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ICC opens preliminary examination of 2010 Israel flotilla raid
May 15, 2013 by Lauren Laing
The chief prosecutor for the International Criminal Court said Tuesday that her office will conduct a preliminary examination into the 2010 Israeli raid on an aid flotilla bound for the blockaded Gaza strip in which nine civilians on a Turkish ship were killed. The examination is in response to.... [more]
HRW: Israel airstrikes in Gaza violated laws of war, killed civilians
February 13, 2013 by Cynthia Miley
Human Rights Watch (HRW) said Tuesday that Israel violated of the laws of war with at least 18 airstrikes launched during the November 2012 fighting in Gaza. HRW stated that the airstrikes killed at least 43 Palestinian civilians, including 12 children. The laws of war provide that only military.... [more]
Israel can improve war crimes investigations: commission report
February 7, 2013 by Brandon Gatto
A civilian committee tasked with investigating Israel's 2010 flotilla raid on several Turkish ships headed for the blockaded Gaza Strip concluded on Wednesday that investigations by the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) of alleged war crimes violations meet the standards proscribed by international law,.... [more]
HRW urged Israel to end residency restrictions [this day at law]
February 5, 2013 by Zachariah Rivenbark
On February 5, 2012, Human Rights Watch (HRW) urged Israel to change its policies, which forbid Palestinians from traveling through and living in Gaza and the West Bank. HRW also took issue with Israeli delays in processing Palestinian applications for the population registry. Israel required.... [more]
AI to Egypt: release journalist facing military trial
January 8, 2013 by Peter Snyder
Amnesty International (AI) called Monday for Egypt to release an Egyptian journalist facing a military trial in the country. Mohamed Sabry, a journalist and blogger, was arrested Friday by the country's military in the city of Rafah near the Egyptian-Gaza border. Sabry has been charged with.... [more]
HRW: Palestine rocket attacks violate international laws
December 24, 2012 by Blake Lynch
Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Monday accused Palestinian military units located in Gaza of violating laws of war by firing rockets into populated areas of Israel. These laws of war prohibit focused attacks on civilians and civilian structures or attacks that distinguish between civilians and.... [more]
HRW accuses Israel of war crimes
December 7, 2012 by Benjamin Minegar
Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Friday accused the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) of war crimes after a November aerial bombing raid killed 12 civilians in Gaza. According to HRW, the IDF planned and authorized the attack in pursuit of Mohamed Jamal al-Dalu, a suspected Hamas "terror operative" and low-.... [more]
UN rights expert calls on Israel to abide by Gaza ceasefire
December 5, 2012 by Peter Snyder
The UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian territories occupied by Israel since 1967 Richard Falk called on Israel Wednesday to fully implement and continue to support the recent conflict-ending ceasefire agreement with Palestinians in Gaza. Falk concluded a week-.... [more]
Protecting Civilians or Using Them as Pawns: The Israel-Hamas Conflict [op-ed]
December 1, 2012 by Caleb Pittman
JURIST Contributing Editor Laurie Blank of the Emory University School of Law says that more attention should be focused on the care taken by the Israel Defense Forces in its recent military actions in Gaza to protect civilian lives, in sharp contrast to the indiscriminate attacks performed by.... [more]
UN rights chief urges Israel to avoid civilian targets
November 20, 2012 by Samuel Franklin
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay on Tuesday pressured Israel to avoid strikes on civilian structures in Gaza. Pillay expressed acute concern over the surge in the number of Palestinian civilians killed and injured over the past 48 hours as a result of Israeli military action. As.... [more]
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