viernes, 9 de julio de 2021

Declaration on the Suppression and Punishment of the Crime of Apartheid in Historic Palestine

 


Declaration on the Suppression and Punishment of the Crime of Apartheid in Historic Palestine

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Whereas :

1- Israel has subjected the Palestinian people for 73 years to an ongoing catastrophe, known as the Nakba, a process that included massive displacement, ethnic cleansing, war crimes, and crimes against humanity ;

2- Israel has established an apartheid regime on the entire territory of historic Palestine and directed toward the whole of the deliberately fragmented Palestinian people ; Israel itself no longer seeks to hide its apartheid character, claiming Jewish supremacy and exclusive Jewish rights of self-determination in all of historic Palestine through the adoption in 2018 by the Knesset of a new Basic Law ;

3-The apartheid character of Israel has been confirmed and exhaustively documented by widely respected human rights organizations, AdalahB’TselemHuman Rights Watch, and in the UN ESCWA academic study that stresses the importance of defining Israeli apartheid as extending to people rather than limited to space, [“Israeli Practices towards the Palestinian People and the Question of Apartheid,” UN ESCWA, 2017] ;

4- Israel periodically unleashes massive violence with devastating impacts on Palestinian civilian society, particularly against the population of Gaza, which endures widespread devastation, collective trauma, and many deaths and casualties, aggravated by being kept under an inhuman and unlawful blockade for over 14 years, and throughout the humanitarian emergency brought about by the COVID pandemic ;

5- Western powers have facilitated and even subsidized for more than seven decades this Israeli system of colonization, ethnic cleansing, and apartheid, and continue to do so diplomatically, economically, and even militarily.

Considering :

i- The Universal Declaration of Human Rights which stipulates in its first article that ’all human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights.’ And taking account that the inalienable right of self-determination is common Article 1 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights and the International Covenant on Economic, Social, and Political Rights, and as such, a legal and ethical entitlement of all peoples.

ii- The International Convention on the Suppression and Punishment of the Crime of Apartheid which stipulates in Article I that ’apartheid is a crime against humanity and that inhuman acts resulting from the policies and practices of apartheid and similar policies and practices of racial segregation and discrimination, as defined in article II of the Convention, are crimes violating the principles of international law, in particular the purposes and principles of the Charter of the United Nations, and constituting a serious threat to international peace and security.’ The States Parties to this Convention undertake in accordance with Article IV :
_  “(a) To adopt any legislative or other measures necessary to suppress as well as to prevent any encouragement of the crime of apartheid and similar segregationist policies or their manifestations and to punish persons guilty of that crime ;
_  “(b) To adopt legislative, judicial and administrative measures to prosecute, bring to trial and punish in accordance with their jurisdiction persons responsible for, or accused of, the acts defined in article II of the present Convention, whether or not such persons reside in the territory of the State in which the acts are committed or are nationals of that State or of some other State or are stateless persons.”

The endorsers of this document :

A- Declare their categorical rejection of the apartheid regime set up on the territory of historic Palestine and imposed on the Palestinian people as a whole, including refugees and exiles wherever they might be in the world.

B- Call for the immediate dismantling of this apartheid regime and the establishment of a democratic constitutional arrangement that grants and implements on all the inhabitants of this land equal rights and duties, regardless of their racial, ethnic, and religious identities, or gender preferences, and which respects and enforces international law and human conventions, and in particular gives priority to the long deferred right of return of Palestinian refugees expelled from their towns and villages during the creation of the State of Israel, and subsequently.

C- Urge their governments to cease immediately their complicity with Israel’s apartheid regime, to join in the effort to call for the dismantling of apartheid structures and their replacement by an egalitarian democratic governance that treats everyone subject to its authority in accordance with their rights and with full respect for their humanity, and to make this transition in a manner sensitive to the right of self-determination enjoyed by both peoples presently inhabiting historic Palestine.

D- Call for the establishment of a National Commission of Peace, Reconciliation, and Accountability to accompany the transition from apartheid Israel to a governing process sensitive to human rights and democratic principles and practices. In the interim, until such a process is underway, issue a call for the International Criminal Court to launch a formal investigation of Israeli political leaders and security personnel guilty of perpetuating the crime of apartheid.

* Academics, artists and intellectuals can endorse this declaration by completing this form.

* Endorsed by 823 academics, artists and intellectuals on July 9, 2021 (click here for the full list), including

  1. Ahmed Abbes, mathematician, Director of research in Paris, France
  2. Sinan Antoon, New York University, United States
  3. John Avery, Writer, Denmark
  4. Bertrand Badie, Sciences Po Paris, France
  5. Étienne Balibar, Anniversary Chair of Modern European Philosophy, Kingston University London, United Kingdom
  6. Anthony Barnett, Writer, United Kingdom
  7. Edmond Baudoin, Auteur de bandes dessinées, France
  8. Jacob Berger, Filmmaker, Switzerland
  9. George Bisharat, UC Hastings College of the Law/Professor, musician, United States
  10. Nicolas Boeglin, Professor of Public International Law, University of Costa Rica, Costa Rica
  11. Hagit Borer, Professor, Queen Mary University of London, United Kingdom
  12. Grazia Borrini-Feyerabend, Council of Elders of the ICCA Consortium, Switzerland
  13. Bruno Boussagol, Metteur en scène, France
  14. Daniel Boyarin, Taubman Professor of Talmudic Culture, UC Berkeley, United States
  15. Anouar Brahem, Musician, Composer, Tunisia
  16. Rony Brauman, Physician, writer, former president of Médecins Sans Frontières, France
  17. Victoria Brittain, Writer and journalist, United Kingdom
  18. Iain Chalmers, Editor, James Lind Library, United Kingdom
  19. Hafidha Chekir, Emeritus Professor of Public Law, Al Manar University, Tunis ; Vice President of the International Federation for Human Rights, Tunisia
  20. Monique Chemillier-Gendreau, Professeure émérite de droit public et de sciences politiques, Université Paris-Diderot, France
  21. David Comedi, National University of Tucumán and National Research Council, Argentina
  22. Jean-Paul Cruse, Écrivain indépendant, France
  23. Laurent Cugny, Professeur, Sorbonne Université, France
  24. Eric David, Emeritus Professor of International Law at the Université libre de Bruxelles, Belgium
  25. Chandler Davis, Professor Emeritus of Mathematics, University of Toronto, Canada
  26. Sonia Dayan-Herzbrun, Professeure émérite à l’Université de Paris, France
  27. Herman De Ley, Emeritus Professor, Ghent University, Belgium
  28. Raymond Deane, Composer, author, Ireland
  29. John Dugard, University of Leiden, The Netherlands
  30. Ivar Ekeland, Professor emeritus of mathematics and former President, University of Paris-Dauphine, France
  31. Brian Eno, Artist/Composer, United Kingdom
  32. Adolfo Esquivel, Premio Nobel de la Paz 1980 (Nobel Peace Prize 1980), Argentina
  33. Richard Falk, Professor of International Law, Emeritus, Princeton University, United States
  34. Emmanuel Farjoun, Emeritus Professor, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel
  35. Jan Fermon, Avocat. Secrétaire général Association Internationale des Juristes Démocrates, Belgium
  36. Pierre Galand, Ancien professeur des Universités à l’U.L.B., Belgique
  37. Domenico Gallo, Chamber President in Supreme Court of Cassazione, Italy
  38. Irene Gendzier, Prof Emeritus in the Dept Political Science, Boston University, United States
  39. Catherine Goldstein, Director of Research, Paris, France
  40. Neve Gordon, Queen Mary University of London, United Kingdom
  41. Penny Green, Queen Mary University of London, United Kingdom
  42. Nacira Guénif, Université Paris 8 Vincennes - Saint-Denis, France
  43. Sondra Hale, Professor Emerita, University of California, Los Angeles, United States
  44. Michael Harris, Professor of Mathematics, Columbia University, United States
  45. Marc Hedrich, Cour d’appel de Caen, France
  46. Fredrik S. Heffermehl, Writer, Norway
  47. Judith Herrin, King’s College London, United Kingdom
  48. Christiane Hessel-Chabry, Présidente d’honneur de l’association EJE (Gaza), France
  49. Shir Hever, Political Economist, Germany
  50. Nicholas Humphrey, Emeritus Professor, London School of Economics, United Kingdom
  51. Abdeen Jabara, Attorney, past president, American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee, United States
  52. Richard Jolly, Emeritus Fellow, IDS, University of Sussex, United Kingdom
  53. Suad Joseph, Distinguished Research Professor, University of California, Davis, United States
  54. Mary Kaldor, London School of Economics and Political Science, United Kingdom
  55. Ronnie Kasrils, Former government minister, South Africa
  56. Assaf Kfoury, Computer Science Department, Boston University, United States
  57. Rima Khalaf, Former Executive Secretary of UN ESCWA, Jordan
  58. Daniel Kupferstein, Film director, France
  59. Patrick Le Hyaric, Président du groupe L’Humanité. Député européen 2004 -2014, France
  60. Ronit Lentin, Trinity College Dublin Ireland (retired associate professor), Ireland
  61. Jean-Marc Lévy-Leblond, Emeritus professor, University of Nice, France
  62. David Lloyd, University of California Riverside, United States
  63. Brinton Lykes, Professor & Co-Director, Boston College Center for Human Rights & International Justice, United States
  64. Moshé Machover, Mathematician, KCL, United Kingdom
  65. Kate Macintosh, Architect, United Kingdom
  66. Mairead Maguire, Nobel peace laureate, Ireland
  67. Dick Marty, Dr. Jur. Dr. H.c., former Chair of the Committee of Human Rights of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, Switzerland
  68. Gustave Massiah, Ancien enseignant à l’école d’architecture de paris la villette, France
  69. Georg Meggle, Philosopher, Prof. em. at University of Leipzig, Germany
  70. Georges Menahem, Director of research in Economics and Sociology, CNRS, MSH Paris-Nord, France
  71. Chantal Mouffe, Professor emeritus University of Westminster, London, United Kingdom
  72. Véronique Nahoum-Grappe, Anthropologue, France
  73. Jan Oberg, DrHc, peace and future researcher, Transnational Foundation, Sweden
  74. Joseph Oesterlé, Emeritus professor, Sorbonne University, France
  75. Adi Ophir, Professor Emeritus, Tel Aviv University ; Visiting Professor, The Cogut Institute for the Humanities and the center for Middle East Studies, Brown Universities, United States
  76. Norman Paech, Professor emeritus University of Hamburg, Germany
  77. Karine Parrot, Professeure de droit à l’Université de Cergy-Pontoise, France
  78. Ghislain Poissonnier, Magistrate, France
  79. Susan Power, Head of Legal Research and Advocacy, Al-Haq, Palestine
  80. Prabir Purkayastha, Editor, Newsclick.in, India
  81. Jacques Rancière, Professeur émérite, Université Paris 8, France
  82. Roshdi Rashed, CNRS/Université de Paris, France
  83. Bernard Ravenel, Historian, France
  84. Steven Rose, Emeritus Professor of Biology and Neurobiology at the Open University and Gresham College, London, United Kingdom
  85. Hilary Rose, Professor Emerita Sociology University of Bradfor, United Kingdom
  86. Jonathan Rosenhead, Emeritus Professor of Operational Research at the London School of Economics, United Kingdom
  87. Andrew Ross, Professor of Social and Cultural Analysis, New York University, United States
  88. Alice Rothchild, MD, retired, Assistant Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Harvard Medical School, United States
  89. Joan Russow, Researcher, Global Compliance Research Project, Canada
  90. Richard Seaford, Emeritus Professor, University of Exeter, United Kingdom
  91. Leila Shahid, Former Ambassador of Palestine, Palestine
  92. Eyal Sivan, Filmmaker - Essayist, France
  93. John Smith, Filmmaker, Emeritus Professor of Fine Art, University of East London, United Kingdom
  94. Nirit Sommerfeld, Singer, actress, writer, Germany
  95. Ahdaf Soueif, Writer, Egypt
  96. Gayatri Spivak, Columbia University, United States
  97. Jonathan Steele, Author and journalist, United Kingdom
  98. Annick Suzor-Weiner, Professor emeritus, Université Paris-Saclay, France
  99. Salim Tamari, Emeritus Professor of Sociology, Birzeit University, Palestine
  100. Virginia Tilley, Southern Illinois University Carbondale, United States
  101. Salim Vally, Professor, University of Johannesburg, South Africa
  102. Roger Waters, Musician, United Kingdom
  103. Robert Wintemute, Professor of Human Rights Law, King’s College London, United Kingdom
  104. John Womack jr, Harvard University, United States

* Institutional affiliations are given only for identification purposes

* The full list of signatories is available here.

* Academics, artists and intellectuals can endorse this declaration by completing this form.



Picture from this note of Amnesty International (AI), entittled "Israël discrimine les Palestiniens dans l´ accès à l'eau"

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