Palestine

Ireland has formally recognised the State of Palestine. As of yesterday, the Irish government recognises Palestine as a sovereign and independent state and has agreed to establish full diplomatic relations between Dublin and Ramallah.

Ireland will join Spain and Norway in recognising the State of Palestine next week, the government has announced. Ministers say the move follows months of consultation with like-minded countries across Europe and the Middle East and is intended to contribute towards achieving a two-state solution to

A Palestinian citizen of Israel is to be granted asylum in the UK on the basis that he has a well-founded fear of persecution if returned to Israel. The decision in respect of the 24-year-old, dubbed 'Hasan' by his lawyers as his real identity cannot be disclosed for his own protection, came less th

More than 1,070 members of the legal profession have called on the UK government to press for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza and the West Bank and to take urgent steps to ensure the UK government does not violate international humanitarian law or aid or assist its violation by others. The letter, or

More than 250 senior lawyers, legal academics and former judges have called on the UK government to press for a ceasefire in Gaza and end arms exports to Israel. The open letter, signed by legal figures from across the UK including prominent Scottish solicitor Aamer Anwar, says the government must "

A former Supreme Court president is among Jewish figures who have raised "significant concern" over Israel's conduct in Gaza. In a letter to the Financial Times, eight lawyers, including Lord Neuberger and Philippe Sands KC, wrote that even though the “vile crimes perpetrated by Hamas in Israe

Lawyers for the family of murdered Palestinian journalist Shireen Abu Akleh have submitted a new complaint against Israel to the International Criminal Court (ICC). The complaint alleges that Ms Abu-Akleh and another Al Jazeera journalist, Ali Samoudi, were deliberately targeted by Israeli forces de

Hundreds of lawyers in Palestine took to the streets yesterday to protest in the occupied West Bank against the Palestinian Authority’s “rule by decree”. President Mahmoud Abbas governs the region without a parliament as the Palestinian Legislative Council (PLC) has been inactive s

The UK government has been told that a new trade deal with Israel "must not be a betrayal of Palestinians' human rights" as negotiations begin. Amnesty International has submitted a 19-page briefing to the Department of Trade, setting out how the agreement should be framed to avoid reinforcing Israe

Palestinian authorities are systematically mistreating and torturing Palestinians in detention, including critics and opponents, Human Rights Watch has said in a parallel report submitted jointly to the United Nations Committee Against Torture with the Palestinian rights group Lawyers for Justice. T

Palestine solidarity campaigners who were convicted and fined for promoting a boycott of Israeli products suffered a violation of their human rights, the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has ruled. In today's Chamber judgment, only available in French, the court held unanimously that there had

A ban on local government pension schemes (LGPSs) pursuing "policies that are contrary to UK foreign policy or UK defence policy" is unlawful, the Supreme Court has ruled in a win for Palestine solidarity campaigners. The Palestine Solidarity Campaign (PSC), which encourages councils to withdra