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ECI urges neutral Sweden and Switzerland to give Israel a fair chance

Stockholm/Bern 5th June, 2013 – ECI has quietly stepped up its efforts in two of Europe´s most influential neutral countries, Sweden and Switzerland, by meeting with government and parliament representatives. The move is part of a wider strategy to reach out beyond the decision makers in Brussels, directly to members of parliaments and governments in the EU member states and – as in the case of Switzerland – countries outside of the EU.

Last week a newly formed Swiss ECI team met in Geneva in connection with the opening week of the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) to protest the singling out of Israel at the UN human rights body.

- By singling out Israel the UN fails to honour its commitments to address human rights violations in countries where people are suffering under repressive regimes, Tomas Sandell said in a statement.
- Instead of addressing the human rights violations the UN promotes the perpetrators by electing them to the Human Rights Council, he said.

ECI Jerusalem Day diplomatic luncheon for UN ambassadors concludes:

The international community should honour its commitments to Israel

New York, 8th May, 2013 – A copy of the original document containing the Mandate for Palestine was presented to each participant at the ECI Jerusalem Day luncheon for UN ambassadors in New York yesterday. The original mandate document had recently been discovered in British archives, tucked away in the file of the African mandates for Togoland, Cameroon and East Africa.

’These documents are important because they remind us of the commitments made under international law to the Jewish people to settle in the mandated territory of Palestine. Although the League of Nations has been dissolved, the legal obligations are still relevant under international law and should be taken into account when deciding the pending issues for a final and comprehensive peace agreeement’, Dr Jacques Gauthier explained at the luncheon.

First Palestinian Human Rights Week in Europe:

“Palestinian leaders need to be held accountable”

Helsinki, 11th April, 2013 – The first annual Palestinian Human Rights Week in Europe concluded on Wednesday night with an open seminar in the University of Helsinki. At the seminar the organisers, European Coalition for Israel and Jerusalem Institute of Justice, challenged all those who care about human rights violations in the Middle East, to demand the same scrutiny of the Palestinian governing authorities as they demand from the Israeli Government.

The keynote speaker, Calev Myers from the Jerusalem Institute of Justice, pointed out that he has consistently challenged the Israeli Government on human rights and justice issues. He has been able to do so successfully, as Israeli society has an independent judiciary system.

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