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Israel rejects UN Gaza war crimes investigation

By Bernard Hibbitts (editor) and University of Pittsburgh School of Law students.

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[JURIST] Israel will not comply with a UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) investigation into possible war crimes that were committed during recent fighting in the Gaza Strip, according to Wednesday statements by Israeli government officials. The probe was originally approved by the UNHRC in January, which recently appointed South African judge Richard Goldstone to head the four member delegation in its fact-finding mission. An unidentified official said that a letter was sent to Goldstone last week, stating that Israel would not comply with the investigation because it doubted the mission's objectivity. Israel also argued that investigation did not focus enough on Hamas hostilities prior to the Israeli incursion into the Gaza Strip. Hamas has said that it will cooperate with the investigation. The investigation drew criticism from the Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs earlier this month. The probe was a result of the report authored by UN Special Rapporteur Richard Falk that criticized Israel for failing to take adequate precautions to distinguish between civilians and combatants in their offensives in the region. Both Israel and the US condemned the report as biased.

Full post as published by JURIST - The Paper Chase on April 16, 2009 (boomark / email).