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Comment by truth on July 9, 2015 at 3:45pm

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Comment by truth on July 9, 2015 at 3:45pm

Of course, we are aware of the European Union’s commitment to the full and effective protection of Human Rights everywhere. After all, The 2012 Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to the European Union (EU) “for over six decades [of contribution] to the advancement of peace and reconciliation, democracy and human rights in Europe”.

So, when it comes to the “full and effective protection” of the Human Rights of indigenous peoples, you might wonder, how did the European Union react when, less than two years later, the people of the Occupied Palestinian Territories, which is indigenous to the area, was subjected to arbitrary detention and torture – prohibited by the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights – collective punishment – prohibited by the Third Geneva Convention – and eventually to a downright massacre at the hands of the Israeli armed forces, a blood bath which Israel’s PR machine labelled “Operation Protective Edge”, in which war crimes were committed by Israel – such as deliberate attacks on schools where displaced residents were sheltering in Gaza – and which violated the right to life of more than 2,100 Palestinian citizens, of which “1,474 are believed to have been civilians, including 501 children and 257 women”, according toUnited Nations figures?

Of course, one can almost hear the objection: “Surely, the United Nations’ Human Rights Council does not consider the Human Rights situation in the Occupied Palestinian Territories to fall under the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, but rather under Agenda Item 7, seeResolution S-21/1 and Report A/HRC/27/76”. And yes, that is correct: a bureaucratic vermin hiding behind paperwork couldn’t have put it better.

So let’s have a look at what happened at the United Nations whenResolution S-21/1 was discussed, along with the massacre Israel had inflicted on Gaza. Let’s see what happened at A/HRC/27,