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Extrajudicial Killings
International Law and Advocacy
The right of life held by every human being is expressed in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights as well as other primary human rights instruments. The trigger-happy nature of the Israeli military contradicts international law has been met with protest by concerned UN bodies, human rights organizations, and other legal observers. Palestinian human rights organizations also call for fact-finding missions to hold Israel accountable to international law.
Decrying civilian deaths in Israeli-Palestinian conflict, Annan urges parties to talk, UN News (9 August 2006)
Human rights orgs. call for fact-finding mission to Gaza, Al-Haq and Al-Mezan (31 July 2006)
Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial executions calls for accountability for killings in Occupied Palestinian Territory and Israel, UNHCHR (12 July 2006)
2003: The State of Human Rights in Israel, Naama Yashuvi (10 February 2004)
OMCT condemns the recent wave of targeted assassinations in the Occupied Territories, OMCT (5 September 2003)
UN envoy condemns Israel's extra-judicial assassinations, United Nations (25 August 2003)
Israeli High Court denied request for interim injunction on extra-judicial executions by the State of Israel, PCATI (8 July 2003)
International legal export: Israel's assassinations are war crimes, PCATI/LAW (17 June 2003)
Israel's Assassination Policy: Extra-judicial Executions (RTF) B'Tselem (Policy Paper)
The Assassination Policy of the State of Israel (Word-document), Part 1, PCATI/LAW, November 2000 - January 2002
The Assassination Policy of the State of Israel (Word-document), Part 2, PCATI/LAW, November 2000 - January 2002
The Israeli Assassination Policy in the Aqsa Intifada, Saleh Abdul Jawad, JMCC (December 2001)
Extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions, UNHCHR (1998)
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