Tuesday, 10 September 2024

Motions

Middle East conflict

Katherine COPSEY (Southern Metropolitan) (13:39): I move, by leave:

That this house:

(1) notes that:

(a) the special rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian territory occupied since 1967 reported to the 55th session of the United Nations Human Rights Council on 24 March 2024;

(b) the report is titled Anatomy of a Genocide and the first recommendation is that the special rapporteur recommends that member states ‘immediately implement an arms embargo on Israel, as it appears to have failed to comply with the binding measures ordered by the International Court of Justice on 26 January 2024, as well as other economic and political measures necessary to ensure an immediate and lasting ceasefire and to restore respect for international law, including sanctions’;

(2) does not support the state of Israel’s continued invasion of Gaza; and

(3) supports calls for an immediate and permanent ceasefire and calls on the Victorian government to advocate to the Australian government to end its support for the state of Israel’s invasion of Gaza.

Leave refused.