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| UN food expert: ICC should probe Israel |
| 2006-10-06 |
| The International Criminal Court should investigate whether Israel is guilty of war crimes for a bombing campaign in Lebanon that blocked access to food and water, a United Nations rights expert said Thursday. Jean Ziegler, the UN Human Rights Council's special envoy on the "right to food," said Israel's bombing of farmland and blockade of Lebanon's ports in its month-long war with Hizbullah, during the main farming and fishing season, caused considerable hardship to the Lebanese that was still being felt. "The government of Israel should be held responsible under international law for the violations of the right to food of the Lebanese civilian population," he said in an 18-page report. "Individuals should be held responsible for violations of the right to food and water." Ziegler, an independent expert appointed by the Human Rights Commission, visited Lebanon in September in the aftermath of the 34-day conflict that ended in mid-August. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #5 Hope you'll be in your office between October 5 and October 10, Jean. |
| Posted by: gromgoru 2006-10-06 16:47 |
| #4 Shouldn't "a special envoy on the right to food " be focusing on North Korea? Oh, but that would be too hard. Far better to engage the UN's standard search under the streetlight mode. |
| Posted by: charger 2006-10-06 11:10 |
| #3 Plus the Joooos all have like Jooo-cooties and stuff. Icky! Any mention by the UN Human Rights guys (gawd, it's hard to type that without laughing) of the rights of the Israelis abducted/murdered on Israeli territory by the Hezbers? You know, the ones that kicked off this whole war thing. I thought not. |
| Posted by: SteveS 2006-10-06 10:59 |
| #2 No, lets go after the Jooooos first, they're worse. |
| Posted by: Uneang Creagum5349 2006-10-06 10:41 |
| #1 Ahh... would that be the U.N. [in]Human Rights Comission? Perhaps the ICC can get to that after they investigate the Gulags of North Korea, Slavery in Saudi Arabia (and other Islamic states), Dafur, Oil for Palaces, beheadings of christians in just about all islamic countries, etc... |
| Posted by: CrazyFool 2006-10-06 00:18 |