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> .. British barrister #GeoffreyRobertson, who supported the intervention and opposed the execution largely on pragmatic grounds, nevertheless described Obama’s claim that “justice was done” as an “absurdity” that should have been obvious to a former professor of constitutional law. #PakistanLaw “requires a colonial inquest on violent death, and international human rights law insists that the ‘right to life’ mandates an inquiry whenever violent death occurs from government or police action....”
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earthlingNov 6, 2023

‘UN is not fit for its purpose’

The UN has been “utterly useless” in demanding a ceasefire in Gaza and Ukraine, Geoffrey Robertson, a human rights barrister, says.

“There is no difference between the war crimes of Putin and Netanyahu. Both are indiscriminately killing civilians and yet the UN is utterly useless,” Robertson told Al Jazeera.

“It is not fit for its purpose because the UN Security Council is nearly a talking shop.”

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Paria sans portefeuilleNov 6, 2023

Is #Israel carrying out #EthnicCleansing in #Gaza?

guests:

#MouinRabbani – Co-editor of Jadaliyya, an online news website, and non-resident fellow at the Center for Conflict and Humanitarian Studies

#DianaButtu – Human rights lawyer and former spokeswoman for the #Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO)

#GeoffreyRobertson – #HumanRights barrister and author of #CrimesAgainstHumanity: The Struggle for Global Justice

https://www.aljazeera.com/program/inside-story/2023/11/5/is-israel-carrying-out-ethnic-cleansing-in-gaza

#Palestinians #IsraelPalestine #refugees #IDPs

Is Israel carrying out ethnic cleansing in Gaza?

More than one million Palestinians ordered to leave their homes in northern Gaza.

Al Jazeera