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UN rights mission continues Gaza war hearings

AFP Global Edition 225 days ago

A UN human rights mission was holding a second day of public hearings on the Gaza war after listening to emotional testimony from residents who were trapped in the onslaught. The public hearings are part of the UN Human Rights Council mission's ...

UN rights mission hears testimony on Gaza war

AFP Global Edition 226 days ago

A UN human rights mission on Sunday listened as witnesses described in gruesome detail the Israeli shelling of the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip during a three-week offensive at the turn of the year. The delegation planned to hold two days of public hearings ...

UN: investigate abuses by both sides in Sri Lanka

AP News 259 days ago

UN rights chief urges investigation of both sides in Sri Lanka atrocities The U.N.'s top human rights official demanded an independent investigation Tuesday into atrocities allegedly committed by both sides in Sri Lanka's civil war. High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay ...

SAfrica judge Goldstone to lead UN Gaza rights probe

AFP Global Edition 289 days ago

Former international prosecutor Richard Goldstone will lead a broadened human rights probe into violence during Israel's military offensive in the Gaza Strip, the UN said Friday. UN Human Rights Council president Martin Uhomoibhi said the fact-finding mission would deal "with all violations", ...

Former prosecutor Goldstone to lead UN Gaza rights probe

AFP Global Edition 289 days ago

Former international prosecutor Richard Goldstone will lead a broadened human rights probe into violence during Israel's military offensive in the Gaza Strip, the UN said Friday. UN Human Rights Council president Martin Uhomoibhi said the fact-finding mission would deal "with all violations", ...

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