Join Lara Bird-Leakey as she summarises the latest ICJ AO into the role of the UN in Gaza.

Yesterday the ICJ delivered an Advisory Opinion (AO) on the Obligations of Israel in relation to the Presence and Activities on the UN, other international organisations and third states in the relation to the Occupied Palestinian Territory.

Within this Advisory Opinion the Court confirmed that Israel has an obligation to:

i. Respect and protect all relief and medical personal facilities,

ii. Respect the prohibition against forcible transfer and deportation in the Occupied Palestinian Territories,

iii. To respect the prohibition on the use of starvation against civilians as a method of war,

iv. That as an occupying power, Israel has an obligation under international human rights law to fulfil the human rights of the occupied territory, including through the activities of UNWRA and the UN.

As well as finding that Israel has not submitted evidence to substantiate their claim linking Hamas to UNWRA.

Listen along as Lara summarises this AO and discusses it’s impact here in the UK.