Yesterday, May 10, Gisha sent an urgent letter to Israel’s Defense Minister, Attorney General, and COGAT to demand that they immediately reverse the illegal and wrongful decision to close Erez Crossing, a severe violation of Israel’s legal obligations towards Gaza’s civilian population that infringes on residents’ rights and obstructs normal life in the Strip. Collective guilt, or guilt by association, is the controversial collectivist idea that individuals who are identified as a member of a certain group carry the responsibility for an act or behavior that. Collective punishment is a punishment or sanction imposed on a group for acts allegedly perpetrated by a member of that group, which could be an. This is the second time in two weeks that Israel has prevented workers from exiting the Strip for work, in a place suffering from 45% unemployment and ever-increasing rates of poverty. Collective punishment is also practiced in the situation of war, economic sanctions, etc., presupposing the existence of collective guilt. Nazi German announcement of killing 2300 civilians in the Kragujevac massacre as retaliation for 10 German soldiers killed by Yugoslav Partisans in Nazi-occupied Serbia, 1941. Israeli authorities will demolish the home of Khayri Alqam, a Palestinian man suspected of carrying out an attack in January, whose own father was killed by an Israeli extremist over two decades ago. In a press release from May 9, the head of the Palestinian General Federation of Trade Unions, Sami Al Amasi, estimated that the closing of Erez to some 10,000 Gaza residents who have “financial needs” permits to work in Israel leads to losses of 3 million ILS (~900,000 USD) per day. Israel to raze Palestinian family home in collective punishment move. The decision to close Gaza’s pedestrian crossing with Israel constitutes prohibited collective punishment and must be reversed immediately. In addition to some 12,000 traders and workers, examples of other people being blocked include the recently renewed family visits to Palestinian prisoners detained in Israel organized by the International Committee of the Red Cross, individuals needing access to consular services outside the Strip, and people visiting terminally ill family members. Any views expressed are solely those of the author or publisher and do not necessarily reflect those of UNHCR, the United Nations or its Member States.In a measure presented as a response to recent security incidents targeting Israeli citizens, the Coordinator of Government Activities in the Territories (COGAT) announced on May 8 that Israel would extend the closure imposed at Erez Crossing over the Israeli Memorial and Independence days “until further notice.” As of today, Erez is still closed, with the exception of a small number of urgent medical cases, foreign journalists, foreign nationals and “humanitarian exceptions” as defined by Israel. UNHCR is not responsible for, nor does it necessarily endorse, its content. Human Rights Watch, Collective Punishment - War Crimes and Crimes against Humanity in the Ogaden area of Ethiopia's Somali Region, 12 June 2008, available at: Innocent civilians must not be exposed to collective punishment in disputes between two States, a United Nations human rights expert has said, calling for greater protection for ordinary people. | Military service / Conscientious objection / Desertion / Draft evasion / Forced conscription Rule 43 states that the following practices shall be prohibited:: (a) Indefinite solitary confinement (b) Prolonged solitary confinement (c) Placement of a prisoner in a dark or constantly lit cell (d) Corporal punishment or the reduction of a prisoner’s diet or drinking water or (e) Collective punishment. | Housing, land and property rights (HLP) | Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment Collective Punishment - War Crimes and Crimes against Humanity in the Ogaden area of Ethiopia's Somali Region
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