The UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) has lashed out at Israel for failing to probe the alleged war crimes committed by Israeli forces during its offensive against the Gaza Strip. The committee of independent experts appointed by the UNHRC to investigate the war on Gaza on September 21 said that Israel’s investigations into allegations of law and human rights violations has been inadequate. The mission was set up after a UN-mandated report by South African judge Richard Goldstone accused Israel of having committed war crimes during the December 2008-January 2009 conflict. Israel neither investigated the role of its leaders, nor claims of violations which occurred in the occupied West Bank during the same period. The report by the committee underlined that the Goldstone mission contained “serious allegations that officials at the highest levels were complicit in violations” of international humanitarian and human rights laws. Chairman of the UN committee of independent experts Christian Tomuschat issued a statement saying that “Israel has not met its duty to investigate this charge.”
UN COMMITTEE SLAMS ISRAEL ON GAZA WAR
The UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) has lashed out at Israel for failing to probe the alleged war crimes committed by Israeli forces during its offensive against the Gaza Strip. The committee of independent experts appointed by the UNHRC
