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class="views-field-field-imagefile-fid"> <span class="field-content"></span> </div> <div class="views-field-title"> <span class="field-content"><a href="/web/20130126222904/http://www.hrw.org/news/2012/12/21/letter-italian-prime-minister-about-palestine-and-icc">A Letter to the Italian Prime Minister about Palestine and the ICC</a></span> </div> <div class="views-field-created"> <span class="field-content">Dec 21, 2012</span> </div> <div class="views-field-tid"> <span class="field-content">Letter</span> </div> <div class="views-field-field-related-audio-nid"> <div class="field-content"></div> </div> <div class="views-field-field-related-videos-nid"> <div class="field-content"></div> </div> <div class="views-field-field-news-teaser-value"> <div class="field-content">We write to express Human Rights Watch’s deep concern regarding your December 17 statement made during a meeting with Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas, in which you call on the Palestinian Authority not to use Palestine's new non-member observer-state status at the United Nations to pursue the jurisdiction of the International Criminal Court (ICC).</div> </div> </li> <li class="views-row views-row-2 views-row-even"> <div class="views-field-field-imagefile-fid"> <span class="field-content"></span> </div> <div class="views-field-title"> <span class="field-content"><a href="/web/20130126222904/http://www.hrw.org/news/2012/11/29/palestine-newest-observer-state-should-act-rights-treaties">Palestine: Newest ‘Observer State’ Should Act on Rights Treaties</a></span> </div> <div class="views-field-created"> <span class="field-content">Nov 29, 2012</span> </div> <div class="views-field-tid"> <span class="field-content">Press release</span> </div> <div class="views-field-field-related-audio-nid"> <div class="field-content"></div> </div> <div class="views-field-field-related-videos-nid"> <div class="field-content"></div> </div> <div class="views-field-field-news-teaser-value"> <div class="field-content">Palestinian leaders should pursue ratification of core international human rights treaties and the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court (ICC). Governments that have pressed Palestine to forgo membership in the ICC, including the United Kingdom, or have said that they will impose sanctions on Palestine if it seeks ICC membership, namely Israel, should end such pressure and support universal ratification of the ICC treaty.</div> </div> </li> <li class="views-row views-row-3 views-row-odd"> <div class="views-field-field-imagefile-fid"> <span class="field-content"></span> </div> <div class="views-field-title"> <span class="field-content"><a href="/web/20130126222904/http://www.hrw.org/news/2010/11/26/israel-soldiers-punishment-using-boy-human-shield-inadequate">Israel: Soldiers’ Punishment for Using Boy as ‘Human Shield’ Inadequate</a></span> </div> <div class="views-field-created"> <span class="field-content">Nov 26, 2010</span> </div> <div class="views-field-tid"> <span class="field-content">Press release</span> </div> <div class="views-field-field-related-audio-nid"> <div class="field-content"></div> </div> <div class="views-field-field-related-videos-nid"> <div class="field-content"></div> </div> <div class="views-field-field-news-teaser-value"> <div class="field-content">An Israeli military court’s sentence on November 21, 2010, for two soldiers found guilty of using a Palestinian boy as a “human shield” during the 2008-09 offensive in Gaza appears inadequate considering the gravity of the offense, Human Rights Watch said today.</div> </div> </li> <li class="views-row views-row-4 views-row-even"> <div class="views-field-field-imagefile-fid"> <span class="field-content"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130126222904im_/http://www.hrw.org/sites/default/files/imagecache/scale-100w/media/images/photographs/Fred_Abrahams_print.jpg" class="imagecache imagecache-scale-100w imagecache-default imagecache-scale-100w_default"/></span> </div> <div class="views-field-title"> <span class="field-content"><a href="/web/20130126222904/http://www.hrw.org/news/2010/10/04/gaza-victims-trumped-talks">Gaza Victims Trumped by Talks</a></span> </div> <div class="views-field-created"> <span class="field-content">Oct 4, 2010</span> </div> <div class="views-field-tid"> <span class="field-content">Commentary</span> </div> <div class="views-field-field-related-audio-nid"> <div class="field-content"></div> </div> <div class="views-field-field-related-videos-nid"> <div class="field-content"></div> </div> <div class="views-field-field-news-teaser-value"> <div class="field-content">The Palestinian Authority in Ramallah fails to demand justice for victims of the Gaza war.</div> </div> </li> <li class="views-row views-row-5 views-row-odd"> <div class="views-field-field-imagefile-fid"> <span class="field-content"></span> </div> <div class="views-field-title"> <span class="field-content"><a href="/web/20130126222904/http://www.hrw.org/news/2010/09/27/statement-un-human-rights-council-accountability-gaza-conflict">Statement to the UN Human Rights Council on Accountability in the Gaza Conflict</a></span> </div> <div class="views-field-created"> <span class="field-content">Sep 27, 2010</span> </div> <div class="views-field-tid"> <span class="field-content">Oral statement</span> </div> <div class="views-field-field-related-audio-nid"> <div class="field-content"></div> </div> <div class="views-field-field-related-videos-nid"> <div class="field-content"></div> </div> <div class="views-field-field-news-teaser-value"> <div class="field-content">Nearly two years ago, war raged in Gaza and southern Israel, resulting in a high number of civilian deaths. Today, despite ample evidence of serious laws-of-war violations during the conflict, those responsible remain unpunished, and the victims go without redress.</div> </div> </li> <li class="views-row views-row-6 views-row-even"> <div class="views-field-field-imagefile-fid"> <span class="field-content"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130126222904im_/http://www.hrw.org/sites/default/files/imagecache/scale-100w/media/images/photographs/2010_Israel_Funeral.jpg" class="imagecache imagecache-scale-100w imagecache-default imagecache-scale-100w_default"/></span> </div> <div class="views-field-title"> <span class="field-content"><a href="/web/20130126222904/http://www.hrw.org/news/2010/09/02/west-bankisrael-hamas-must-end-attacks-civilians">West Bank/Israel: Hamas Must End Attacks on Civilians</a></span> </div> <div class="views-field-created"> <span class="field-content">Sep 2, 2010</span> </div> <div class="views-field-tid"> <span class="field-content">Press release</span> </div> <div class="views-field-field-related-audio-nid"> <div class="field-content"></div> </div> <div class="views-field-field-related-videos-nid"> <div class="field-content"></div> </div> <div class="views-field-field-news-teaser-value"> <div class="field-content">Hamas should be held accountable for two new attacks against Israeli civilians in the West Bank, and those who ordered and participated in the attacks should be prosecuted.</div> </div> </li> <li class="views-row views-row-7 views-row-odd"> <div class="views-field-field-imagefile-fid"> <span class="field-content"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130126222904im_/http://www.hrw.org/sites/default/files/imagecache/scale-100w/media/images/photographs/2010_IsraelOPT_HamasReport.jpg" class="imagecache imagecache-scale-100w imagecache-default imagecache-scale-100w_default"/></span> </div> <div class="views-field-title"> <span class="field-content"><a href="/web/20130126222904/http://www.hrw.org/news/2010/08/10/israelgaza-wartime-inquiries-fall-short">Israel/Gaza: Wartime Inquiries Fall Short</a></span> </div> <div class="views-field-created"> <span class="field-content">Aug 10, 2010</span> </div> <div class="views-field-tid"> <span class="field-content">Press release</span> </div> <div class="views-field-field-related-audio-nid"> <div class="field-content"></div> </div> <div class="views-field-field-related-videos-nid"> <div class="field-content"></div> </div> <div class="views-field-field-news-teaser-value"> <div class="field-content">Israeli military investigations into the Gaza war have brought some results over the past 18 months but fall far short of addressing the widespread and serious allegations of unlawful conduct during the fighting, while Hamas has announced no serious investigations whatsoever.</div> </div> </li> <li class="views-row views-row-8 views-row-even"> <div class="views-field-field-imagefile-fid"> <span class="field-content"></span> </div> <div class="views-field-title"> <span class="field-content"><a href="/web/20130126222904/http://www.hrw.org/news/2010/06/21/israelgaza-easing-blockade-imports-first-step">Israel/Gaza: Easing Blockade of Imports a First Step</a></span> </div> <div class="views-field-created"> <span class="field-content">Jun 21, 2010</span> </div> <div class="views-field-tid"> <span class="field-content">Press release</span> </div> <div class="views-field-field-related-audio-nid"> <div class="field-content"></div> </div> <div class="views-field-field-related-videos-nid"> <div class="field-content"></div> </div> <div class="views-field-field-news-teaser-value"> <div class="field-content">The Israeli Cabinet decision to ease the blockade of Gaza is a step toward ending a policy that amounts to unlawful collective punishment of Gaza's civilians, but fails to address severe Israeli restrictions on exports and freedom of movement.</div> </div> </li> <li class="views-row views-row-9 views-row-odd"> <div class="views-field-field-imagefile-fid"> <span class="field-content"></span> </div> <div class="views-field-title"> <span class="field-content"><a href="/web/20130126222904/http://www.hrw.org/news/2010/06/16/israelgaza-weak-mandate-undermines-flotilla-inquiry">Israel/Gaza: Weak Mandate Undermines Flotilla Inquiry</a></span> </div> <div class="views-field-created"> <span class="field-content">Jun 16, 2010</span> </div> <div class="views-field-tid"> <span class="field-content">Press release</span> </div> <div class="views-field-field-related-audio-nid"> <div class="field-content"></div> </div> <div class="views-field-field-related-videos-nid"> <div class="field-content"></div> </div> <div class="views-field-field-news-teaser-value"> <div class="field-content">The Israeli government has undermined the credibility of the panel appointed to investigate its military's deadly interception of the "Gaza aid flotilla" by preventing it from questioning Israeli soldiers or compelling the military to provide evidence.</div> </div> </li> <li class="views-row views-row-10 views-row-even views-row-last"> <div class="views-field-field-imagefile-fid"> <span class="field-content"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130126222904im_/http://www.hrw.org/sites/default/files/imagecache/scale-100w/media/images/photographs/2010_IsraelOPT_Map.jpg" class="imagecache imagecache-scale-100w imagecache-default imagecache-scale-100w_default"/></span> </div> <div class="views-field-title"> <span class="field-content"><a href="/web/20130126222904/http://www.hrw.org/news/2010/04/09/israelgaza-gaza-war-victims-shortchanged-justice">Israel/Gaza: Gaza War Victims Shortchanged on Justice</a></span> </div> <div class="views-field-created"> <span class="field-content">Apr 10, 2010</span> </div> <div class="views-field-tid"> <span class="field-content">Press release</span> </div> <div class="views-field-field-related-audio-nid"> <div class="field-content"></div> </div> 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