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Addressing a special session of the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) in Geneva, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Louise Arbour said Wednesday that Israel's policy of collective punishment, disproportionate use of force and...

Israel and the United States plan to boycott a special session of the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) in Geneva Wednesday called to discuss possible human rights violations in Gaza in the wake of a...

UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights in the Palestinian Territories John Dugard said Friday that Israel's recent attack on a Hamas government office in Gaza which injured around 50 civilians and the killings of some 40 Palestinians...

The Israeli Supreme Court ruled Friday that the government cannot proceed with plans to cut electricity to the Gaza Strip this weekend. The court did allow, however, a continuation of fuel supply cuts to the...

A military court established in the Gaza Strip by the Palestinian militant group Hamas handed down its first ruling on Wednesday, sentencing three members of rival party Fatah to...

Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert told parliament Monday that the government was planning to release 400 more Palestinian prisoners later this month, adding to the release last month of more than 80 Palestinian prisoners. The...

Israeli Attorney General Menachem Mazuz temporarily suspended a government plan to cut electricity to the Palestinian Gaza Strip Monday, pending legal challenges from several human rights groups in the Israeli Supreme...

Several human rights groups have challenged Israel's decision to reduce fuel supplies to the Gaza Strip and its plan to cut the electricity supply, saying Sunday that the move could create a humanitarian crisis in...

JURIST Guest Columnists Amy Ross of the University of Georgia Department of Geography and Chandra Lekha Sriram, Chair of Human Rights at the University of East London School of Law (UK), say that former US Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld's quick...

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has signed new money laundering regulations meant to hinder the flow of funds to Hamas and to show foreign banks doing business with Palestinian counterparts that they are not violating US...