John Dugard is in Gaza to investigate possible war crimes

Posted on February 28th, 2009 by Marian Houk

According to a report published yesterday (Friday) by Ma’an News Agency, John Dugard — the former Special Rapporteur of the UN Human Rights Council on the human rights situation in the occupied Palestinian territory (who has since been replaced by Richard Falk) — is in Gaza as part of a human rights fact-finding mission sponsored [...]

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Filed under: Boundaries & Borders, Egypt, Gaza, Human Rights, International Humanitarian Law, Israel, Palestine & Palestinians

U.S. wants change in Durban anti-racism document

Posted on February 28th, 2009 by Marian Houk

The U.S. has announced that it will not participate in further preparations for a follow-up conference against racism — UNLESS there are changes in the document being prepared for the conference. You can bet that there will now be more feverish activity around the world to try to change the document in a way that [...]

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Filed under: Human Rights, Israel, United Nations, USA