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BRUSSELS, (PIC)&#8211; The Council for European Palestinian Relations (CEPR) called on the EU to impose obligatory economic sanctions on the occupation, in response to the recommendations of a number of EU deputies.</p>
<p>CEPR appreciated the recommendations of EU Heads of Mission in Jerusalem and Ramallah to prevent any commercial transactions with the settlements, stressing the need to obligate these recommendations.</p>
<p>CEPR Regional Director, Rami Abdo, said in a written statement, that &#8220;Although the EU institutions have drafted a document to label imports of settlement products as originating from areas considered illegal under international law, the EU foreign ministers did not adopt it until the moment.&#8221;</p>
<p>He added that the report and the recommendations of EU Heads of Mission to stop financial transactions with the occupation were discussed with EU Member States&#8217; representatives in Brussels on 19 February, however the recommendations were not adopted yet, especially in regard to stopping financial transactions that support settlement activities.</p>
<p>Abdo stressed the need to put the recommendations into practice, otherwise it will be another setback in achieving a just peace that restores rights to their owners.</p>
<p>EU mission has reported six recommendations on economic issues, suggesting member states &#8220;prevent, discourage and raise awareness about problematic implications of financial transactions, including foreign direct investments, from within the EU in support of settlement activities, infrastructure and services.&#8221;</p>
<p>Relations between Israel and the EU have been unusually tense in recent months, with Europe voicing anger over a swathe of Israeli plans for more than 5,000 new settler homes in east Jerusalem.</p>
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<h3>LAW</h3>
<blockquote><p><span style="color:#000000;"><strong> &#8220;States may not deport or transfer parts of their own civilian population into a territory they occupy.&#8221;</strong></span></p></blockquote>
<p><span style="color:#000000;"><strong>Summary</strong></span></p>
<p><span style="color:#000000;">State practice establishes this rule as a norm of customary international law applicable in international armed conflicts.</span><br />
<span style="color:#000000;"> International armed conflicts</span></p>
<p><span style="color:#000000;">The prohibition on deporting or transferring parts of a State’s own civilian population into the territory it occupies is set forth in the Fourth Geneva Convention.[1]</span></p>
<p><span style="color:#000000;"><strong>It is a grave breach of Additional Protocol I.[2]</strong></span></p>
<p><span style="color:#000000;">Under the Statute of the International Criminal Court, “the transfer, directly or indirectly, by the Occupying Power of parts of its own civilian population into the territory it occupies”</span> <span style="text-decoration:underline;"><strong><span style="color:#000000;text-decoration:underline;">constitutes a war crime</span> <span style="color:#000000;text-decoration:underline;">in international armed conflicts</span><span style="text-decoration:underline;">.</span><span style="color:#000000;text-decoration:underline;">[3]</span></strong></span></p>
<p><span style="color:#000000;">Many military manuals prohibit the deportation or transfer by a party to the conflict of parts of its civilian population into the territory it occupies.[4]</span></p>
<p><span style="color:#000000;"><strong>This rule is included in the legislation of numerous States.[5]</strong></span></p>
<p><span style="color:#000000;">Official statements and reported practice also support the prohibition on transferring one’s own civilian population into occupied territory.[6]</span></p>
<p><span style="color:#000000;">Attempts to alter the demographic composition of an occupied territory have been condemned by the UN Security Council.[7]</span></p>
<p><span style="color:#000000;">In 1992, it called for the cessation of attempts to change the ethnic composition of the population, anywhere in the former Yugoslavia.[8]</span></p>
<p><span style="color:#000000;">Similarly, the UN General Assembly and UN Commission on Human Rights have condemned settlement practices.[9]</span></p>
<p><span style="color:#000000;">According to the final report of the UN Special Rapporteur on the Human Rights Dimensions of Population Transfer, including the Implantation of Settlers and Settlements, “the implantation of settlers” is unlawful and engages State responsibility and the criminal responsibility of individuals.[10]</span></p>
<p><span style="color:#000000;">In 1981, the 24th International Conference of the Red Cross reaffirmed that “settlements in occupied territory are incompatible with article 27 and 49 of the Fourth Geneva Convention”.[11]</span></p>
<p><span style="color:#000000;">In the Case of the Major War Criminals in 1946, the International Military Tribunal at Nuremberg found two of the accused guilty of attempting the “Germanization” of occupied territories.[12]</span></p>
<p><strong>References</strong></p>
<p><em>[1] Fourth Geneva Convention, Article 49, sixth paragraph (cited in Vol. II, Ch. 38, § 334).</em></p>
<p><em>[2] Additional Protocol I, Article 85(4)(a) (adopted by consensus) (ibid., § 335).</em></p>
<p><em>[3] ICC Statute, Article 8(2)(b)(viii) (ibid., § 336).</em></p>
<p><em>[4] See, e.g., the military manuals of Argentina (ibid., §§ 346–347), Australia (ibid., § 348), Canada (ibid., § 349), Croatia (ibid., § 350), Hungary (ibid., § 351), Italy (ibid., § 352), Netherlands (ibid., § 353), New Zealand (ibid., § 354), Spain (ibid., § 355), Sweden (ibid., § 357), Switzerland (ibid., § 357), United Kingdom (ibid., § 358) and United States (ibid., § 359).</em></p>
<p><em>[5] See, e.g., the legislation of Armenia (ibid., § 361), Australia (ibid., §§ 362–363), Azerbaijan (ibid., §§ 364–365), Bangladesh (ibid., § 366), Belarus (ibid., § 367), Belgium (ibid., § 368), Bosnia and Herzegovina (ibid., § 369), Canada (ibid., §§ 371–372), Congo (ibid., § 373), Cook Islands (ibid., § 374), Croatia (ibid., § 375), Cyprus (ibid., § 376), Czech Republic (ibid., § 377), Germany (ibid., § 379), Georgia (ibid., § 380), Ireland (ibid., § 381), Mali (ibid., § 384), Republic of Moldova (ibid., § 385), Netherlands (ibid., § 386), New Zealand (ibid., §§ 387–388), Niger (ibid., § 390), Norway (ibid., § 391), Slovakia (ibid., § 392), Slovenia (ibid., § 393), Spain (ibid., § 394), Tajikistan (ibid., § 395), United Kingdom (ibid., §§ 397–398), Yugoslavia (ibid., § 399) and Zimbabwe (ibid., § 400); see also the draft legislation of Argentina (ibid., § 360), Burundi (ibid., § 370), Jordan (ibid., § 382), Lebanon (ibid., § 383) and Trinidad and Tobago (ibid., § 396).</em></p>
<p><em>[6] See, e.g., the statements of Kuwait (ibid., § 405) and United States (ibid., §§ 406–407) and the reported practice of Egypt (ibid., § 402) and France (ibid., § 403).</em></p>
<p><em>[7] See, e.g., UN Security Council, Res. 446 , 452 and 476 (ibid., § 408), Res. 465 (ibid., § 409) and Res. 677 (ibid., § 410).</em></p>
<p><em>[8] UN Security Council, Res. 752 (ibid., § 411).</em></p>
<p><em>[9] See, e.g., UN General Assembly, Res. 36/147 C, 37/88 C, 38/79 D, 39/95 D and 40/161 D (ibid., § 412) and Res. 54/78 (ibid., § 405); UN Commission on Human Rights, Res. 2001/7 (ibid., § 413).</em></p>
<p><em>[10] UN Sub-Commission on Human Rights, Final report of the Special Rapporteur on the Human Rights Dimensions of Population Transfer, including the Implantation of Settlers and Settlements (ibid., § 415).</em></p>
<p><em>[11] 24th International Conference of the Red Cross, Res. III (ibid., § 419).</em></p>
<p><em>[12] International Military Tribunal at Nuremberg, Case of the Major War Criminals, Judgement (ibid., § 421).</em></p>
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