Human Rights Council to probe Israeli war crimes in occupied territories
Human Rights Council to probe Israeli war crimes in occupied territories
GENEVA, Thursday, May 27, 2021 (WAFA) – The United Nations Human Rights Council voted during a special session held today to address the grave human rights situation in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, to form an independent international commission of inquiry into the Israeli aggression in the occupied Palestinian territories.
Twenty-four countries voted in favor of the draft resolution, 14 abstained, while 9 countries - Uruguay, Britain, the Marshall Islands, Malawi, Germany, Austria, Bulgaria, Cameroon, and the Czech Republic -opposed it.
UN rights council mulls ‘systematic’ abuses probe after Gaza conflict
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GENEVA, May 27, 2021 (BSS/AFP) – The UN Human Rights Council will on Thursday discuss creating a broad, international investigation into violations surrounding the latest Gaza violence, but also of “systematic” abuses in the Palestinian territories and inside Israel.
The proposal before the United Nations’ top rights body calls for an unprecedented level of scrutiny on abuses and their “root causes” in the decades-long Middle East conflict.
The draft resolution presented by the Organization of Islamic Cooperation will be debated during a special one-day council session focused on the surge in deadly violence between Israelis and Palestinians this month.
The Human Rights Council this afternoon adopted a resolution on ensuring respect for international human rights law and international humanitarian law.
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