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The Holy See and Palestine The Holy See and Palestine have a longstanding relationship based on the shared values of love, peace and justice for all of God’s children. As early as 1947, the Holy See played an important role in lobbying for the protection ...

OSLO Process 20 Years Twenty years have passed since the celebrated Arafat-Rabin handshake on the White House lawn. Twenty years have passed since the establishment of the Palestinian National Authority. Twenty years have passed since the formal start of ...

Recognize The Nakba Monday, May 12, 2014- 3:00am Refugees Infographics ...

High Contracting Parties of the IV Geneva Convention The Israeli occupation of Palestine represents the oldest occupation in modern history and its persistence is encouraged by the inaction of the international community. In an effort to mobilize this com ...

Palestine’s First Communication of Information to the International Criminal Court Regarding Violations of International Humanitarian and Human Rights Law On June 25th, 2015, the State of Palestine will officially present an initial batch of information t ...

The Accession of the State of Palestine to the International Criminal Court (ICC) Why was the ICC established? The International community established the ICC in July 2002 to prevent the commission of war crimes, crimes against humanity, genocide, and agg ...

Palestine’s Security Council Resolution to end the Israeli Occupation Why are Palestinians going to the Security Council? More than 20 years after the beginning of the negotiations (process), Israel, the occupying power, has continued its illegal coloniza ...

Palestine’s Accession to International Treaties Q&A On Tuesday 1 st April, following a unanimous decision by the Palestinian leadership, including the PLO Executive Committee, President Mahmoud Abbas signed letters of accession to 15 multilateral trea ...

Six Questions for Resuming Negotiations ‘The freedom of the city is not negotiable. We cannot negotiate with those who say, “What's mine is mine and what's yours is negotiable”.’ (John F. Kennedy, Former US President) A new international effort, ...

"Resurrection and Israel Restrictions" Easter in Jerusalem Freedom of religion and freedom of movement are basic human rights enshrined in international law. They are protected in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and The International C ...