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Summer 2017
DEFENDERS
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Council a lot of stress has been made on the observation and
protection of human rights and jus-cognes such as equality and
nondiscrimination while fighting terrorism.
- France should be committed to its international obligations
towards refugees and migrants and not escalate crises. The
country should continue its efforts to protect the rights of all
migrants regardless of their situation and status.
- France should consider how best the specific needs of
individuals belonging to minorities could be addressed in order
to ensure their equal enjoyment of all human rights.
- Towards practicing the value of democracy and freedom, the
French government must seriously refrain from discriminating
against minorities and Muslims. In the event of revoking the
right to freedom of dress for women, which is a part of their
freedom of expression, this country will deprive a section of
the citizens and residents from their fundamental rights and
freedoms. It should lift the ban on hijab and respect the right of
Muslim women to express their beliefs.
- In a context of growing Islamophobia, the French government
should urgently reach out to Muslims and give them assurances
that they are not under suspicion because of their religion
or ethnicity and adopt a law banning incitement indicating
religious and racial hatred.
- France must use its legal right in the arms trade in a way that
it guarantees that human rights and humanitarian laws are not
violated.
ODVV Submission to Israel UPR,
29th session of UPR Working group (January 2018)
In the report submitted for Israel’s third cycle UPR, ODVV raised concerns
over the discrimination against non-Israeli natives living in the occupied
territories who are subject to various human rights violations including, the
right to life, the right to health, the right to freedom of movement, freedom
of religion and belief, freedom of expression and the right to free and non-
discriminatory access to education. The region is suffering from serious
breaches of human rights including, Palestinians being subject to widespread
violence by both Israeli settlers and officials, torture both inside and outside
prisons, abduction and forced disappearance, arbitrary arrests, detention
without trial, solitary confinement, difficult prison conditions leading to