Experts Probing Israeli Civilian Killings
UN Human Rights Council Names Experts Probing Israeli Civilian Killings In Lebanon
The United Nations Human Rights Council today named three members of the High-Level Commission of Inquiry probing what the Geneva-based body termed “systematic targeting and killings of civilians by Israel” in Lebanon.
The three experts
are: Clemente Baena Soares of Brazil, a former
Secretary-General of the Organization of American States
(OAS), Mohamed Chande Othman, a judge on the Supreme Court
of Tanzania, and Stelios Perrakis of Greece, who is the
Director of the European Centre for Research and Training on
Human Rights and Humanitarian Action.
The High-Level Commission of Inquiry was established
in August by a resolution of the Council which mandated it
to investigate the systematic targeting and killings of
civilians by Israel, examine the types of weapons used by
Israel and their conformity with international law, and
assess the extent and deadly impact of Israeli attacks on
human life, property, critical infrastructure and
environment.
The resolution, which was
adopted by a vote of 27 in favour to 11 against with 8
abstentions, strongly condemned the “grave Israeli
violations of human rights and breaches of international
humanitarian law in Lebanon” and called on Israel “to
observe the principle of proportionality and refrain from
launching any attack that may be expected to cause
incidental loss of civilian life.
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