Does Switzerland risk big? – Mail

Does Switzerland risk being condemned under international law rules within the framework of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict? Officially, the Federal Department of Foreign Affairs (DFAE) is said to be serene. In the fact, new internal grades reached are more careful, or even point the legal risk of cutting part of UNRWA assistance, the UN organization responsible for providing emergency aid to the 5 million of Palestinian · nes.
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This withdrawal of Switzerland of the only organization equipped in this area could be interpreted as a breach of article 1 of the Convention on the Genocide, believes this note which notes that the obstacles put to access to humanitarian aid could be constituent of complicity in genocide.
The position in the DFAE is therefore not as unanimous as proclaimed. And legal risk is identified. This is a stone’s throw from a return of the file to Parliament. The Foreign Affairs Committee will decide on February 17. Then the file should return in plenary during the session in March, via three motions offering the deletion of any aid.
The association of lawyers for Palestine has just challenged parliamentarians from the said commission. Their decision will weigh heavy for our country – “it will shape Switzerland’s heritage on the international scene,” said the lawyer. And for the deputy themselves. Legal risk will concern them-beyond the moral and political imperative-very directly.
In the event of prosecution against Switzerland, their parliamentary immunity would be lifted and they could be condemned individually. A good hearing?