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‧人權新知   ‧世界人權宣言   ‧高雄國際人權宣言   ‧人權影音資料館藏   ‧人權圖書資料館藏   Palestinian rights groups urge internal Gaza war probe Eleven Palestinian human rights groups on Monday called on authorities in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip to investigate alleged war crimes committed by Palestinians during last year's Gaza war. The groups sent identical letters to the Western-backed president Mahmud Abbas and Hamas prime minister Ismail Haniya asking them to follow the recommendations of a UN inquiry into alleged war crimes during the conflict. The so-called Goldstone report accused both Israel and Palestinian militants of committing war crimes during the 22-day war that ended exactly one year ago, and demanded both sides conduct independent probes. "Although a large part of the report deals with violations committed by Israel, it also touches on violations committed by armed Palestinian groups and the Palestinian authorities in the West Bank and Gaza," the letter says. "As international and Palestinian non-governmental associations, we call on Palestinian authorities in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip to immediately launch credible internal investigations." The letters were signed by several leading Palestinian human rights groups, including the West Bank-based Al-Haq and the Gaza-based Al-Dameer and Al-Mezan organisations In November the UN General Assembly overwhelmingly approved a resolution endorsing the report and calling on both sides to probe alleged war crimes. The report accused Israel of using disproportionate force and deliberately attacking civilians during its offensive, which was aimed at halting Palestinian rocket fire from the Hamas-ruled territory. The report also accused Palestinian groups of committing war crimes by deliberately targeting civilians with the rockets. But Israel vehemently rejected the Goldstone report as biased, and neither it nor the Palestinians have acted on its recommendations. The UN resolution endorsing the report carried out by the respected former war crimes prosecutor Richard Goldstone called on both sides to complete their inquiries by early February. (2010/01/19 - AFP)     2009 2010 2011 2012   1/16：Russia ratifies European rights convention(The Hindu) 1/16：UN Rights Chief Denounces Ugandan Anti-Homosexuality Bill(Voice of America) 1/17：Human rights museum takes shape (CNEWS) 1/17：Germany urges China to respect human rights(REUTERS) 1/19：Obama must be less hazy on human rights in the Middle East (THE DAILY STAR) 1/19：Palestinian rights groups urge internal Gaza war probe (AFP) 1/20：Feds must do more for Haiti's refugees: rights groups (CTV NEWS) 1/20：Rights protesters arrested in Moscow (AFP) 1/21：Jos crisis: US, Human Rights Watch (The Punch) 1/21：Human rights abusers 'turn on activists in 2009' (AFP)
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