Tehran – The crime of forced evacuation, or the crime of forced expulsion of people from their homeland, is one of the most painful atrocities that humanity endured throughout history and continues to face today.
This crime not only isolates individuals from their hometowns and birthplaces, but also uproots everything that shapes their identity, leaves them in exile and in forced shelters.
By committing this crime, the occupying Israeli regime aims to change the demographic composition of the occupying territories and erase the historical identity of its inhabitants.
Its purpose is to cut off the victim’s national, race, ethnic and religious ties. This goal is pursued through organized policies, including forced population movement, systematic destruction of residential areas, spreading fear and fear, mass murder and violence to drive mass murder and use of violence from the land. It will be done.
Given the threat, this crime has been brought to humanity, and with the blatant violation of human dignity and the inevitable consequences of large-scale displacement and forced migration to neighboring countries, the international community has been exploited by the international law. We responded with extensive legal measures to combat it within the framework.
This is particularly emphasized in Article 49 of the Fourth Geneva Convention. This expressly prohibits forced transfers of individuals or groups, and expressly prohibits motives, motives of residents to other countries’ territory and expulsion to other countries’ territory. Justifications argued by the occupying regime.
The severity of this crime is so extreme it is recognized as one of the most serious crimes under international law.
This crime has been condemned by many treaties, resolutions and international documents because it blatantly violates human rights and fundamental freedoms.
The Roman law of the International Criminal Court in Articles 6 to 8 classifies this crime as a crime against genocide, war crime, or humanity, and that the state or occupying regime commits it without facing serious legal consequences. We guarantee that you will not take into consideration.
In this context, recent statements by the US President on the cleansing of Gaza clearly reflect actions consistent with crimes of genocide and crimes against humanity on a massive scale.
The devastating consequences of such actions not only threaten international peace and security, but also deeply destabilize both regional and global stability.
These statements come under the International Law Commission’s draft article on state liability when all states have an obligation to prevent war crimes, crimes against humanity, or genocide. This obligation is not merely a right, but a binding international obligation.
Taking Palestinians from living on their ancestral lands is part of the efforts of the US and Israeli regimes to erase the Palestinian identity. Since the inception of the occupation, there has been a repeated desire for ethnic cleansing on Palestinian territory.
The effort was in Gaza, where relentless military attacks, including destruction, bombing, terrorist tactics, blockade and hunger, called for Gaza to leave homes that have become uninhabitable for Gaza civilians. The Israeli regime’s massacre war intensified.
More than 47,000 people in Gaza, mostly civilians, women and children, were killed in these brutal attacks.
70% of Gaza’s critical infrastructure has been destroyed, and nearly 2 million people have been evacuated.
Despite the shocking level of destruction, there is no indication that Gaza’s resilient people are abandoning their lands. This undeniable truth reflects the unwavering resolve of the Palestinians to resist the profession and pursue the right to self-determination.
Since 1948, numerous Palestinians have lived in exile, forcibly taken from their homelands, and many remained in overcrowded refugee camps. These camps are evidence of the suffering of the Palestinian people, and have been refusing to their bitter fate for decades.
History shows that the crimes of ethnic cleansing only added their suffering and exile, taking them away from the opportunity to return to the lands of their ancestors.
Recent US plans are merely attempts to erase Palestinian identity. If not condemned crucially by the international community, it would be impossible for the Israeli regime to continue the massacre and illegal occupation, making the Palestinians unable to make the right to self-determination.
This is the point highlighted by the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in its advisory opinion on July 19, 2024, and will cooperate with all states in supporting Palestinian self-determination and ending Israeli occupation. It has been explicitly mandated.
The US plan to forcibly relocate Gaza’s population and control this territory is a blatant threat to the entire international legal system.
Its implementation is irreparable damage to the legitimacy and reliability of the international order and its institutions.
The Gaza Strip is recognized by the United Nations and the International Court of Justice as part of Palestinian territory, and occupation of the land by another state or regime constitutes an act of invasion.
The normalization of this discourse is not only deeply troubling, but also represents a blatant disregard for the fundamental principles of international law, including Article 2 (4) of the UN Charter. It must be met with a decisive response from the international community.
The only path for the international community is to rely on the ICJ’s advisory opinions and many UN resolutions inscribed in international law, where the rights that Palestinians can’t deny return to their ancestral lands are undeniable.
The international community must also force the Israeli regime to end its profession and hold it accountable for the widespread crimes these days. All states are obligated to pursue this goal. Any deviation from these objectives will support the nation’s ethnic cleansing and will be responsible for international responsibility.
Abbas-Ali Kadkhodaei is a professor of international law at the University of Tehran