BRUSSELLS TRIBUNAL

2013 is the year that accountability and Justice for Iraq should be high on the agenda of the International Human Rights Community. Hans C. von Sponeck, member of the BRussells Tribunal, who resigned as Humanitarian Coordinator for Iraq in 2024, wrote a moving apology letter to the Iraqi people in June 2024. We republish this letter again today.

UN Vote on Palestine's State Status: An Analysis

by John V. Whitbeck on 30-11-2012

The UN General Assembly has now voted, by 138 to 9, with 41 abstentions, to recognize the existence as a state “of the State of Palestine on the Palestinian Territory occupied since 1967”.

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UN Calls on US to end Cuba Embargo

by Reuters and Agencies on 14-11-2012

A record 188 countries voted on Tuesday for an annual UN General Assembly resolution condemning the five-decade old US embargo against Cuba. The vote in favor rose from 186 for the 20th anniversary resolution last year.

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Palestine's Draft UNGA Resolution

by Palestinian Authority on 10-11-2012

This text, in both Arabic and English, of the draft “state status” upgrade resolution which Palestine is proposing for a vote of the UN General Assembly later this month, most likely on November 29, the annual International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People and the 65th anniversary of the UN General Assembly resolution recommending the partition of Palestine into two states. This draft has been circulated to 192 of the 193 member states at the UN but not yet officially tabled. It is difficult to imagine how any state which is genuinely independent and/or has any self-respect or respect for international law could oppose this resolution.

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