UN supports decision of 12 countries to ban trade in products from Israeli settlements
BM İnsan Hakları Yüksek Komiserliği, 12 ülkenin işgal altındaki Filistin topraklarındaki yasa dışı İsrail yerleşimlerinden gelen ürünlerin ticaretini yasaklama kararını desteklediğini açıkladı.
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Jeremy Laurence, Spokesperson of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, supported the decision of 12 countries to ban the trade of products from illegal Israeli settlements in the occupied Palestinian territories and called on other countries to take similar steps.
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Uluslararası Adalet Divanı, Temmuz 2024'te İsrail'in işgal altındaki topraklardaki varlığının yasa dışı olduğuna dair bir danışma görüşü bildirmiştir.
Jeremy Laurence, spokesperson for the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), provided a written response to a question from an Anadolu Agency reporter regarding the announcement by 12 countries, including the United Kingdom and France, that they would ban trade with occupied Palestinian territories.
Noting that the seriousness of the situation in the West Bank requires urgent and concrete measures, Laurence stated, “UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk is calling on third countries to take meaningful steps to end the violence and occupation in the West Bank. The steps announced today contribute to this objective.”
Referencing the International Court of Justice’s (ICJ) July 2024 advisory opinion that countries should take steps to prevent trade or investment relations that assist in maintaining the illegal situation created by Israel in occupied Palestinian territories, Laurence recalled that the resolution adopted by the UN General Assembly in September 2024 emphasized “halting the import of any products originating from Israeli settlements.”
Laurence added, “High Commissioner Türk is calling on all countries to conduct careful, comprehensive, and transparent assessments of the measures they can take to ensure they are not helping to consolidate Israel’s illegal presence in the region.”
The spokesperson also recalled High Commissioner Türk’s remarks during his opening address at the 63rd session of the UN Human Rights Council yesterday, in which he stated that “companies must end business practices that support illegal settlements (in the West Bank).”
The foreign ministers of Canada, Denmark, Finland, France, Iceland, Ireland, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, and the United Kingdom had announced in a joint written statement that they would take steps to ban trade in products originating from illegal Israeli settlements in occupied Palestinian territories.
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İlgili 12 ülkenin yerleşim ürünlerine yönelik ithalat yasaklarını yasal mevzuata dökmesi.
Likely · Within months
Open Questions
- Diğer ülkeler bu ticaret yasağına katılacak mı?
- İsrail hükümetinin bu yaptırımlara karşı alacağı karşı önlemler neler olacak?
