License to Kill: Third States Disregard their International Responsibility to Act to Prevent Israel’s Violation of Jus Cogens Norms   Date: 12 October 2023 Over the past 6 days, the Israeli Occupation Forces (“IOF”) have employed indiscriminate, excessive and disproportionate force in densely populated residential areas in the Gaza Strip, resulting in at least 1200 Palestinians killed and 5000 injured, as of 10:00 p.m.,...

Time to Fulfill Citizens’ Right to Acquire, Disseminate and Access Information This week, the world celebrates the international day of the right to access, acquire and disseminate information. This right has been legalized in many nations, most notably Sweden, which issued a law safeguarding this right in 1776, 257 years ago; yet, our people continue to be denied the legalization and official recognition of this right, even though it is contained in the Social Contract (The Declaration of Independence and The Basic Law), and in many covenants and international declarations to ...

The ink on the issue of the Official Gazette and the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights had barely dried when the Council of Ministers announced on September 11, 2023, in its session No. (221) the decision to prohibit all state institutions’ employees (civilian, military) from joining the governing bodies of charitable associations, civil society organizations, and non-profit companies, except by prior approval from the council of ministers upon the recommendation of the relevant government department. This is in violation of Article (22) of the aforementioned international covenant and Article (26) of t...