UN Rights council adopts Gaza report

The UN human rights council has endorsed the Goldstone report on Israel's war on Gaza that killed at least 1400 Palestinians and 13 Israelis.  The report accuses the Israeli Armed Forces (IAF) of using disproportionate force.  It charges of war crimes on both the Israeli occupation forces and Hamas.

The council's resolution adopting the report was passed in Geneva by 25 votes to six with 11 countries abstaining and five declining to vote.

The inquiry, lead by South African Justice Richard Goldstone, calls on Ban Ki-moon, the UN secretary-general, to monitor whether Israel and Hamas conduct credible investigations into the conflict.

Should the two sides fail to do this, it calls on the UN Security Council to refer the allegations to the International Criminal Court. The Newsy video on Richard Goldstone follows:



source: http://english.aljazeera.net/news/europe/2009/10/2009101610455533672.html


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