La CIJ déclare que l’occupation des territoires palestiniens par Israël viole le droit international
La Cour internationale de Justice (CIJ), le principal organe judiciaire des Nations Unies, a déclaré vendredi, 19 juillet 2024, que l’occupation par Israël de la Cisjordanie, de Gaza, et de Jérusalem-Est, ainsi que ses colonies, violaient le droit international. La Cour, qui siège à La Haye, aux Pays-Bas, a rendu un avis consultatif qui, bien que non contraignant, a une haute valeur juridique ainsi qu’une grande autorité morale.
Statement regarding the Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (CSDDD)
Today’s failure of the EU Council to endorse the Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive marks a deplorable setback for corporate accountability and the protection of Human Rights and the environment worldwide. The blockage is largely attributable to big Member States: the early announced abstention from influential Germany – orchestrated by the minority German coalition partner, the FDP, and met with spiritless resistance by Chancellor Scholz – was followed by others. A last-minute attempt by France to derail negotiations by proposing a tenfold increase in company threshold last night increased the uncertainty for other states. These political games starkly defy the resounding support for the Directive from governments, trade unions, civil society, large, medium and small businesses, and individual citizens. Without binding EU legislation on corporate accountability, national governments fail to address human rights impacts, the exploitation of workers, and impacts on Indigenous Peoples’s rights and other traditional communities and natural ecosystems linked to corporate operations. It is a harrowing failure by EU governments to meet their obligations under international human rights law, and a green-light signal to reckless businesses that they can keep fueling the climate and ecological crises for corporate profits.
Appel à aider le peuple de Gaza avec UNRWA
The principals of the Inter-Agency Standing Committee, which includes heads of United Nations agencies, released a statement on 30 January appealing to Member States to reconsider their pausing of funding to UNRWA, the UN agency assisting Palestine refugees. Here is their statement in full: “The allegations of involvement of several UNRWA staff in the heinous attacks on Israel on 7 October are horrifying. As the Secretary-General has said, any UN employee involved in acts of terror will be held accountable. However, we must not prevent an entire organization from delivering on its mandate to serve people in desperate need. The harrowing events that have been snowballing in Gaza since 7 October have left hundreds of thousands of people homeless and on the brink of famine. UNRWA, as the largest humanitarian organisation in Gaza, has been providing food, shelter and protection, even as its own staff members were being displaced and killed. Decisions by various Member States to pause funds from UNRWA will have catastrophic consequences for the people of Gaza. No other entity has the capacity to deliver the scale and breadth of assistance that 2.2 million people in Gaza urgently need. We appeal for these decisions to be reconsidered.