Ex-UN rights boss to head probe into Israel, Hamas alleged crimes
07/22/2021 19:41
GENEVA (Reuters) -Former United Nations human rights chief Navi Pillay will head an international commission of inquiry into alleged crimes committed during the latest conflict between Israel and the Islamist group Hamas in Gaza, the U.N. s Human Rights Council said in a statement on Thursday.
The council agreed in late May to open the investigation with a broad mandate to cover allegations not just in Gaza and the Israeli-occupied West Bank, but also in Israel during hostilities that were halted by a May 21 ceasefire.
At least 250 Palestinians and 13 people in Israel were killed in the fierce fighting, which saw Gaza militants fire rockets towards Israeli cities and Israel carry out air strikes across the coastal enclave.
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GENEVA (Reuters): Former United Nations human rights chief Navi Pillay will head an international commission of inquiry into alleged crimes committed during the latest conflict between Israel and the Islamist group Hamas in Gaza, the UN s Human Rights Council said in a statement on Thursday (July 22).
The council agreed in late May to open the investigation with a broad mandate to cover allegations not just in Gaza and the Israeli-occupied West Bank, but also in Israel during hostilities that were halted by a May 21 ceasefire.
Navi Pillay investigará posibles abusos de guerra en Israel y Gaza
La ex alta comisionada para los Derechos Humanos liderará el equipo que buscará determinar si hubo delitos y quiénes fueron sus responsables.
Navi Pillay.
La ONU confirmó este jueves (22.07.2021) que la ex Alta Comisionada para los Derechos Humanos de Naciones Unidas, la sudafricana Navi Pillay, será la encargada de encabezar la comisión internacional que investigará los presuntos crímenes de guerra cometidos durante el último conflicto entre Israel y el grupo islamista Hamás en Gaza.
El Consejo de Derechos Humanos acordó el 28 de mayo, con 24 votos a favor, 9 en contra y 14 abstenciones, la apertura de una investigación con un mandato amplio para indagar las denuncias de abusos no solo en Gaza y la Cisjordania ocupada por Israel, sino también en Israel durante las hostilidades, que llegaron a su fin el 21 de mayo con un cese el fuego.
Una exfuncionaria de la ONU presidirá la comisión de investigación sobre los abusos de los DDHH cometidos por Israel contra palestinos en el reciente conflicto.
22/07/21.- Navi Pillay, la exalta comisionada de la ONU para los Derechos Humanos, presidirá la comisión de investigación internacional sobre los abusos a los derechos humanos cometidos el pasado mayo por el régimen de Israel en los territorios ocupados palestinos y en su agresión contra la asediada Franja de Gaza.
Pillay estaba en su cargo desde 2008 hasta 2014. Junto a ella, entre los miembros de la referida comisión, se ven los nombres del indio Miloon Kothari y el australiano Chris Sidoti. Kothari fue relator especial de la ONU sobre la vivienda de 2000 a 2008, mientras que Sidoti es un reconocido experto en los derechos humanos.