8/23/2023 0 Comments State of survival code 2020Tania María Abdo Rocholl, Committee Chairperson, in concluding remarks, said the dialogue was an important tool to understand the Covenant’s implementation in the State of Palestine. The State of Palestine would respond to the shortcomings raised in the dialogue with appropriate measures, both legislative and non-legislative, to ensure implementation the Covenant without discrimination based on race, nationality, religion or any other category. Shalaldeh said the crucial and objective questions of the Committee had been met with frank and honest responses by the delegation. Freedom of expression was protected by law in Palestine. No Palestinians could burn any holy book or slander any faith, unlike settlers who had burned mosques in Turmus. Palestinians did not behave in this way, and respected the work of journalists. Prominent journalist Shireen Abu Akleh was deliberately murdered by the occupier while the world watched. Palestinians believed in plurality and freedom of expression, the delegation said. All capital punishment in Gaza was beyond the control of the Government. It would be addressed during the next Legislative Council. A draft code had been proposed that would abolish the death penalty in the military code. Following the instructions of the President, death sentences had been frozen or converted into life or other sentences. Since 2005 it had not been implemented, however. ![]() In the ensuing discussion, the delegation, in response to Experts’ questions, said that the death penalty was in the penal codes applied in civil and military courts. Shalaldeh called on the Committee to pressure the occupying power to allow occupied Jerusalem to participate in general elections. The Covenant could soon be signed by President Abbas and 11 other treaties had been published in the official gazette. Palestine believed that incorporating the rights and freedoms inscribed in international human rights treaties into its policy and legislation was necessary. The dialogue was taking place in a context of the continuing Israeli civilian and military occupation of Palestine, whose people were denied their basic human rights. Shalaldeh, Minister of Justice and head of the delegation, said the recent demolition of homes, and the killings and displacement of civilians in Jenin were crimes against humanity. What steps would the State party take to protect journalists and others who exercised freedom of expression through social media or otherwise, including those who criticised the Government? Speaking critically of the Government was a legitimate exercise of free speech. One Committee Expert noted with concern reports that political opponents, journalists and human rights defenders who dissented from the Government were targeted based on their social media posts. Would it consider abolishing the death penalty altogether? What were its tenants, what was its status and was there a timeline for its implementation? Reportedly, the State party would rather regulate the death penalty than abolish it for lack of political will. The Human Rights Committee this morning concluded its consideration of the initial periodic report of the State of Palestine on how it implements the provisions of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, with Committee Experts commending the creation of an observatory to combat gender-based violence, and raising issues concerning the death penalty and reported targeting of political opponents, journalists and human rights defenders who exercised freedom of expression.Ī Committee Expert said that the creation of the National Online Observatory of Gender-Based Violence was commendable.Īnother Expert asked about draft legislation concerning the death penalty.
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