Earlier this week, Al-Marsad – Arab Human Rights Centre in Golan Heights (“Al-Marsad”) presented its joint report to the United Nations Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (“Committee”) during its periodic review of Israel.
At the United Nations (“U.N.”) Headquarters on Wednesday, October 9th, Al-Marsad – Arab Human Rights Centre in Golan Heights (“Al-Marsad”) provided a presentation on its human rights work and the history of the occupied Syrian Golan (“Golan”).
For the first time, the United Nations Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights ("Committee") has adopted recommendations in its periodic review of Israel that specifically address human rights violations in the occupied Syrian Golan.
Al-Marsad has written to the European Union ('EU') High Representative Josep Borrell Fontelles and EU Commissioner Oliver Varhelyi to inform them that Energix Renewable Energies Ltd. (‘Energix’) is exploiting COVID-19 to develop a windfarm in the occupied Syrian Golan
In October, the Israeli Finance Ministry approved plans for the construction of 1600 settlement units in the illegal Israeli settlement of Katzrin. With a population of 8000, Katzrin is the largest Israeli settlement in the Occupied Syrian Golan.