international-humanitarian-law

Committee of Independent Experts on Gaza War

by Stephen Lendman September 25, 2010

By Stephen Lendman* | Sabbah Report | www.sabbah.biz On September 21, the UN Human Rights Council’s independent fact finding Committee issued its report titled, “No Safe Place,” (Read report here) assessing “investigat(ions) and report(s) on violations of human rights law and international humanitarian law during” Operation Cast Lead. Its members included: Professor John Dugard, Chairman, [...]

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Guilty As Charged: UN Report on Gaza Flotilla Massacre

by Stephen Lendman September 25, 2010

By Stephen Lendman* | Sabbah Report | www.sabbah.biz On September 22, Reuters headlined the news, saying: “UN Experts Condemn Israel Attack on Gaza Flotilla” It explained that the UN Human Rights Council’s (HRC) “panel of international experts” concluded what was obvious on day one – that Israel’s international water attack “was unlawful and resulted in [...]

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Russell Tribunal: Holding the International Community to Account

by SR Editor March 6, 2010

By Frank Barat* | Sabbah Report | www.sabbah.biz Today, the first session of the Russell Tribunal on Palestine (RTP) will be held in Barcelona. The RTP is a peoples’ tribunal focusing not on Israel’s obligations under international humanitarian law (IHL) such as the Fourth Geneva Convention, but on the obligations of the international community of [...]

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Updated: More minors used as human shields by IOF

by Haitham Sabbah March 9, 2007

Why I say ‘more’? Basically because this is nothing new. Following the ‘Hot Winter‘ operation on Nablus, the Israeli occupation forces is facing new allegations about the use of Human Shields in it’s illegal operations. Started with AP filming the IOF soldiers using locals as human shield during offensive on Nablus, more reports were published [...]

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