Tuesday, April 08, 2008
John Dugard And The UN Human Rights Council
John Dugard is an independent investigator on Israel-Palestine for the UN Human Rights Council.
I believe he was appointed as such in 2001. You probably have not heard of him.
He is a SOuth African national and worked as a civil rights lawyer during the period of apartheid.
http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/02/26/news/UN-GEN-UN-Israel.php
UN expert calls Palestinian terrorism 'inevitable consequence' of Israeli occupation
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/7044069.stm
John Dugard, the UN human rights envoy for the Palestinian Territories, told the BBC the US, EU, UN and Russia were failing to protect the Palestinians.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/5382976.stm
Standards of human rights in the Palestinian territories have fallen to intolerable new levels, says a UN expert on the Mid-East conflict.
John Dugard said Israel was largely to blame for turning Gaza into "a prison" and "throwing away the key".
These articles will get you started on his opinions.
I do not mean that I endorse his opinions. I do, however, realize the importance of seeing the side of the matter which does not get exposure.
Personally, once I realized how much our society hides from our view, not only in this matter but in others as well, I could never trust it thereafter.
My opinion has not changed, either.
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