US EditionUN Rights Experts Call US Strikes on Vessels Potential War Crimes
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UN rights experts call US strikes on vessels potential war crimes
UN human rights experts raised concerns on Tuesday over “repeated and systematic lethal attacks” directed by the US against vessels in the “Caribbean and Eastern Pacific,” which could constitute war crimes under international maritime law. Three UN experts stated that the attacks “appear to be unlawful killings,” which lack “judicial or legal process allowing due process of law.” Allegedly, no efforts were made to “apprehend the individuals or p…
According to the UN, these attacks were not “perpetrated within the framework of national self-defence, an international or non-international armed conflict, or against people who posed an imminent threat to life.”
Venezuela's Foreign Minister, Yván Gil, said today that once again United Nations experts urged the United States Government to put an end to the bombing of small boats in the Caribbean Sea and the Eastern Pacific.
Three experts from the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights of the United Nations (UN) warned on Tuesday, November 4, about “the serious concerns” that generate “the lethal, repeated and systematic attacks” of the United States army in the Caribbean Sea and East Pacific. Experts said that the attacks, very close and linked to Venezuela, could represent the “possible commission of international crimes.” They pointed out that the attac…
Repeated and systematic attacks by the United States Army (US) against ships in the Caribbean and the Eastern Pacific, "speak serious concerns about the commission of possible international crimes", warned experts of the United Nations (UN), through a statement published on the website of the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights.
The White House confirmed that the U.S. Secretary of State will present details of military actions in international waters, amid democratic criticisms and regional tensions. U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio will report Wednesday to legislators at the Capitol on recent operations in the Caribbean and the Pacific, as confirmed by the White House. The actions, led by the U.S. Department of War and Southern Command, have included attacks on vess…
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