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It also violates Fourth Geneva's Article 49 stipulating that the "Occupying Power shall not deport or transfer parts of its own civilian population into the territory it occupies" nor forcibly remove its lawful residents. The Rome Statute calls this a war crime.
Thus far, four Sheikh Jarrah families (with its 100 residents) have been forcibly uprooted and evicted. The fate of 24 others (with hundreds more) hangs in the balance, besides thousands already displaced and the entire East Jerusalem Palestinian population targeted for removal - involuntarily, forcibly and illegally. The International Criminal Court calls forced displacement a war crime and a crime against humanity when part of a widespread and systematic attack on a civilian population.
Numerous other international laws respect the right to property and protection against confiscation, destruction, and forced evictions, including the:
-- Universal Declaration of Human Rights;
-- International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights;
-- International Covenant on Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights;
-- Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Racial Discrimination;
-- Convention on the elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women; and
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