– UN calls for investigation after pager explosion
The High Commissioner for Human Rights said in Geneva on Wednesday that attacks in Lebanon and Syria constituted human rights violations.
Published today at 3:48 p.m.
High Commissioner calls for independent investigation.
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The UN is calling for an independent investigation into the explosion of Hezbollah members’ pagers in Lebanon and Syria. Those who gave the orders and those who carried them out must be prosecuted, High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk said in Geneva on Wednesday.
Simultaneous attacks on thousands of individuals, whether civilians or members of armed groups, without knowing who had the beepers, where they were and who was around them “violate human rights,” the Austrian said. They are also not in accordance with international humanitarian law (IHL) if it applies.
The High Commissioner calls on influential states to work to prevent a deterioration of conflicts in the region. And to demand protection of civilians. At least twelve people died in this remote offensive attributed by Lebanese actors to Israel. Thousands of people were injured.
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