UNITED NATIONS: Weaponising strange communication units represents a brand new growth in warfare, and concentrating on hundreds of Lebanese individuals utilizing pagers, two-way radios and digital gear with out their data is a violation of worldwide human rights regulation, the United Nations human rights chief mentioned Friday.
Volker Turk instructed an emergency assembly of the UN Safety Council there have to be an unbiased and clear probe of the 2 assaults in Lebanon on Tuesday and Wednesday the place these units exploded, reportedly killing 37 individuals and injuring greater than 3,400 others.”Those that ordered and carried out these assaults have to be held to account,” he mentioned. Lebanon has blamed Israel for the assaults, which appeared to focus on Hezbollah militants but additionally noticed many civilian casualties, together with youngsters.
Earlier than the council assembly, Israel’s UN ambassador Danny Danon mentioned: “We aren’t commenting on the particular assaults you talked about, however I can inform you that we are going to do all the pieces we will to focus on these terrorists to reduce casualties for civilians.”
Turk mentioned the explosions seem to violate worldwide humanitarian regulation’s key rules in finishing up assaults: distinction between civilians and combatants, proportionality, and precautions. Worldwide regulation additionally prohibits the usage of booby-trap units that look innocent, he mentioned, and “it’s a struggle crime to commit violence supposed to unfold terror amongst civilians.”
“Let me be clear – this methodology of warfare could also be new and unfamiliar,” Turk mentioned, “however worldwide humanitarian and human rights regulation apply regardless and have to be upheld.”
Two Hezbollah leaders had been amongst these killed in an Israeli airstrike on a Beirut suburb , Israel’s navy mentioned on Saturday, as Lebanon raised the loss of life toll from the assault to 37, together with ladies and kids.
Volker Turk instructed an emergency assembly of the UN Safety Council there have to be an unbiased and clear probe of the 2 assaults in Lebanon on Tuesday and Wednesday the place these units exploded, reportedly killing 37 individuals and injuring greater than 3,400 others.”Those that ordered and carried out these assaults have to be held to account,” he mentioned. Lebanon has blamed Israel for the assaults, which appeared to focus on Hezbollah militants but additionally noticed many civilian casualties, together with youngsters.
Earlier than the council assembly, Israel’s UN ambassador Danny Danon mentioned: “We aren’t commenting on the particular assaults you talked about, however I can inform you that we are going to do all the pieces we will to focus on these terrorists to reduce casualties for civilians.”
Turk mentioned the explosions seem to violate worldwide humanitarian regulation’s key rules in finishing up assaults: distinction between civilians and combatants, proportionality, and precautions. Worldwide regulation additionally prohibits the usage of booby-trap units that look innocent, he mentioned, and “it’s a struggle crime to commit violence supposed to unfold terror amongst civilians.”
“Let me be clear – this methodology of warfare could also be new and unfamiliar,” Turk mentioned, “however worldwide humanitarian and human rights regulation apply regardless and have to be upheld.”
Two Hezbollah leaders had been amongst these killed in an Israeli airstrike on a Beirut suburb , Israel’s navy mentioned on Saturday, as Lebanon raised the loss of life toll from the assault to 37, together with ladies and kids.
