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Appeal to the Swiss government
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Petition submittet march 19, 2010 with 7'500 signatures
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Switzerland will have to enforce the 4th Geneva Convention*
Implementation of the recommendations of the Goldstone report
End the blockade of Gaza
One
year after the attack by the Israeli army on Gaza, solidarity actions
for the trapped people in Gaza take place around the world. The Gaza
Freedom March (Dec 27th 2009 to Jan 2nd 2010) going from Rafah towards
Erez at the Israeli border with international participation – among
them people from Switzerland - calls for the end of the blockade.Implementation of the recommendations of the Goldstone report
End the blockade of Gaza
On Sunday, Dec 27 a week of events started in Bern and Geneva with thousands of candles to commemorate the dead and in support of the Gaza Freedom March. These events were continued in the subsequent week at many places in Switzerland.
The UN General Assembly supports - together with the voice of Switzerland - the UN commission of inquiry report by Richard Goldstone. The report specifies the violations of international humanitarian law and vio- lations of human rights before, during and after the military aggression of Israel in the Gaza Strip, and points to the still ongoing blockade being illegal unter international law. The blockade prevented the emergency treatment of civilians during the military offensive.
To date, the blockade prevents reconstructing the houses of 50.000 homeless people and of civilian infra- structure. During last year, several UN agencies and human rights organizations have repeatedly gave an account on the plight of the 1.5 million residents of the Gaza Strip. The extent of the blockade produces, among other things, lack of medical care, food and clean drinking water.
The persistence of the blockade violates international law, represents a collective punishment of the population and undermines the credibility of international humanitarian law.
| We therefore demand the immediate lifting of the blockade and the implementation of the re- commendations of the Goldstone report. These include in particular the convening of a conferen- ce with all signatory states by Switzerland on measures to enforce the Geneva Conventions for the protection of civilians and the prosecution of war crimes committed before, during and after the aggression on Gaza within the total time span investigated by the Goldstone Commission. |
This statement and the solidarity actions are supported by the following organisations (as of Dec 22 2009):
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Linke Arbeitsgruppe Lateinamerika Basel ALBA arbeitskreis tourismus & entwicklung, Basel Basler Frauenvereinigung für den Frieden und den Fortschritt BFFF Basels starke Alternative BastA! Berner Mahnwache für einen gerechten Frieden in Palästina/Israel Centrale Sanitaire Suisse Romande CSS-R Centre Europe-Tiers Monde CETIM, cfd – Die feministische Friedensorganisation Collectif Urgence Palestine CUP-Genève, CUP Nyon-La Côte, CUP-Vaud Droit au Retour DAR Droit pour Tous DpT Fachstelle Oe-ME Ref. Kirchen Bern-Jura-Solothurn Frauen für den Frieden Gerechtigkeit und Frieden in Palästina GFP Gesellschaft Schweiz-Palästina GSP Grüne Schweiz Gruppe für eine Schweiz ohne Armee GSoA |
HEKS -
Hilfswerk der evangelischen Kirchen Schweiz Internationales jüdisches antizionistisches Netzwerk IJAN Genf Jüdische Stimme für einen gerechten Frieden zwischen Israel und Palästina JVJP Kampagne Olivenöl Ligue suisse des droits de l'homme Genève medico international schweiz mission 21 evangelisches missionswerk basel Palästina-Solidarität Region Basel Parrainage d'enfants de Palestine Partei der Arbeit Schweiz PdA Partito della Rifondazione Circolo di Basilea Peace Watch Switzerland PWS Schweizerische Friedensbewegung SFB schweizerischer freundeskreis zelt der völker solidaritéS Ge, Vd et Ne Sozialdemokratische Partei Schweiz SPS Theologische Bewegung für Solidarität und Befreiung Unia Genève, Vereinigung Schweiz-Cuba VSC, |
- NION Not in Our Name www.nion.ca
- Jüdische Stimme für gerechten Frieden im Nahost - EJJP Germany www.juedische-stimme.de
- Bay Area Women in Black (San Francisco area) www.bayareawomeninblack.org
- Palestine solidarity campaign in Pakistan http://paksforpal.wordpress.com
- International Solidarity Movement - Northern California www.norcalism.org
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* Resolution of the UN General Assembly (RES/64/10) from Nov 5 2009: „(...) Recommends to the Government of Switzerland, in its capacity as depositary of the Geneva Convention relative to the Protection of Civilian Persons in Time of War, to undertake the necessary steps as soon as pos-sible to reconvene a Conference of High Contracting Parties to the Fourth Geneva Convention on measures to enforce the Convention in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and to ensure its respect in accordance with common article 1.“