[...] but may include threat of force or coercion, such as that caused
by fear of violence, duress, detention, psychological oppression or
abuse of power against such person or persons or another person, or
by taking advantage of a coercive environment.101
As such, Israel is turning family unification into a tool for forced population
transfer, and all Palestinian victims of this practice (a group comprising of
individuals still present in the occupied Palestinian territory, citizens of
Israel and exiled refugees) hold a legal entitlement to reparation, i.e. return,
housing and property restitution, compensation, satisfaction (guarantees of
non-repetition, prosecution) and rehabilitation.102
101 International Criminal Court, ‘Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court: Elements of Crimes’
(International Criminal Court, 2011), Article 6(e) <http://www.icc-cpi.int/nr/rdonlyres/336923d8a6ad-40ec-ad7b-45bf9de73d56/0/elementsofcrimeseng.pdf>.
102 United Nations, Basic Principles and Guidelines on the Right to a Remedy and Reparation for Victims of
Gross Violations of International Human Rights Law and Serious Violations of International Humanitarian
Law, 2005, http://www.ohchr.org/EN/ProfessionalInterest/Pages/RemedyAndReparation.aspx.
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