#Right to health

MAP statement to UN Human Rights Council on the right to health

Read MAP's Oral Statement on the right to health in the occupied Palestinian territory, prepared for the UN Human Rights Council.

MAP-supported side events at the UN Human Rights Council (Tuesday 19 March)

MAP is supporting two side events at the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva on Tuesday 19 March. If you are attending the Council session, please come and join these two events on the right to health in the context of the 'Great March of Return' protests.

“When a Palestinian medical student graduates she is told she can’t legally work in medicine”

Alia*, a Palestinian refugee studying to become a doctor at a Lebanese university, spoke to MAP about the barriers to becoming a doctor in Lebanon.

UK opposes key accountability resolution at UN Human Rights Council

This week, MAP’s Advocacy and Campaigns Team were in Geneva while the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) discussed the human rights situation in the occupied Palestinian territory, under Agenda Item 7.

UN human rights expert finds Israel “in profound breach” of Palestinians’ right to health

The UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian Territory occupied since 1967, Prof Michael Lynk, has found Israel to be “in profound breach of the right to health with respect to the Occupied Palestinian Territory” in his latest report.

MAP delivers statement at the UN on right to health of Palestinians

This week Medical Aid for Palestinians' (MAP)'s Director of Advocacy and Campaigns, Neil Sammonds, delivered a statement on the right to health of Palestinians at the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva.

MAP at the UN: How states can support the Palestinian right to health

Next week, MAP will be in Geneva for the 37th regular session of the UN Human Rights Council as the Council discusses the human rights situation in the occupied Palestinian territory (oPt) under Agenda Item 7.

Join MAP’s side-event at the UN: Human Rights in the oPt

If you are attending the UN Human Rights Council session in Geneva this month, come along to Medical Aid for Palestinians’ (MAP) side-event!

UN Human Rights Council begins ahead of key Palestine votes

Read about the upcoming focus on the situation in the occupied Palestinian territory at the UN Human Rights Council's 37th session, which began this week.

From Gaza to Geneva: leaving Palestine for the first time to speak at the UN

In December, Haitham Al Saqqa, MAP’s Programme Assistant in Gaza, joined MAP colleagues in Geneva. Haitham describes his journey to from Gaza to the UN.

Aida Camp: ‘No escape’ from Israel’s indiscriminate use of tear gas

New research released this month raises serious concerns about the health effects of “unprecedented” exposure to tear gas in Palestinian communities in the occupied Palestinian territory.

From Gaza to Geneva: leaving Palestine for the first time to speak at the UN

Last week Haitham Al Saqqa, MAP’s Programme Assistant in Gaza, joined MAP colleagues in Geneva to brief states on the right to health of Palestinians and the rights of Palestinians with disabilities ahead of Israel’s Universal Period Review.