A colonial choice: The Board of Peace, or the UN?

A report presented to the UN Human Rights Council last month noted that Israel destroyed 92 per cent of Gaza’s housing units and displaced over 90 per cent of Palestinians, while 86 percent of the territory was under orders for displacement or incorporated into military zones. Based on the evidence and statistics, the reported stated that “these violations of the right to adequate housing may amount to war crimes, crimes against humanity, and may be considered as part of the crime of genocide against Palestinians in Gaza.” The report was compiled by Balakrishnan Rajagopal, the UN Special Rapporteur on the right to adequate housing, who also proposed domicide, which is the destruction of civilian infrastructure, to be considered as an […]