Summary
The UN convention, in force from 1976, whose definition of apartheid Chapter 14 of Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions applies to Israel (Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions: The Global Struggle for Palestinian Rights, PDF p.192-193).
Details
- Article 2 defines apartheid as “similar policies and practices of racial segregation and discrimination as practised in southern Africa” pursued with “the purpose of establishing and maintaining domination by one racial group of persons over any other racial group of persons and systematically oppressing them”, by means including segregation, expropriation of land, and denial of the rights to leave and return, to a nationality, and to freedom of movement and residence (PDF p.192-193).
- The text adds: “The similarity to South Africa is cited not as a condition but in recognition of its status as a historic precedent.” (PDF p.193)
- The chapter sets the convention’s definition beside the 2002 Rome Statute definition and the 2008 BNC strategic position paper, and enumerates four features of the crime as displayed by Israel, beginning with the Law of Return and the Citizenship Law (1952) (PDF p.193-195).
Related pages
Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions: The Global Struggle for Palestinian Rights, Apartheid, Law of Return, Citizenship Law (1952), BDS National Committee