Israel rejected outright a United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) resolution creating a commission of inquiry in response to accusations of war crimes. It’s the first time the UNHRC created a permanent fact-finding commission against a UN member state.
The resolution was passed with 24 of the council s 47 members in favour
Pakistan on Friday welcomed the adoption of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation-led resolution by the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) in response to grave violations of international law and human rights by Israeli forces in Palestinian territories and within Israel.
On May 27, The UNHRC decided to create an open-ended international investigation into violations surrounding the latest bout of Israeli aggression against Gaza, and into systematic abuses by Israeli forces.
The resolution, which passed with 24 of the council s 47 members in favour, would spur an unprecedented level of scrutiny on abuses and their root causes in the decades-long Middle East conflict.
Pakistan welcomes UNHRC resolution on Israel’s human rights violations in Gaza
Pakistan
Spokesperson of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Zahid Hafeez Chaudhri. File photo
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan on Friday welcomed the adoption of the resolution by the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) in response to grave violations of international law and human rights by Israel. Pakistan stands in solidarity with the Palestinian people and shares the international community’s expectation for effective implementation of this resolution to ensure respect for international law as well as for rights and dignity of the people of Palestine, the Foreign Office said.
The FO further said that the UNHRC special session and its decision to establish a standing international commission of inquiry to investigate human rights violations represent global resolve to end systemic impunity and injustice and begin a process of meaningful accountability.
International Council of Jurists seeks White Paper from WHO on Covid-19 ANI | Updated: May 28, 2021 22:10 IST
Geneva [Switzerland], May 28 (ANI): The International Council of Jurists (ICJ) has urged the Director-General of the World Health Organisation (WHO) to release all scientific and medical information regarding Covid-19 in the light of reports that coronavirus had originated from a laboratory in Wuhan and not from the wet market in Wuhan, hitherto believed by all countries.
Dr Adish C Aggarwala, President of the International Council of Jurists, in a letter to the Director-General WHO, said there is a great sense of anguish and concern over the situation arising in various countries with the spread of the novel coronavirus, i.e. Covid-19. Various scientific, medical, and journalistic reports on the origin and spread of this dreaded virus from a laboratory lend credibility to such fears and concern.