The attacks were allegedly carried out by Israel, UN Special Rapporteurs Ben Saul and Morris Tidball-Binz announced in Geneva on Tuesday. These attacks constitute extrajudicial killings and murder.
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Swiss parliament supports proposal to ban Hamas
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The House of Representatives has followed the Senate in supporting a government proposal to classify Hamas as a terrorist group.
The UN Human Rights Council has appointed Saul and Tidball-Binz as experts on the protection of human rights in the fight against terrorism and extrajudicial and arbitrary killings. Israel has not yet commented on the criticised attacks.
“Israel did not act in self-defence because it has not provided evidence that the victims carried out an armed attack on Israel from Lebanese territory,” the special rapporteurs said. They called on Israel to bring “all those involved in these alleged murders” to justice.
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UN High Commissioner denounces Israeli violence in West Bank
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The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Türk, is concerned about the situation in the Israeli-occupied West Bank.
Israel criticises the UN Human Rights Council as a biased body and does not feel bound by its instructions or those of its experts.
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