Apartheid Convention
Apartheid is a crime against humanity. There are 6 inhuman acts that can constitute Apartheid. The purpose of these acts must be the domination and systematic oppression of one racial group over another. Read the following summary of the Apartheid Convention, and discuss: Do you think the Israeli government is imposing an Apartheid regime in Israel/Palestine?
(a) Denial of Life and Liberty through acts like murder, torture, arbitrary arrest, and other forms of bodily or mental harm
(b) Imposing conditions calculated to cause the Physical Destruction of the group, in whole or in part
(c) Legislation Denying Basic Rights to the group, such as the right to work, movement, expression, education, and a nationality
(d) Legislation Dividing people by Race through things like placement of the group in reserves or ghettos, prohibition on mixed marriages, and expropriation of the group’s property
(e) Forced Labor of the group, and
(f) Persecution of people and organizations who Oppose the Apartheid.