UN Rights Chief Wants Next Israeli Govt to ‘Change Course Massively’
- UN human rights chief Volker Turk urged Israel’s next government to “change course massively” and respect international, humanitarian, and human rights law.
- Turk criticized sanctions against UN Special Rapporteur Francesca Albanese and the International Criminal Court, calling them “not acceptable” and inconsistent with international law.
- Turk said Israel’s military occupation in Hebron raised serious concerns about “ethnic cleansing” and warned that collective punishment violates international law.
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The United Nations has called on Israel’s next government to fundamentally change its course and not continue its current military policy in the belief that it is above international law. The appeal was made by UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk a day after Israel’s parliamentary elections. “The message is: do not continue on the current military course, where you believe you are above international law. I think that is exactly wh…
UN rights chief wants next Israeli govt to ‘change course massively’
UN rights chief Volker Turk has raised serious concerns about ‘ethnic cleansing’ by Israel in the West Bank and Gaza. (EPA Images pic)UNITED NATIONS: UN rights chief Volker Turk said Wednesday he hopes a new Israeli government will "change course massively" and respect international law, as the country's political future hung in the balance after hard-fought elections."The message is: don't continue the current course of warfare where you think …
The High Commissioner argued that the UN should continue to "monitor, document and report" what is happening in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank, as well as in Lebanon, Syria and elsewhere.
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SapoUN High Commissioner for Human Rights wants the organization to monitor and document the reality of the Gaza Strip, including Hamas' actions
The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Türk, urged the future Israeli government on Wednesday, October 28, to push for a profound change in its policy towards the Gaza Strip and to abandon actions that, in his view, violate international norms governing armed conflicts. [...] The UN entry demands that Israel change the course of the war in Gaza was first published in The Journalist.
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