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Israel called for UN to retract Goldstone report [this day at law]
April 3, 2012 by Garrett Eisenhour
On April 3, 2011, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu urged the UN to retract the Goldstone Report. The official finding was released by the UN Fact Finding Mission on the Gaza Conflict in September 2009 and concluded that both Israeli and Palestinian forces committed war crimes during.... [more]

Why Goldstone's "Retraction" is Not Enough [op-ed]
April 17, 2011 by Ben Klaber
JURIST Guest Columnist Laurie Blank of Emory Law School says the Goldstone "retraction" does not mitigate the report's damaging effects on the law of war. Among the report's flaws, it ignored the element of intent for the war crime of intentionally killing civilians, and it failed to condemn.... [more]

Israel calls for UN to retract Goldstone report
April 3, 2011 by Drew Singer
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday called on the UN to retract the Goldstone Report following statements made by Richard Goldstone in a Washington Post op-ed. The Goldstone Report, which found that Israel committed war crimes in Operation Cast Lead after a fact finding mission,.... [more]

UN report found evidence of war crimes in Gaza conflict [this day at law]
September 15, 2010 by Dwyer Arce
On September 15, 2009, the UN Fact Finding Mission on the Gaza Conflict, headed by Richard Goldstone, found evidence of war crimes committed by both Israeli and Hamas forces during Operation Cast Lead. The report found that Israel regularly impermissibly disregarded the welfare of civilians and.... [more]

UN General Assembly adopts resolution requiring independent Gaza investigations
November 6, 2009 by Zach Zagger
The UN General Assembly on Thursday adopted a resolution giving Israel and Palestine three months to conduct independent investigations into possible war crimes committed during last winter's Gaza conflict. The General Assembly voted 114-18 with 44 abstentions expressing support for the Goldsto....... [more]

Goldstone, Gaza and (Dis)Proportionality: Three Strikes [op-ed]
November 4, 2009 by JURIST Staff
JURIST Guest Columnists Laurie Blank of Emory Law's International Humanitarian Law Clinic and Gregory Gordon of the University of North Dakota School of Law say that the most glaring failure of the controversial Goldstone Commission Report on the Gaza conflict has gone unnoticed.... The Goldston....... [more]

Israel government to form task force to respond to UN Gaza report
October 26, 2009 by Hillary Stemple
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday announced the formation of a task force to respond to the Goldstone Report, which accused both Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) and Hamas fighters of war crimes during last winter's Operation Cast Lead. The task force will be led by Justice Minis....... [more]

Israel deputy PM calls for internal Gaza war crimes investigation
October 21, 2009 by Dwyer Arce
Israeli Deputy Prime Minister Dan Meridor called Wednesday for an independent Israeli investigation into the war crimes allegations detailed in the Goldstone report, which accuses Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) and Hamas fighters of war crimes during last winter's Operation Cast Lead. The Israel....... [more]

UN rights chief endorses Gaza conflict report
October 15, 2009 by Andrew Morgan
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay on Thursday reiterated her support for the recommendations of the UN Fact Finding Mission on the Gaza Conflict. In a statement to the 12th Special Session of the UN Human Rights Council on human rights violations in the Occupied Palestinian.... [more]

Obama administration should endorse Goldstone report at UN Security Council [comment]
October 12, 2009 by Andrew Wood
Joe Stork: President Obama and his team have another opportunity to do the right thing regarding the report of the UN Fact-Finding Commission on the Gaza Conflict when the UN Security Council meets on October 14 for an open debate on the Middle East. The Commission's report and recommenda....... [more]



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