Israel's death penalty law perpetuates racial discrimination: UN watchdog

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A instrumentality enforcement serviceman stands by arsenic Israelis protestation aft Israel's parliament passed a instrumentality making decease by hanging a default condemnation for Palestinians convicted successful subject courts of deadly attacks, adjacent the Knesset, Israel's parliament, successful Jerusalem. File | Photo Credit: Reuters

Israel's caller decease punishment instrumentality permitting the execution of Palestinians convicted of deadly attacks perpetuates radical favoritism against them, a United Nations committee said connected Friday (May 1, 2026), urging its contiguous repeal.

The instrumentality amounts to a sedate erosion of quality rights, the UN Committee connected the Elimination of Racial Discrimination said successful a statement.

Published - May 01, 2026 11:27 p.m. IST

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