#domicide must be recognised as an international crime
The massive, arbitrary destruction of civilian housing in violent conflict should be recognised as a crime under international law, the UN’s independent housing rights expert told the General Assembly today [28 October 2022].
#domicide / Amid Israeli Destruction in Gaza, a New Crime Against Humanity Emerges
Balakrishnan Rajagopal (https://www.ohchr.org/en/special-procedures/sr-housing/mr-balakrishnan-rajagopal):
“I do believe that #Israel’s actions amount to domicide, and may now very well constitute acts of genocide as well. The attacks by Israel have destroyed not just homes, but hospitals… historic streets, public buildings holding important records and archives… the main public library, all four of Gaza’s universities, #Gaza’s old city, the ancient port of Gaza, and many museums including the newly opened #Rafah Museum of Palestinian Heritage. This utter annihilation of Gaza as a place erases the past, present and future of the Palestinians.”
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#WarCrimes[cont’d] The obliteration of Gaza’s multi-civilizational treasures [Ibtisam Mahdi]
[…] #Israel’s war has brought ruin to thousands of years of rich heritage in #Gaza, with Palestinian experts decrying the destruction as a cultural genocide.
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