Deportation from occupied territory ‘strictly prohibited’: UN on Gaza

A Palestinian woman pulls a trolley with water cans in Jabalia in the northern Gaza Strip, Feb. 4, 2025. (AFP/File)
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  • “The right to self-determination is a fundamental principle of international law and must be protected by all states,” Turk said

GENEVA: UN rights chief Volker Turk insisted Wednesday that deporting people from occupied territory was strictly prohibited, after US President Donald Trump’s shock proposal for the United States to take over Gaza and resettle its people.
“The right to self-determination is a fundamental principle of international law and must be protected by all states, as the International Court of Justice recently underlined afresh. Any forcible transfer in or deportation of people from occupied territory is strictly prohibited,” Turk said in a statement.