whilst Palestinians living under occupation are protected by international humanitarian law, prohibiting forcible population transfer. International human rights law protects the rights of all persons (including Palestinian citizens of Israel) and includes the rights to adequate housing, property rights, a decent standard of living and non-discrimination which have direct or indirect implications for the issue of preventing displacement. According to Principle Six of the Guiding Principles on Internal Displacement – the framework which identifies those rules of international law applicable to internally displaced persons – every human being has the right to protection against arbitrary displacement from their home. Yet, Israel continues to violate the rights of Palestinians, leaving them without protection or access to effective remedy.146 Specifically, Israel’s residency policies towards its Palestinian citizenry constitute or contribute to the following violations of international law: • Forced population transfer147 of Palestinian citizens is a violation of the ICESCR148 and the ICERD.149 • The systematic infringement of civil, political, social, economic and cultural rights (such as equality and citizenship, family and property rights) is a violation of the ICESCR, ICERD and the CRC.150 • The institutionalized racial discrimination, segregation and apartheid practiced by Israel are in violation of the ICERD, Article 3 and the ICESCR. 151 Palestinian citizens of Israel can be described as stateless citizens, and in this regard any questioning or challenging of the multifaceted racism and exclusion faced by Palestinian citizens of Israel must include a genuine questioning of the Israeli regime, and in particular, its principles and practices regarding Jewish domination through Jewish nationality.152 146 Adalah, “Position Paper – From Al-Araqib to Susiya: The Forced Displacement of Palestinians on Both Sides of the Green Line” (Adalah – The Legal Center for Arab Minority Rights in Israel, April 2013). 147 Also see: Crimes against humanity and war crimes under the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court. 148 United Nations, International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights. 149 United Nations, International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination, 1965, http://www.ohchr.org/EN/ProfessionalInterest/Pages/CERD.aspx. 150 United Nations, Convention on the Rights of the Child, 1989, http://www.ohchr.org/en/ professionalinterest/pages/crc.aspx. 151 United Nations, Convention on the Suppression and Punishment of the Crime of Apartheid, 1973, http://legal.un.org/avl/ha/cspca/cspca.html. 152 Shourideh C. Molavi, Stateless Citizenship; the Palestinian-Arab Citizens of Israel (BRILL, 2013). 55