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General Category => 3DHS => Topic started by: Lyndon on February 23, 2007, 08:04:23 AM

Title: Human rights in the Palestinian Territories
Post by: Lyndon on February 23, 2007, 08:04:23 AM
The report of John Dugard, a South African law professor and the UN's special rapporteur:

http://www.ohchr.org/english/bodies/hrcouncil/docs/4session/A.HRC.4.17.pdf
Title: Re: Human rights in the Palestinian Territories
Post by: Henny on February 23, 2007, 11:12:29 AM
Quote from: Lyndon on February 23, 2007, 08:04:23 AM
The report of John Dugard, a South African law professor and the UN's special rapporteur:

http://www.ohchr.org/english/bodies/hrcouncil/docs/4session/A.HRC.4.17.pdf

This is so terribly sad. All on paper, but of course those who never listened to begin with will find multiple ways to discredit or explain away the report.
Title: Re: Human rights in the Palestinian Territories
Post by: Plane on February 23, 2007, 01:48:22 PM
This report complain of aparthied.


Do Palestinian authority's want integration?
Title: Re: Human rights in the Palestinian Territories
Post by: Lyndon on February 23, 2007, 02:52:25 PM
Quote from: Plane on February 23, 2007, 01:48:22 PM
This report complain of aparthied.


Do Palestinian authority's want integration?

Plane, if I read you correctly you are honing in on the etymology of the word apartheid, 'apartness'. The author of the report did cite the 1973 International Convention on the Supression and Punishment of the Crime of Apartheid.  The definition of apartheid under that convention was "inhuman acts committed for the purpose of establishing and maintaining domination by one racial group of persons over any other racial group of persons and systematically oppressing them." So, I think there is no contradiction in terms here.

Sorry, I am departing on a weekend away so I will miss any rebuttal you may put forward until Monday.
Title: Re: Human rights in the Palestinian Territories
Post by: Plane on February 23, 2007, 04:43:04 PM
Quote from: Lyndon on February 23, 2007, 02:52:25 PM
Quote from: Plane on February 23, 2007, 01:48:22 PM
This report complains of aparthied.


Do Palestinian authority's want integration?

Plane, if I read you correctly you are honing in on the etymology of the word apartheid, 'apartness'. The author of the report did cite the 1973 International Convention on the Supression and Punishment of the Crime of Apartheid.  The definition of apartheid under that convention was "inhuman acts committed for the purpose of establishing and maintaining domination by one racial group of persons over any other racial group of persons and systematically oppressing them." So, I think there is no contradiction in terms here.

Sorry, I am departing on a weekend away so I will miss any rebuttal you may put forward until Monday.



So the answer is No?