UN rights commission approves probe into violations surrounding Gaza violence
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Thursday May 27, 2021
United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet is seen on a screen delivering her speech remotely at the opening of a UN Human Rights Council emergency meeting on occupied Palestinian territory and East Jerusalem in Geneva on May 27, 2021. AFP
An international investigation will be launched into violations surrounding the latest Gaza violence and the systematic abuses in Palestine and Israel after the UN Human Rights Council granted an approval on Thursday.
The resolution, which passed with 24 of the council s 47 members in favour, will spur an unprecedented level of scrutiny on abuses and their root causes in the decades-long Middle East conflict.
English News and Press Release on occupied Palestinian territory about Peacekeeping and Peacebuilding and Protection and Human Rights; published on 27 May 2021 by OHCHR
English News and Press Release on occupied Palestinian territory about Peacekeeping and Peacebuilding and Protection and Human Rights; published on 27 May 2021 by UN HRC