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Article

31 Jan 2013

Author:
Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR)

[PDF] Israeli settlements symbolise the acute lack of justice experienced by the Palestinian people

The International Fact-Finding Mission on Israeli Settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territory...published its findings on the implications Israeli settlements have upon the human rights of the Palestinian people...The report states that a multitude of the human rights of the Palestinians are violated in various forms and ways due to the existence of the settlements…The report states that settlements are established and developed for the exclusive benefit of Israeli Jews…the detriment of the rights of the Palestinian population…The report states that Israel is committing serious breaches of its obligations under the right to self-determination and under humanitarian law…The report states that private entities have also enabled, facilitated and profited from the construction of the settlements – both directly and indirectly.