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Extrait du compte rendu trimestriel d’ADDAMEER sur les prisonniers palestiniens

Dimanche, 24 avril 2011 - 7h58 AM

Sunday 24 April 2011

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Extrait concernant relations avec le Parlement européen

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EUROPEAN UNION NEWS

�� On 22 February the EU-Israel Association Council held its 10th meeting in Brussels. In its statement on the occasion of the meeting, the EU underlined inter alia the importance of concluding negotiations between the Israeli Government and Palestinian Authority by September 2011; reiterated it that it will not recognize any changes to the pre-1967 borders, including with regard to Jerusalem; emphasized the important role played by human rights defenders in upholding rights and freedoms and condemned Israel’s detention of prominent human rights activists.

�� On 23 February the Polish Government, who will take up the EU Presidency in July, met with their Israeli counterparts in Jerusalem to discuss an upgrading in defense and economic co-operation. Addameer drafted an open letter on behalf of the PCHRO to the Polish Government, calling on Ministers visiting Jerusalem to emphasize that there could be no upgrade in relations until Israel ends violations of international law against the Palestinian people.

�� On 15 March 2011, the European Parliament’s Sub-Committee on Human Rights held a hearing on the conditions of Palestinian prisoners in Israeli and Palestinian prisons. Addameer submitted a briefing on Israeli prison conditions ahead of the meeting. Among the key recommendations arising from the hearing was to request an Advisory Opinion from the International Court of Justice on the situation of
8 Palestinian political prisoners, and to send a fact-finding mission to investigate conditions in Israeli prisons.

�� On 30 and 31 March the EU-PA Human Rights Subcommittee held a meeting in Bethlehem, attended by human rights NGOs as well as EU and PA officials. Among the human rights concerns addressed were unlawful arrests and conditions in Palestinian detention centers, and the PA also raised its concern over the lack of legal status of Palestinians in Israeli prisons, the impact of the border closure in Gaza, restricted movement in the West Bank the impact of settler violence.

Upcoming events
�� An EP Delegation for relations with the Palestinian Legislative Council will visit Palestine from 26-29 April.