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8 May 2003
Amnesty International today condemned the Israeli authorities’ decision requiring foreigners entering Gaza to sign “waivers” that absolve Israel from responsibility should they be killed or injured. Read more about Amnesty International delegates denied access to Gaza
17 March 2003
Amnesty International USA (AIUSA) today condemned the killing of Rachel Corrie and called for an independent investigation of her death. The organization also renewed a call for a suspension of US transfers to Israel of military equipment, including bulldozers, which have been used to commit human rights abuses. Amnesty International has consistently condemned violations by all parties to the conflict and called on these parties to take all possible measures to bring to an end the killing and wounding of civilians. Read more about Amnesty International Condemns Killing of Rachel Corrie - Group Calls for Investigation, Suspension of Weapons Transfers
4 November 2002
Israel committed war crimes, including unlawful killings, in Jenin and Nablus during a military offensive in those and other West Bank cities earlier this year, the human rights group Amnesty International said today. In its report, Amnesty said there is “clear evidence that some of the acts committed by the Israel Defense Forces during Operation Defense Shield were war crimes.” Read more about AI: Israeli Defence Forces' war crimes must be investigated
24 September 2002
As the world marks the 20th anniversary of the massacres in the Sabra and Chatila refugee camps in Beirut in September 1982, Amnesty International reiterates that the Belgian criminal justice system has jurisdiction under international law to conduct a criminal investigation into the killings. Read more about AI: International justice for Sabra and Chatila victims
3 September 2002
The Israeli High Court of Justice issued a ruling allowing the forcible transfer of two Palestinians from their home town of Nablus to the Gaza Strip. Amnesty International said: ‘The unlawful forcible transfer of protected persons constitutes a war crime under both the Fourth Geneva Convention and the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court’. Read more about Forcible transfers of Palestinians to Gaza constitutes a war crime
16 August 2002
Amnesty International is concerned about the decision by the Israel Defence Forces (IDF) to unlawfully transfer from the West Bank to Gaza three relatives of Palestinians believed to have been involved in organizing or carrying out attacks against Israelis. Read more about Unlawful forcible transfer/collective punishment
21 April 2002
A joint statement issued by Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch and the International Commission of Jurists at a press conference in Jerusalem. Read more about Joint Statement AI, HRW, ICJ
5 August 2002
Amnesty International condemned today’s decision by the Israeli High Court of Justice that will allow demolition, without the right to judicial review, of homes belonging to families of people who are believed to have carried out attacks against Israelis. Read more about High Court decision gives green light for collective punishment
19 April 2002
As the UN Security Council meets today to discuss the grave situation in Israel and the Occupied Territories, Amnesty International reiterates its calls for an international inquiry into alleged human rights abuses against Palestinians in Jenin Refugee Camp since 3 April 2002, and the deployment of international human rights monitors. Read more about Practical measures are required - words are not enough
13 May 2002
Amnesty International has submitted a briefing on torture and ill-treatment of Palestinians by members of the Israeli Defense Forces and the General Security Services to the Committee against Torture (CAT) which is due to discuss the situation in Israel and the Occupied Territories on 14 May 2002. Read more about Torture and ill-treatment under scrutiny at UN in Geneva