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Ghazza : Call for independent enquiry into Israel's violation of humanitarian law

PAL/ISR - News | 09 January 2009
Killed Ghazza child in Israeli attack on UNRWA Alkarama for Human Rights has been following events in the Ghazza strip closely from the beginning of the current crisis to try to establish a factual assessment, via our sources, of what is happening on the ground. We are deeply saddened at the ongoing violence in the occupied territory. It fully backs the High Commissioner for Human Rights and the UN Secretary General's calls for an immediate halt to all violence by all parties to the conflict, in order to allow humanitarian assistance to reach the civilian population.
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Kuwait - HR Instruments

International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR)

ICCPR: Accessed on 21.05.1996
Optional Protocol: No

State report: Due 02.11.2014 (3rd)
Last concluding observations: 22.12.2011

Convention against Torture (CAT)

CAT: Accessed on 08.03.1996
Optional Protocol: No
Art. 20 (Confidential inquiry): No
Art. 22 (Individual communications): No

Next State report: Due on 03.06.2015 (3rd)
Last concluding observations: 28.06.2011

International Convention for the Protection of all Persons from Enforced Disappearance (CED)

No

Universal Periodic Review (UPR)

Last review: 05.2010 (1st cycle)
Next review: 2015 (2nd cycle)

National Human Rights Institution (NHRI)

No