ANNHRI marks International Day of Solidarity with Palestinians
THE Doha-based Arab Network for National Human Rights Institutions (ANNHRI) organised a symposium to commemorate the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People, which was adopted by the United Nations in 1977 and falls on November 29 each year.
A large number of national human rights institutions affiliated with the ANNHRI participated in the symposium, along with the United Nations, represented by the Special Rapporteur on the Occupied Palestinian Territories, the Friends of Palestine organisation, the Center for Defense of Liberties and Civil Rights ‘Hurryyat’ from Palestine, Kyoto University from Japan and the Palestinian Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
In his opening speech, Head of ANNHRI Issam Younis said that commemoration the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People is an affirmation that the Palestinian cause expresses inherent and inalienable rights, on top of which are the right to self-determination and to return.
He underlined that the current situation is the most dangerous to the Palestinian cause due to the serious encroachment on the rights of the Palestinians, and the creation of new facts unilaterally, indicating that settlements are now the most serious crimes committed against the Palestinians and their lands, especially as they are in full view of the world.
He warned of the process of Judaising Jerusalem and considering it a capital for the occupation power which continues its violations of the rules of international law and the basic rights of the Palestinian people.