The United Nations experts, including the Special Rapporteur Francesca Albanese, demand that FIFA and the Union of European Football Associations ban Israel from international football as a crucial response to address the ongoing genocide in the occupied Palestinian territory. “The conclusion of the United Nations Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem and Israel, that Israel is committing genocide, is the latest in a growing number of international bodies affirming that genocide is being committed in the Occupied Palestinian Territory. The ICJ’s Interim Order of 26 January 2024 reminded every country of its legal obligations to act against genocide,” the experts said in a press release issued on September 23. The obligations to preven
UN experts call for ban on Israel from international football amid unfolding genocide in Palestine

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