The UN special rapporteur called for the cessation of direct arms sales to Tel Aviv

According to Isna, these statements were made by Francesca Albanese, the United Nations Special Rapporteur on Palestinian Affairs, on Wednesday during a News conference on “Human Rights Violations in Gaza and throughout the Occupied Palestinian Territories” at the United Nations in Geneva. So far, more than 44,000 Palestinians 70% of them are women and children.

“More than 100,000 people were injured and this number is increasing,” he said. Thousands of people cannot be cured, let alone treat the most basic diseases. If this is not enough, know that they now have to spend the second winter in temporary camps without enough food and clothing.”

Albanese’s comments were made along with the special rapporteur on the independence of judges and lawyers, the special rapporteur on the promotion and protection of human rights and fundamental freedoms when dealing with terrorism, and the special rapporteur on the promotion of a democratic and just international order.

This press conference was accompanied by the criticism of UN experts on the verbal attacks on the International Court of Justice and the violation of human rights in Gaza and throughout the occupied Palestinian territories.

Currently, the International Court of Justice is dealing with 2 important cases related to the Gaza war; One from South Africa, which accuses Tel Aviv of genocide through direct killing and confiscation of essential resources, and another from Nicaragua, which challenges Germany for sending weapons to the occupied Palestinian territories.

Albanese said the entire population of Gaza has been displaced many times over, hundreds of thousands of people have lost their homes forever, and children are unsure if they will be able to return to school. “In the last four months alone, nearly 19,000 children have been hospitalized due to acute malnutrition,” he said. “Famine is a reality today.”

The UN representative added: “As we see humanitarian aid being blocked in the West Bank, including East Jerusalem, Israel’s military security operations, settlement expansion, evacuation, destruction, violence and threats of annexation impose more pain and injustice on the Palestinians. They are subject to the policy of illegal and aggravated shooting to kill.”

The International Court of Justice announced on November 21 that it issued an arrest warrant for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and former Minister of War Yoav Galant for war crimes committed in the Palestinian territories, including Gaza.

Margaret Lockwood Stretthwaite, Special Rapporteur on the Independence of Judges and Lawyers, for her part, said that since the issuance of the arrest warrant, dozens of countries have confirmed their support for the court and their intention to fulfill their legal obligations to cooperate with the International Court of Justice.

Referring to the leaders of the Zionist regime who labeled this court anti-Semitic, Strettwit said, however, he is deeply concerned that a number of parties have reacted in the exact opposite way and verbally attack the court, its judges and prosecutors, using language Totally inappropriate. He also said another official described the court as a “dangerous joke”, another called the International Criminal Court “an informal court without proper evidence” and insulted the prosecutor with words he did not repeat.

The UN expert said some of the statements against the court included threats of sanctions against the officials of the International Court of Justice and even worse.

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