ARDD’s Senior Advisor on the Question of Palestine, Dr. Lex Takkenberg, was one of the speakers at an event, “Defending Palestinian Rights: Humanitarian and Legal Perspectives,” on Tuesday at the House of Commons of
By: Dr. Lex Takkenberg On 28 October 2024, the Israeli Knesset passed two bills aimed at banning the operations and functions of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the
On 28 October 2024, the Israeli Knesset passed two bills aimed at banning the operations and functions of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) across all occupied Palestine. The
On October 1st, 2024, a distinguished delegation from the state of Michigan, USA, headed by His Excellency Mr. Abdullah Hammoud, Mayor of Dearborn, conducted a pivotal meeting at the headquarters of the Arab Renaissance
We, the undersigned human rights organizations, draw the attention of United Nations (UN) member states to Israel’s cataclysmic forced displacement of Palestinians in and from Gaza, the West Bank, and South Lebanon. There are
Ten long and excruciatingly painful months have passed since the events of 7 October 2023 and the genocide on the people of Gaza and attacks on Palestinians in the West Bank continue unabated. The
On 19 July 2024, the International Court of Justice issued a historic Advisory Opinion declaring the Israeli occupation and associated regime of systematic discrimination – amounting to racial segregation and/or apartheid – unlawful. Flowing
On 19 July 2024, the International Court of Justice issued a historic ruling declaring the Israeli occupation and associated regime of systematic discrimination – amounting to racial segregation and/or apartheid – unlawful. Flowing from
“I find that there are reasons to believe that the minimum threshold indicating the commission of the crime of genocide against the Palestinians as a group in Gaza has been met.” This is the
The Human Rights Council has been presented with a deeply troubling report by Francesca Albanese, Special Rapporteur on the human rights situation in the Palestinian territories since 1967. This executive summary outlines the critical