GICJ DIGEST

Issue 1 of the GICJ Monthly Digest examines humanitarian access in Gaza amid ongoing hostilities and restrictions on aid delivery. Drawing on UN reporting and GICJ monitoring at HRC61, the issue explores the gap between international humanitarian law obligations and their enforcement in practice.

During the 61st session of the Human Rights Council, GICJ monitored a series of discussions concerning the humanitarian situation in the Occupied Palestinian Territory through reports including The Concerning Expansion of Illegal Israeli Settlements, Beyond Condemnation: Accountability and Action in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, and Trapped in an Ever-Shrinking Gaza. Across these discussions, recurring concerns included restrictions on humanitarian access, destruction of civilian infrastructure, food insecurity, displacement, and the continuing gap between international legal obligations and their enforcement in practice. Together, the reports reflected a broader concern central to this issue of the Digest: while humanitarian suffering in Gaza continues to be extensively documented by states, UN bodies, and civil society organizations, effective implementation and enforcement of obligations relating to humanitarian access and civilian protection remain severely constrained in practice.

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