US EditionHundreds of UN staff pressure rights chief to call Gaza a genocide: Reuters
Over 500 United Nations staff urge classification of Israeli war on Gaza as genocide, citing documented killings and enforced disappearances, while Israel denies allegations.
- On Wednesday, around 500 United Nations staff members urged Volker Turk, U.N. human rights chief, to explicitly describe the Gaza conflict as an unfolding genocide, citing legal criteria met.
- Citing the scale of violations, the staff note Gaza's nearly two-year war meets legal genocide criteria, with the Gaza Health Ministry reporting almost 63,000 deaths and referencing the 1994 Rwanda genocide's U.N. moral failure.
- Seven independent experts reported enforced disappearances, including one child, near aid sites in Rafah, while the UN documented 1,857 Palestinians killed seeking aid since late May near Gaza Humanitarian Foundation sites.
- Acknowledging internal strain, Volker Turk, U.N. human rights chief, urged staff unity, saying `I know we all share a feeling of moral indignation at the horrors we are witnessing, as well as frustration in the face of the international community’s inability to bring this situation to an end`.
- South Africa's ICJ case means the genocide claim against Israel is unresolved, while Israel rejects accusations citing self-defence after the October 7, 2023 Hamas attack and plans Gaza City operations.
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United Nations staff urge its rights chief to label Gaza conflict a genocide or risk undermining UN credibility
Hundreds of United Nations staff at the Office of the UN’s High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) Volker Turk have asked him to explicitly describe the Gaza war as an unfolding genocide.
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Hundreds of UN Staff Urge Rights Chief to Label Gaza a Genocide
Background The Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), created in 1993 to protect human rights globally, has seen its current head, Austrian lawyer Volker Turk, repeatedly condemn Israel’s actions in Gaza, while being careful to not use the word “genocide”. The term “genocide” carries severe legal and political implications, as the action […] The post Hundreds of UN Staff Urge Rights Chief to Label Gaza a Genocide appeared firs…
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