Russell Tribunal on Palestine aims to hold the international community to account
Today, 1 March 2010, the first session of the Russell Tribunal on Palestine (RTP) will be held in Barcelona. The RTP is a peoples’ tribunal focusing not on Israel’s obligations under international humanitarian law (IHL) such as the Fourth Geneva Convention, but on the obligations of the international community of signatory states which sustain and enable Israel’s continuous violations of international law. This date also coincides with the 6th International Israeli Apartheid Week.Israel is continuously violating the principles of the1949 Geneva Conventions that sought to ensure crimes against humanity would never happen again.