Switzerland cancelled a conference by the High Contracting Parties to the Geneva Conventions, requested by a 2024 UN General Assembly resolution, on the implementation of the Fourth Geneva Convention in the Occupied Palestinian Territory. The reason: disagreement between participating parties - ThreadSky

agnescallamard.bsky.social • 29 days ago

Switzerland cancelled a conference by the High Contracting Parties to the Geneva Conventions, requested by a 2024 UN General Assembly resolution, on the implementation of the Fourth Geneva Convention in the Occupied Palestinian Territory. The reason: disagreement between participating parties

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agnescallamard.bsky.social•29 days ago

#Switzerland draft declaration followed a non-transparent process and failed to meet basic demands on respect for international humanitarian law and failed to acknowledge the July 2024 Advisory Opinion of the ICJ declaring Israel’s occupation of Gaza and the West Bank unlawful

agnescallamard.bsky.social•29 days ago

States yet again failed to fulfil their mandate to focus on enforcing the Geneva Conventions in the Occupied Palestinian Territory. This is another blow to int'l law and a betrayal of victims of unlawful killings and other serious violations of international humanitarian law in the OPT and in Israel

agnescallamard.bsky.social•29 days ago

By failing to uphold their legal obligation to ensure respect for the Fourth Geneva Convention states have put political expediency above the legal obligations to protect civilians in war time, even in the face of Israel’s relentless grave breaches of the Convention and genocide in Gaza.

agnescallamard.bsky.social•29 days ago

States have callously squandered a crucial opportunity to enforce the application of IHL in the OPT demonstrating a chilling indifference to the fate of all civilians. Israel has once again blocked the entry of all humanitarian aid to Gaza and is forcibly displacing Palestinians in the West Bank

agnescallamard.bsky.social•29 days ago

This failure is a particular indictment of all European States that have been clamouring their commitment to int'l law and the rule-based order for several weeks now, in the context of the Ukrainian conflict, only to yet again fail to walk the talk, devastating what remained of int'l values.

agnescallamard.bsky.social•29 days ago

Ensuring respect for the Geneva Conventions requires that all states suspend arms transfers to the parties to the conflict, cooperate towards ensuring accountability for violations of int'l law and support international institutions and mechanisms, including investigations by the ICC and UN COI.

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