During a meeting in Geneva with Peter Maurer, president of the International Committee of the Red Cross, Al Maliki detailed the recent attacks in Tel Aviv and called on that body to take an interest in the thousands of Palestinian prisoners held in Israeli prisons.
The official Wafa news agency specified that the dialogue took place on the sidelines of the 49th regular session of the Human Rights Council, which is taking place in that Swiss city.
The Foreign Minister condemned the continuing infractions of the occupying power, which include arbitrary arrests and a colonization strategy.
Al Maliki spoke in a similar vein during a meeting with Guy Ryder, director general of the International Labor Organization.
The official urged that body to collaborate to put an end to the violations to which Palestinian workers are exposed daily, to which he called for the application of international labor conventions.
The head of Palestinian diplomacy also spoke with the secretary general of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (Unctad), Rebecca Greenspan.
Al Maliki acknowledged Unctad’s efforts to document the economic costs of the occupation.
During his stay in Geneva, the minister met separately with his counterparts from Timor Leste, Adeliza Albertina Javier Magno; from Argentina, Santiago Cafiero, and from Luxembourg, Jean Asselborn.
In his speech two days ago before the Council, the Palestinian foreign minister criticized the double standards prevailing in the world by denouncing the manipulation of human rights and international norms, as evidenced by the policies towards Israel.
The reality of millions of victims of egregious human rights violations continues to deteriorate, they are denied justice, while the culture of impunity is increasingly entrenched, he said.
In this regard, he lamented that “accountability is vociferously sought when it is politically convenient and it is fought against with such fervor when the guilty party is politically favored.”
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