Third States are under an obligation to combat organised crime by ensuring that support, financial or otherwise, is not being lent to violent settler groups by private and public entities within their jurisdiction. A new report by Al-Haq, “Institutionalised Impunity: Israel’s Failure to Combat Settler Violence in the Occupied Palestinian Territory”, details how these duties, including the obligation to investigate, stem from the domestic laws and public policy of some States, set in accordance with international law.
Suspicion has been raised about financial and other support being lent to settler groups and settlements from associations and individuals in France, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom and the United States. In September 2011, for instance, the French Defense League, a private group in France, sent its members to conduct military trainings for Israeli settlers.
Press Release
http://www.alhaq.org/advocacy/topics/settlements-and-settler-violence/758-institutionalised-impunity-israels-failure-to-combat-settler-violence-in-the-occupied-palestinian-territory
Full Report - 25 pages
http://www.alhaq.org/publications/institutionalised-impunity.pdf
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