Lack of compliance with the duty to protect in the oPt As the Occupying Power, Israel is prohibited from forcibly displacing any Palestinians in occupied territory unless it is for the security of the population or for imperative military reasons in the context of ongoing hostilities. Notwithstanding this prohibition, Israel has established a system of oppression and forcible transfer aimed at transferring Palestinians from their homes in order to empty the land for further colonial expansion. The different policies of forcible transfer, many of which have been covered by this Series,32 have resulted in large numbers of Palestinians becoming internally displaced inside the oPt. As of the end of 2014 there were 334,600 Palestinians internally displaced within the oPt.33 2. Obligation to provide reparations for the wrongs committed Under the Law of State Responsibility, states are under an obligation not to commit an internationally wrongful act.34 Upon the commission of such an act, international responsibility is triggered, and the state concerned is thereby under an additional obligation to cease the act (if it is ongoing), offer assurances of non-repetition, and make full reparation for the injuries caused.35 The obligation to provide reparations for the wrongs committed is a basic rule of international law: in the Chorzów Factory case, the Permanent Court of International Justice stated that “it is a principle of international law, and even a general conception of the law, that any breach of an engagement involves an obligation to make reparation.”36 The wrongdoer state should wipe out, as far as possible, “all the consequences of the illegal act,” and reestablish “the situation which would, in all probability, have existed if that 32 For more information on Israel’s policies of forcible transfer on both sides of the Green Line, please see: http://www.badil.org/en/publication/research/working-papers.html 33 BADIL, Survey 2013-2015, supra note 6, 31, 33, 53-55. 34 International Law Commission, Draft Articles on Responsibility of States for Internationally Wrongful Acts, with commentaries, November 2001, Supplement No. 10 (A/56/10), chp.IV.E.1, available at: http://legal.un.org/ilc/texts/instruments/english/commentaries/9_6_2001.pdf [hereinafter, ILC, Draft Articles on Responsibility], art. 31. 35 Id., art. 28-31. 36 Factory At Chorzów (Germany v Poland), Merits Judgment, 1928 PCIJ Series A No 17, 13 September 1928, para. 102., available at: http://www.icj-cij.org/files/permanent-court-of-international-justice/ serie_A/A_09/28_Usine_de_Chorzow_Competence_Arret.pdf 19