 14 August, <\/span><em><a href=\"https:\/\/jstreet.org\/press-releases\/minister-smotrichs-efforts-to-bury-a-palestinian-state-are-doomed-to-failure\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">J Street<\/a><\/em><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> issued a press release following Israeli Finance Minister Smotrich\u2019s announced approval of more than 3,000 housing units in E-1 settlement project in the occupied West Bank. The NGO stated that \u201cE1 has always been understood for what it is: An extremist bid to split the West Bank in two, change facts on the ground and block the path to a Palestinian state with East Jerusalem as its capital [\u2026].\u201d It called on the international community and others to use their leverage to stop the plan before it drives Israelis and Palestinians further from peace.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559685&quot;:360,&quot;335559738&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240,&quot;469777462&quot;:[360],&quot;469777927&quot;:[0],&quot;469777928&quot;:[1]}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559685&quot;:360,&quot;335559738&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240,&quot;469777462&quot;:[360],&quot;469777927&quot;:[0],&quot;469777928&quot;:[1]}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><b>Â鶹APP<\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"17\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559685&quot;:1440,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Symbol&quot;,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;\uf0b7&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;hybridMultilevel&quot;}\" data-aria-posinset=\"7\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">On 15 August, the <\/span><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/document\/ohchr-press-release-15aug25\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">UN Human Rights Office in the Occupied Palestinian Territory<\/a><\/em><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> called upon the Israeli military to immediately stop all attacks against Palestinians attempting to provide security to humanitarian and other supply convoys and their routes and to comply with its obligations under international law to facilitate and protect the delivery of humanitarian assistance and other necessities of life into and within Gaza. Such attacks have significantly contributed to spreading starvation of civilians in Gaza.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559685&quot;:360,&quot;335559738&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240,&quot;469777462&quot;:[360],&quot;469777927&quot;:[0],&quot;469777928&quot;:[1]}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"17\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559685&quot;:1440,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Symbol&quot;,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;\uf0b7&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;hybridMultilevel&quot;}\" data-aria-posinset=\"8\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">On 15 August, the <\/span><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/document\/convention-personswithdisabilities-15aug25\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities<\/a><\/em><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> concluded a public dialogue on the situation of persons with disabilities affected by war in the Occupied Palestinian Territory.\u202fDiscussions focused on article 11 of the\u202f<\/span><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ohchr.org\/en\/instruments-mechanisms\/instruments\/convention-rights-persons-disabilities\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities<\/a><\/em><span data-contrast=\"auto\">, which addresses situations of risk and humanitarian emergencies.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559685&quot;:360,&quot;335559738&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240,&quot;469777462&quot;:[360],&quot;469777927&quot;:[0],&quot;469777928&quot;:[1]}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0 This newsletter informs about recent and upcoming activities of Civil Society Organizations working on the question of Palestine. 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