Switzerland, on June 18, 2024. United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Turk on Tuesday reiterated his shock at the disregard for international human rights and humanitarian law by all parties involved in the Gaza conflict. (Xinhua/Lian Yi) ...
The Closure of the West Bank and Gaza Strip: Human Rights Violations Against Residents of the Occupied TerritoriesDuring the month of March 1993, 15 Israelis were killed by Palestinian residents of the occupiedterritories, 10 in the territories and 5 within the Green Line.1 During this same ...
"It is essential that there be independent, thorough and transparent investigations of all of these incidents, and full accountability for all violations of international humanitarian and human rights law which have taken place," said UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Turk. A man injured ...
"If such lawyers approve actions that amount to massive human rights violations and war crimes, they may bear accomplice liability for those acts," the experts warned. Show More Oct 24, 2023, 2:30 AM CST 20 aid trucks cross into Gaza: UN Twenty aid trucks crossed from Egypt to Gaza thro...
State Department decides against penalizing IDF unit accused of human rights violations The State Department has ended its investigation into allegations of human rights abuses committed by an Israel Defense Forces unit known as the "Netzah Yehuda" battalion and decided against withholding U.S....
Canadians call on the Government and federal political parties to condemn violations of international law in Gaza Please email azeezah.kanji@utoronto.ca with name, position, and affiliation to sign the letter. The letter will remain open for signing as l
“What we are witnessing is the gross violation of human rights in Gaza, and that is being done with U.S. military assistance,” Ocasio-Cortez said. “I don’t think that the American people want to see our public resources going to finance gross human rights violations.” The progressive...
left the synagogue in which I had grown up in the wake of his increased outspokenness about human rights violations in Palestine that were being committed in our names as Jews. My questioning came at a moment in US history when objection to the occupation of Palestine in the Jewish community...
"We remind all the parties involved that attacks against civilians or UN personnel are violations of international law that may amount to war crimes," it said. By Sarah Lynch Baldwin 1:19 PM / October 15, 2023 U.S. evacuation flights to continue Monday, Tuesday on "rolling basis" ...
"About one in every 20 children, women and men, are now dead or wounded," UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Turk said Thursday, referring to the bloodshed in Gaza as "carnage." "The war in Gaza must end. Clear violations of international human rights and humanitarian laws, incl...