Statements
PARC renounces the utilization of its’ name by the Israeli company–Agrexco
The misuse of Palestinian suffering under occupation is a cheap attempt to deny the Palestinian people its UN-sanctioned national rights.
Palestinian Civil Society Statement on the draft Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights
Professor John Ruggie, the Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General (SRSG) on transnational corporations and other Business enterprises is currently preparing his final report to the UN Human Rights Council, due in June 2011. The report will include Guiding Principles for the implementation of the “Protect, Respect and Remedy” Framework. Palestinian civil society comments on the proposals identify areas of the draft Guiding Principles which require urgent attention.
Commemorate Land Day 2011 by Joining the Global BDS Day of Action
The BDS National Committee (BNC) is calling on you to unite in your different capacities and struggles to join the Global BDS Day of Action on Land Day, 30 March 2011, in solidarity with the Palestinian people’s right to self determination on their ancestral land.
The Challenge for 2011: Start implementing the academic boycott of Israel
If 2010 witnessed an exceptional growth of the global BDS movement, especially in the cultural and consumer products fields, one of the main challenges facing the movement in 2011 will be to start putting into effect concrete boycott measures against Israeli universities and to further spread the artists’ boycott of Israel.
On the Second Anniversary of Israel’s Bloodbath in Gaza: End International Complicity, Intensify BDS
On the second anniversary of the Gaza massacre, nothing can be more effective than creatively and persistently spreading and deepening BDS campaigns to hold Israel accountable. This is the shortest and most reliable path to justice, freedom, equal rights and sustainable peace.
Palestinian Civil Society reiterates call for a full boycott of Carmel Agrexco
Occupied Palestine, 22 December 2010 – We, the undersigned Palestinian civil society organizations, including farmers’ unions, agricultural organizations and popular committees, reiterate the call of the Palestinian BDS National Committee (BNC) for a full boycott of Carmel-Agrexco due to its … Continue reading
Derail Israel’s Unlawful A1 Train Project – End International Complicity
BNC calls for action against Israeli trainline which passes over Green Line
Derail Israel's Unlawful A1 Train Project – End International Complicity
BNC calls for action against Israeli trainline which passes over Green Line
BNC: End all forms of Brazilian military and security cooperation with Israel
While as Palestinians we have been welcoming the recognition of the Palestinian state carrying Brazilian flags in its protests, we are as well concerned about other aspects of the Brazilian policies regarding the occupation of Palestine.
BNC endorses findings of London session of Russell Tribunal on Palestine on corporate complicity
Editors note: the full findings of the London Session have now been released and can be found at http://www.russelltribunalonpalestine.com/en/sessions/london-session/findings. Occupied Palestine, 30 November 2010 – ‘May this tribunal prevent the crime of silence’, pleaded intellectual Bertrand Russell at the first … Continue reading
