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Date: September 09, 2024 at 19:12:53
From: akira, [DNS_Address]
Subject: UN Rights Chief: Hold Israel Accountable |
URL: https://consortiumnews.com/2024/09/09/un-rights-chief-hold-israel-accountable/ |
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COMMENTARY, HUMAN RIGHTS, ISRAEL, PALESTINE, RUSSIA, U.S.,
UKRAINE, UNITED NATIONS
UN Rights Chief: Hold Israel Accountable
September 9, 2024
Volker Türk on Monday called on countries to hold Tel Aviv accountable for
violating international law in its war on Gaza and escalating violence in the
illegally occupied West Bank.
U.N. Human Rights Council room in Geneva. (U.N/ Photo/Jean Marc Ferré)
By Olivia Rosane
Other countries must hold Israel accountable for violating international law in its
war on Gaza, and its escalating violence in the illegally occupied West Bank,
United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk said Monday.
Türk’s remarks came as he opened the 57th session of the U.N. Human Rights
Council in Geneva with a wide-ranging warning about the rise of international
violence and human rights violations worldwide.
Ending Israel’s war on Gaza and “averting a full-blown regional conflict is an
absolute and urgent priority,” Türk said.
“States must not — cannot — accept blatant disregard for international law,
including binding decisions of the (U.N.) Security Council and orders of the
International Court of Justice, neither in this nor any other situation,” he said.
In particular, Türk referenced the International Court of Justice’s advisory ruling
in July that Israel’s occupation of Gaza, the West Bank, and East Jerusalem is
illegal. The ICJ also called on Israel to evacuate its settlers from the West Bank
and on other nations not to recognize Israel’s occupation as legal or to render
any aid to Israel that maintained the status quo.
Türk on Monday called for the situation to be “comprehensively addressed.”
He said Israel’s war on Gaza had forced 1.9 million people to flee their homes
since Oct. 7, 2023, many more than once, as Hurriyet Daily News reported. The
war has killed more than 40,000 Palestinians in Gaza, according to official
figures, though experts say the true death toll is likely much higher.
Türk added that “deadly and destructive” operations in the West Bank, such as
a 10-day period of raids that concluded Friday, are at a scale “not witnessed in
the last two decades” and are “worsening a calamitous situation.”
He also spoke out for the rights of the likely more than 10,000 Palestinians held
in Israeli prisons and the 101 hostages still held in Gaza.
Beyond Israel and Palestine, Türk also highlighted ongoing conflicts in Sudan
and between Russia and Ukraine, noting that the international community
seemed to accept the “crossing of innumerable red lines, or readiness to toe
right up to them.”
“We are at a fork in the road,” the human rights chief advised. “We can either
continue on our current path — a treacherous ‘new normal ‘ — and sleepwalk
into a dystopian future, or we can wake up and turn things around for the better,
for humanity, and the planet.”
In a record election year, Türk argued that committing to the protection of
human rights was especially important.
“I urge voters to ask themselves which of the political platforms or candidates
will work for the human rights of everyone,” he said.
In particular, he encouraged voters to “be wary of the shrill voices, the
‘strongman’ types that throw glitter in our eyes, offering illusory solutions that
deny reality.”
“Know that when one group is singled out as a scapegoat for society’s ills, one
day your own might be next,” he said.
Olivia Rosane is a staff writer for Common Dreams.
This article is from Common Dreams.
Views expressed in this article and may or may not reflect those of Consortium
News.
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Date: September 09, 2024 at 19:26:27
From: akira, [DNS_Address]
Subject: why won't the US conduct an independent investigation? |
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instead of leaving it up to the guilty party?
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Date: September 10, 2024 at 11:33:22
From: ao, [DNS_Address]
Subject: Re: why won't the US conduct an independent investigation? |
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Has the fat lady sung her tune yet? No? So, why not give ‘em a chance to
do their thing?
And, besides, what I wonder is why don’t you, akira, get off the couch
and do something about it yourself? Why don’t you conduct an
investigation? Why aren’t you in Gaza and the West Bank putting your life
on the line to make your statement of support? Seriously, don’t you find
all your whining to be a bit hypocritical when others are carrying your
water for you?
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Date: September 09, 2024 at 19:49:07
From: ryan, [DNS_Address]
Subject: Re: why won't the US conduct an independent investigation? |
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maybe they will...you are quick to shoot yourself...
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Date: September 10, 2024 at 14:14:28
From: akira, [DNS_Address]
Subject: Re: why won't the US conduct an independent investigation? |
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