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PALESTINE / ISRAEL
CASE No. PAL/02 - MARWAN BARGHOUTI

Resolution adopted by consensus by the IPU Governing Council at its 179th session
(Geneva, 18 October 2006)


The Governing Council of the Inter-Parliamentary Union,

Referring to the case of Mr. Marwan Barghouti, an incumbent member of the Palestinian Legislative Council, as outlined in the report of the Committee on the Human Rights of Parliamentarians (CL/179/11(a)-R.1), and to the resolution adopted at its 178th session (May 2006),

Recalling that Mr. Marwan Barghouti was sentenced on 6 June 2004 by the Tel Aviv District Court, whose jurisdiction he did not recognize, to five life sentences and two 20-year prison terms, which he is currently serving in an Israeli prison, and referring to the expert report on Mr. Barghouti's trial by Mr. Simon Foreman, which it considered at its 174th session (April 2004),

  1. Notes that Mr. Barghouti's situation has remained unchanged, and therefore reaffirms, in the light of the compelling legal arguments put forward in Mr. Foreman's report, on which the Israeli authorities have not provided observations, that Mr. Barghouti's trial did not meet the fair trial standards which Israel, as a party to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, is bound to respect;

  2. Reaffirms further, in the light of the expert report, that Mr. Barghouti's transfer to Israel was in breach of the Fourth Geneva Convention and the Oslo Accords, and consequently urges the Israeli authorities to transfer Mr. Barghouti without delay to the custody of the Palestinian authorities;

  3. Reiterates its wish for a Committee member to pay a private visit to Mr. Barghouti, and requests the Secretary General to continue to raise this matter with the Israeli authorities;

  4. Requests the Committee to continue examining this case and report to it at its next session, to be held on the occasion of the 116th Assembly (April-May 2007).
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