As the United Nations' Human Rights Council decision to appoint a committee to inspect Israel's legal system, regarding its ability to inspect suspected war crimes and violations,
will soon become a new opportunity for Israel's haters to ignore reality, it is time to remind
The decision -
to establish a committee of independent experts in international humanitarian
and human rights laws to monitor and assess any domestic, legal or other
proceedings undertaken by both the Government of Israel and the Palestinian
side, in the light of General Assembly resolution 64/254, including the
independence, effectiveness genuineness of these investigations and their
conformity with international standards;
and the sharp criticism Alan M. Dershowitz had, regarding the report of the committee headed by Richard Goldstone, which is the root of this new committee:
"The lowest blow and the worst canard contained in this lie-laden report is that the Israeli judicial system is incapable of conducting investigations and bringing about compliance with international law. It claims that the Israeli judicial system “has major structural flaws that make the system inconsistent with international standards,” and that “there is little potential for accountability for serious violations of international humanitarian and human rights law through domestic institutions in Israel.”This is a direct attack on the Israeli Supreme Court by a lawyer who knows full well that there is no country in the world that has a judicial system that demands more accountability than the Israeli system does. There is no judicial system in the world—not in the United States, not in Great Britain, not in South Africa, not in France—that takes more seriously its responsibility to bring its military into compliance with international law.The long term President of the Israeli Supreme Court, Professor Aharon Barak, opened the Supreme Court of Israel to all claims of law violation. Cases that would be rejected by the courts of other nations have been pursued by the Israeli Supreme Court. This part of this infamous report has literally turned black to white and white to black. It has condemned the most responsive judicial system in the world, without even bothering to compare it to other systems. In doing so, they have made a mockery of international human rights and turned into a weapon that targets only Israel. "
[update, 6/4/2010: this is a link to the report of the expert's committee. the report indicates Israel does have the ability to inspect suspected war crimes and violations, that such investigations are ongoing, although in a very slow rate, and it calls for the operation of existing inspection mechanisms regarding policy decisions made regarding the gaza war]
אין תגובות:
הוסף רשומת תגובה