ISESCO: For Immediate Release: Conference on Israeli war crimes to be held in Rabat with the objective of bringing Israeli war criminals before the ICC

On Saturday and Sunday in Rabat: International Conference on “Israel: War Crimes and Genocide” under the Aegis of ISESCO

Rabat: 11/2/2009 A Conference on “Israel: War Crimes and Genocide” will be held by the Islamic Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (ISESCO), in cooperation with Palestinian, regional and international human rights organizations, on 14-15 February 2009, at ISESCO headquarters in Rabat. This event will bring together Palestinian, regional and international NGOs, and a host of international lawyers, international law experts and eyewitnesses to Israel’s recent crimes against humanity in Gaza. The Conference is aimed at conducting legal studies and research on the war crimes and crimes against humanity being perpetrated by Israel against the Palestinian civilians; collecting evidence to support human rights reports in this connection; and considering possible ways to benefit from the international human rights movement calling for the trial of the Israeli political and military leaders for their crimes in Gaza. The Conference will seek also to coordinate the efforts of the different international human rights actors and organizations, in a bid to prepare elaborate legal documentation and evidence on Israel’s crimes against humanity and war crimes, in such a way as to convict the perpetrators and sue them at the European national courts having universal criminal jurisdiction. Among other objectives of the Conference is to consider available means and possible actions likely to help bring the perpetrators before the International Criminal Court (ICC), and to invite its Prosecutor together with the UN General Assembly to assume their responsibilities in this regard. Several themes are on the Conference’s agenda. These include reviewing the international legislation and the UN resolutions confirming the right of the Palestinian people to independence and to establish its independent State; documenting Israel’s repetitive breach of those laws and resolutions, presenting firsthand testimonies on the Israeli crimes in Gaza to be provided by Palestinian human rights activists in Gaza, and European and Arab doctors who went there during the war and who has keep samples of infected human tissue of the Palestinians injured. The participants will also review the efforts being made by the regional and international human rights organizations to document the Israeli war crimes against the Palestinian civilians and educational, cultural and academic institutions, in such away as to provide enough evidence to bring the Israeli political and military officials to international justice and try them at the ICC and the national courts in the European countries. The Conference will be opened by ISESCO Director General, Dr Abdulaziz Othman Altwaijri, who will deliver an address on this occasion in which he will highlight the importance of the Conference to be held as part of ISESCO’s fields of competence as the Palestinian cause lies at the heart of joint Islamic action.

Islamic Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (ISESCO) to convene international conference on Israeli war crimes in Rabat Feb. 14 & 15

International Conference at Rabat on Israel’s Crimes in Gaza Strip   Feb 12, 2009

Rabat, (SANA) – An international conference on the war crimes and genocide committed by Israel during its aggression on Gaza Strip will be held on the 14th and 15th of February at the headquarters of the Islamic Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (ISESCO) at the Moroccan city of Rabat. According to a statement published on the ISESCO website, the conference which is organized in cooperation with Palestinian, regional and international juristic organizations aims to prepare studies on the Isreaeli war crimes, genocide and crimes against humanity committed against Palestinian civilians. The conference will also seek to gather evidence to support reports in that regard and discuss means for utilizing international movements calling for putting Israel’s leaders on trial for their crimes in Gaza. The conference will discuss several issues including international laws and UN resolutions that affirm the Palestinian people’s right to liberate their land and establish an independent state, in addition to documenting Israeli violations of these laws and resolutions. H. Sabbagh / Ghossoun

Islamic Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (ISESCO) message to President Obama

In a letter to president Obama, the Director General of ISESCO says: Islamic world appreciates your keenness to reach out to it based on mutual respect

Rabat: 23/1/2009 In his congratulatory letter to the American president Mr Barak Obama, Dr Abdulaziz Othman Altwaijri, the Director General of the Islamic Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (ISESCO) stated that “the Islamic world appreciates your keenness to reach out to it based on mutual interest and mutual respect, subscribes to this highly commendable gesture and will contribute all [its] potentials and expertise to set it into motion.” Dr Abdulaziz Othman Altwaijri also stated in his letter: “We at the Islamic Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (ISESCO), which includes fifty States of the Islamic world and has fruitful cooperation relationships with tens of international and regional organizations and bodies, greet your investiture with great optimism and wish you every success in your lofty missions in addressing acute problems and tough challenges that befall today’s world. These include wars, aggression on peoples’ rights and dignity, economic recession, poverty and other scourges that require concerted, continuous global action to find a remedy thereto.” The Director General of ISESCO concluded his letter by saying: “I hereby confirm to Your Excellency that ISESCO, within its competence and through its network of special relations with its Member States as well as with international and regional organizations, is keen to pursue its efforts to translate this constructive move into concrete action.” For the record, ISESCO has a large network of cooperation with 175 organizations, international and regional. These include the United Nations, UNESCO, WHO, WIPO, UNHCR, International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), UNDP, UNFPA, UNICEF, UNEP, UNHCHR, High-Level Delegation of the Alliance of Civilizations, International Education Union, International Organization for Migration (IOM), International Organization of the Francophonie, Islamic Development Bank (IDB), and others. As well as spreading the culture of peace, mutual understanding and coexistence among peoples, ISESCO has as a mission to foster dialogue of cultures and the alliance of civilizations, and promote education on human rights and cultural diversity.