I participated as a witness at the South Africa session of the Russell Tribunal on Palestine which took place last month in Cape Town, from 5-7 November. The Tribunal was founded in the 1950s by the philosopher Bertrand Russell, and originally hosted by Jean-Paul Sartre. Formally calling itself the International War Crimes Tribunal, it deliberated(…)
UNESCO’s 36th General Conference begins today, running from October 25th to November 10th amid intense media interest since its executive committee decided to allow a vote to grant full membership to the Palestinians. Two-thirds of members will have to approve the bid in order for it to be successful. There have been recriminations ahead of(…)
HRinI is delighted to publish this post by John Reynolds. John is a Government of Ireland Scholar and a PhD candidate at the Irish Centre for Human Rights, NUI Galway. With the transfer of our economic sovereignty to an army of foreign accountants dominating the news of late, readers may not have seen reports in(…)
Adie Mormech is a human rights advocate based in the Gaza Strip having arrived in through the Rafah border in March 2010. He was previously abducted by the Israeli navy from the 8th Free Gaza Movement boat, the Spirit of Humanity. He is a volunteer with the International Solidarity Movement and documenting Israel’s ongoing attacks on Palestinians in(…)
On Friday the 16th April the Minister for Foreign Affairs Mr. Micheál Martin T.D. made a speech to the Irish Congress of Trade Unions on the Middle East Peace Process. This follows his trip to Gaza in February which was discussed here and which was characterised as a humanitarian trip to highlight the crisis created by the blockade(…)
