Author: Elisenda Calvet Martínez, Profesora de Derecho Internacional Público, Universitat de Barcelona

On September 16, 2025, the UN Independent Commission of Inquiry (COI) on the occupied Palestinian territory including East Jerusalem and Israel issued its third report on the situation in Gaza since October 7, 2023. For the first time, the COI has recognised that genocide has been committed, and continues to be committed, against Palestinians in […]

As the humanitarian crisis in Gaza deepens, calls for the EU to take action against Israel have become all but impossible to ignore. In June 2025, Spain, Ireland and Slovenia called for the suspension of the EU-Israel Association Agreement. Sweden has also asked the European Council to adopt sanctions “against Israeli ministers who promote illegal […]