Land Research Center

Violation: halt of work notices for residential structures.

Location: ‘Aqabat Jaber / south Jericho city.

Date: February 2022.

Perpetrators: The building inspector at the Israeli civil administration.

Victim: two families from the area.

Description:

The building inspector at the Israeli civil administration raided ‘Aqabat Jaber south Jericho , and served halt of work military orders for two houses at the area , on the pretext of building without a license in area C according to Oslo accords.

According to the military order , the occupation sat March as the date of the building and organization session in Beit El military court.

The Following table shows details of the violation:

Legal Commentary:

The demolition of Palestinian homes and structures by the occupation authorities is part of their violations of international and humanitarian law, and the violation of the right to adequate housing for Palestinian citizens guaranteed by international law and international treaties presented by the following articles:

Article 17 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, dated December 10, 1948 states that “No one shall be arbitrarily deprived of his property”.

Article 53 of the Fourth Geneva Convention of 1948 prohibits the destruction of property, as this article states the following: “The occupying power is prohibited from destroying any private, fixed or movable property related to individuals or groups, the state or public authorities, or social or cooperative organizations, unless the war operations inevitably require this destruction.

Article 33 of the Fourth Geneva Convention states: “No protected person may be punished for an offense he or she has not personally committed.

Paragraph ‘g’ of Article 23 of the Hague Convention of 1907 AD also warned against destroying or seizing the enemy’s property, unless the necessities of war necessarily require such destruction or seizure.