A group of 78 rights organizations on Friday issued a joint statement condemning US sanctions on three Palestinian human rights organizations, raising concern over implications in the enforcement of international law.

Signed by major rights groups including Human Rights Watch (HRW), Amnesty International and the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), the statement said that the sanctions on Al-Haq, Al-Mezan and the Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR) “undermine the abilities of civil society actors to pursue accountability under international law.”

According to the statement, the sanctions threatens “civil society infrastructure in Gaza,” preventing the proper documentation of human rights abuses and the operation of fact-finding missions. This, in turn, undermines attempts at a

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