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Just Security @justsecurity.org · 13/05/2026

At the #UnitedNations, a General Comment on the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights in situations of armed conflict is underway. Former UN Special rapporteur on the right to adequate housing @balaraj.bsky.social shares his recent input:

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Submission to the U.N. Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights: Application of the ICESCR in Situations of Armed Conflict

Former Special Rapporteur finds that the destruction of housing in armed conflict is a "central and systemic" violation of international law.

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Balakrishnan Rajagopal @balaraj.bsky.social · 17/09/2025

Today is the one year deadline given by the UN General Assembly for withdrawal of Israel from all illegal settlements after last year’s historic ICJ ruling which found settlements illegal. What should happen now? I discuss in an opinion piece. www.aa.com.tr/en/opinion/o...

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OPINION - UN General Assembly's deadline on Palestine: What comes next?

Without confronting Israel’s outlaw behavior, states are faced with the prospect of the breakdown of law and order in the international system, and the obsolescence of the UN itself - Anadolu Ajansı

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Balakrishnan Rajagopal @balaraj.bsky.social · 16/09/2025

This belated finding by the independent commission, must lead to immediate action by individual states and collectively through the UN, to stop Israel’s genocide, to urgently assist the people of Gaza and to ensure accountability. Will it happen? www.ohchr.org/en/press-rel...

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Israel has committed genocide in the Gaza Strip, UN Commission finds

GENEVA – Israel has committed genocide against Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, the UN Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, a...

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Balakrishnan Rajagopal @balaraj.bsky.social · 21/08/2025

Detailed interview on the catastrophe in Gaza and West Bank and the urgent responsibilities of every State and of the international community, on Al Jazeera Mubasher. youtu.be/CRVKKx1u30U?...

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مقرر أممي: على الدول فرض عقوبات وقطع العلاقات مع إسرائيل

YouTube video by Al Jazeera Mubasher قناة الجزيرة مباشر

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Balakrishnan Rajagopal @balaraj.bsky.social · 05/08/2025

Interview in Arabic on Al Jazeera about the press release issued by me and fellow UN experts on the urgent need to dismantle the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation and restore real aid flows to the famine-stricken people of Gaza. mediaview.aljazeera.com/video/z9uXa6...

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Balakrishnan Rajagopal @balaraj.bsky.social · 26/07/2025

I condemn this executive order by the US President to criminalize homelessness in the US in violation of both US law and international law. I have condemned this approach already in a UN report last year and call on States in the US not to cooperate. www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...

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Ending Crime and Disorder on America's Streets

By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered: Section 1. Purpose and

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UN-SPexperts @un-spexperts.bsky.social · 25/07/2025

#Guatemala: UN expert @balaraj.bsky.social calls for urgent moratorium on evictions until adequate legal protections can be guaranteed, urging an end to the widespread practice of violent & inhumane forced evictions. www.ohchr.org/en/press-rel...

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Balakrishnan Rajagopal @balaraj.bsky.social · 11/07/2025

Very much looking forward to my country visit to Guatemala!

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Balakrishnan Rajagopal @balaraj.bsky.social · 25/06/2025

#ZohranMamdani’s stunning victory yesterday in the NYC democratic primary rested primarily on one issue: the affordability crisis. Indeed as we see in so many cities like Berlin, affordability of housing and other rights is the main issue. See my report: docs.un.org/A/78/192

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Balakrishnan Rajagopal @balaraj.bsky.social · 23/06/2025

#India is leading the world in illegal home demolitions, especially affecting minorities and vulnerable groups. This is a national scandal - a gross violation of domestic and international law and must stop. My press release about the latest demolitions in #Gujarat. www.ohchr.org/en/press-rel...

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India must halt arbitrary demolitions targeting minorities and marginalised communities: UN experts

GENEVA – India must immediately put an end to its practice of arbitrary and punitive demolitions affecting low-income households, minorities and migrants, independent human rights experts* warned toda...

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Balakrishnan Rajagopal @balaraj.bsky.social · 13/06/2025

Israel’s attack on Iran is a grave violation of international law including attacks on nuclear scientists at their homes. Israel is a serial violator of jus cogens norms and there must be meaningful sanctions and containment measures against it. www.ejiltalk.org/is-israels-u...

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Is Israel’s Use of Force Against Iran Justified by Self-Defence?

This morning, Israel launched a major military operation against Iran targeting its nuclear programme, including facilities, individual scientists and military leadership. In this post, I will provide...

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Balakrishnan Rajagopal @balaraj.bsky.social · 10/06/2025

More than 400,000 Palestinians in Gaza might be dead according to this analysis that relies on data from the Israeli IDF. Not surprising in the light of the Lancet report months ago that estimated the dead at 200,000. A monstrous genocide! threadreaderapp.com/thread/19310...

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Thread by @PixieOfDeath on Thread Reader App

@PixieOfDeath: The Israeli army estimates there are 1.85 million people in Gaza. Subtracting the 100,000 estimated to have left for Egypt before Israel occupied Rafah crossing, it puts the death toll ...

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Balakrishnan Rajagopal @balaraj.bsky.social · 31/05/2025

The Sarajevo Declaration of the Gaza Peoples’ Tribunal is out. The Tribunal is a milestone in the struggle towards justice for the Palestinians and for all of humanity. gazatribunal.com/the-sarajevo...

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The Sarajevo Declaration of the Gaza Tribunal - Gaza Tribunal

We, the members of the Gaza Tribunal, having gathered in Sarajevo from 26 to 29 May 2025, declare our collective moral outrage at the continuing genocide in

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Balakrishnan Rajagopal @balaraj.bsky.social · 26/05/2025

Deaths from Israel’s attacks on Gaza close to 62,000 as more than 14,000 people buried under the rubble are added. Every one of these lives deserves accountability and justice. www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/2/...

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Deaths from Israel’s attacks on Gaza close to 62,000 as missing added

Local authorities add 14,000 people, missing and presumed dead, to the list.

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Balakrishnan Rajagopal @balaraj.bsky.social · 26/05/2025

When States fail humanity, it is civil society that stands up, now for Palestinianians in Gaza through a People’s Tribunal, as it has for other victims of colonial wars of annexation and extermination. Guided by the indomitable Prof. Richard Falk. richardfalk.org/2025/05/25/g...

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GAZA TRIBUNAL: Program for Sarajevo Public Sesssion, May 26-29, 2025

[Prefatory Note: The Gaza Tribunal will hold its first public session, starting Monday, 10:00 AM GMT; it presents extensive reports on various dimensions of the Gaza Ordeal endured for more than 19…

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Balakrishnan Rajagopal @balaraj.bsky.social · 22/05/2025

The Special Rapporteur on the right to food @MichaelFakhri writes in the @guardian: The GA must act to authorize peacekeepers to ensure aid delivery to Gaza. I have called on the GA before to act under the Uniting for Peace res. and fully endorse this. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

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If aid doesn’t enter Gaza now, 14,000 babies may die. UN peacekeepers must step in | Michael Fakhri

As a UN special rapporteur on the right to food, I have watched for 19 months as Israel starves children. The world must act now

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Balakrishnan Rajagopal @balaraj.bsky.social · 20/05/2025

I cordially invite CSO representatives to a consultation for my next report to the UNGA on: Land and the right to adequate housing Thursday 29 May 2025, 3 PM CET (Geneva) More info and registration ohchr.org/sites/default/…

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Balakrishnan Rajagopal @balaraj.bsky.social · 17/05/2025

New report in the @972mag on systematic destruction of homes in Gaza as the main strategy to commit genocide and annexation by making it uninhabitable for Palestinians. Western media - @FT @TheEconomist @guardian @Independent and @nytimes @washingtonpost @BBCWorld - wake up!

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Balakrishnan Rajagopal @balaraj.bsky.social · 15/05/2025

nterview on Al Jazeera Arabic about the Israeli evacuation order of al-Shifa hospital and attack on homes. And the unacceptability of Arab States’s arms purchases from the US while Palestinians are being eradicated with US weapons. mediaview.aljazeera.com/video/ZPGEMP...

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Balakrishnan Rajagopal @balaraj.bsky.social · 29/04/2025

Home demolitions for suspects or even convicts are illegal as Indian Supreme Court has ruled. Terrorism suspects must be prosecuted and punished according to the law, not subject to collective punishment in act of rogue justice. India must stop this. thewire.in/law/jammu-ka...

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Despite SC Ruling, J&K Authorities Demolish Homes of Pahalgam Suspects, Others, Without Notice

The families of at least two of the suspects said they had been displaced as a result of the action.

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Balakrishnan Rajagopal @balaraj.bsky.social · 28/04/2025

My letter to the Government of Italy on Italian government’s troublesome and willful disregard of its binding international legal obligations is now public below. Forced evictions in violation of interim measures by the CESCR is illegal. spcommreports.ohchr.org/TMResultsBase/…

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Balakrishnan Rajagopal @balaraj.bsky.social · 17/04/2025

I am honored to give this talk on academic freedom at the University of Chicago at this critical moment in the US and in so many other countries. humanrights.uchicago.edu/events/acade...

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Academic Freedom on the Brink: Reflections from a Human Rights Perspective

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Balakrishnan Rajagopal @balaraj.bsky.social · 13/04/2025

Glad to speak at the side event, “Rebuilding Gaza for Gazans” at the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, Strasbourg. Urged urgent intervention before the genocide in Gaza results in total extermination or expulsion.

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Balakrishnan Rajagopal @balaraj.bsky.social · 31/03/2025

Very concerning to see this colonial expansion of outposts and settlements into Syria and Lebanon like an ink blot spreading. Borders don’t mean anything anymore? www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

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Israel Digs In Beyond Its Northern Border

Israel has built a growing network of outposts and fortifications in Syria and Lebanon, deepening concerns about a protracted occupation in parts of the two countries.

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Balakrishnan Rajagopal @balaraj.bsky.social · 14/03/2025

An outlaw regime sending goons to abduct civilians for their speech in…..wait, in the land of the free?

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Balakrishnan Rajagopal @balaraj.bsky.social · 06/03/2025

The Federation of German Architects (BDA) officially endorses my call for recognizing mass destruction of housing as domicide. I encourage all professional arch/planning associations to do the same. Link to story and a Podcast. www.bda-nrw.de/2024/06/domi... www.bda-bund.de/2025/03/bda-...

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Bund Deutscher Architektinnen und Architekten BDA » Domizid als eigenständiges Verbrechen verankern – Stellungnahme des BDA

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Balakrishnan Rajagopal @balaraj.bsky.social · 04/03/2025

Happy to cohost and speak at the side event tomorrow at the UNHRC on migration and the right to housing! Please join virtually!

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Balakrishnan Rajagopal @balaraj.bsky.social · 02/03/2025

The genocide is intensifying in Gaza as US ships more weapons to Israel and Israel blocks basic humanitarian aid to Gaza in violation of the ceasefire agreement. Already it failed to allow tents and caravans resulting in deaths of small children. Sick! www.nbcnews.com/news/world/i...

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Israel halts all aid entry into Gaza as U.S. lifts partial arms embargo

Egypt, which helped broker January’s ceasefire deal, condemned Israel’s move, saying it is using “starvation as a weapon.”

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Balakrishnan Rajagopal @balaraj.bsky.social · 27/02/2025

I join this statement with fellow UN experts on the deteriorating human rights conditions within the US and the government’s attacks on international institutions and international law. This must be resolutely opposed by all. www.ohchr.org/en/press-rel...

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The new US administration must recommit to human rights at home and abroad: UN experts

GENEVA – UN human rights experts* today expressed concerns about the new US administration’s recent actions that undermine human rights and fundamental freedoms at both domestic and international leve...

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Balakrishnan Rajagopal @balaraj.bsky.social · 25/02/2025

More children in Gaza die due to hypothermia in the absence of shelter. Israel had agreed to allow adequate number of caravans and tents in the cease fire agreement. How long will this crime continue? www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/2/...

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Six children die of hypothermia amid freezing conditions in Gaza

The deaths come amid a harsh cold snap in Gaza and Israel’s blocking of shelter from entering the enclave.

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Balakrishnan Rajagopal @balaraj.bsky.social · 10/02/2025

Now available: my report, “Towards a just approach to the global housing crisis and migrants”, to be presented to the UNHRC in March 2025. Migrants are blamed unjustly for the housing crisis while they live often in terrible housing conditions. docs.un.org/A/HRC/58/50

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Balakrishnan Rajagopal @balaraj.bsky.social · 05/02/2025

“US will take over the Gaza Strip…we will own it”. Says Trump with Netanyahu on his side. That will be criminal. Restore Palestinian right to self determination. Gaza belongs to them. www.nytimes.com/live/2025/02... via @NYTimes

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Trump Says U.S. 'Will Take Over' Gaza and Palestinians Should Relocate: Live Updates (Gift Article)

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Balakrishnan Rajagopal @balaraj.bsky.social · 31/01/2025

Interview on Al Qahera news on current shelter crisis and rebuilding challenges in Gaza youtube.com/watch?v=W4od...

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