This statement, delivered under a speaking slot of the Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies (CIHRS) and supported by more than 90 local and internagion NGOs, was delivered during the interactive Dialogue (ID) with the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian territories occupied since 1967 at the 49th session of the Human Rights Council. It welcomes the Special Raporteur’s historic report, which concludes that Israeli authorities are committing the crime of apartheid. It calls for the adoption of effective measures, including sanctions, to end Israeli apartheid.