Posted on 01/04/2016 3:16:16 PM PST by Lera
Israel is the only country for which the UNHRC has assigned a permanent special investigator.
A United Nations special investigator into alleged Israeli human rights abuses in the Palestinian territories resigned Monday citing Israel’s two-year refusal to grant him a visa to the West Bank so he could see the situation first-hand.
“I took up this mandate with the understanding that Israel would grant me access as an impartial and objective observer,†Makarim Wibisono said.
Wibisono, of Indonesia, was appointed to the post of special rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian territories in 2014.
He replaced American Richard Falk, who held the post for six years.
In his resignation letter to the United Nations Human Rights Council, he said he had tried for two years to gain access to the Palestinian territories, submitting multiple written and oral requests for access.
“Unfortunately, my efforts to help improve the lives of Palestinian victims of violations under the Israeli occupation have been frustrated every step of the way,†Wibisono said.
“With no reply from Israel to my latest request, in October 2015, to have access by the end of 2015, it is with deep regret that I accept the premise upon which I took up the mandate, which is to have direct access to the victims in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, will not be fulfilled,†he said.
Israel is the only country for which the UNHRC has assigned a permanent special investigator. All other country assignments are temporary and must be renewed.
The investigator’s mandate is focused exclusively on Israeli violations in the Palestinians territories and does not require the rapporteur to equally look at Palestinian human rights violations.
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He was from Indonesia and probably muslim so of course no bias there /s
This reminds me of the US election “monitors” that were brought in from outside the country to look for voting irregularities and discrimination. When they saw that no voter IDs were required to vote, they said, “You people are crazy,” and went back to their home countries.
The investigators mandate is focused exclusively on Israeli violations in the Palestinians territories and does not require the rapporteur to equally look at Palestinian human rights violations.
And he wonders why Israel isn't interested in his pre-ordained "findings"?
The dude shoulda gone to SA to investigate the official Islamic popos.
For those who don’t know, Israel can be very particular on who it lets in.
Minor infractions with Israeli security can be one way ticket home.
Good for Jerusalem! Keep the enemy agents out!! Now kick the EU Nazi agents out too
Re this clown’s predecessor Richard Falk. Falk is as red as red can be. A look at his background, full of scores and decades of associations and support for Communist Party USA and Socialist Workers Party fronts and causes, showed him to be nothing but a hardcore communist sympathizer.
A partial list of his activities are at www.DiscoverTheNetwork.org and www.keywiki.org, among other sites.
Falk was a vile creature from the Left. Someday his whole record will be made public and his supporters will hide their faces in shame, if they have any conscience.
Oh yeah that guy . His muslim wife works for the UN , something to do with food and climate change.
Climate change thing is just a sharia law tax in disguise
Gee, it sure sounds like this "investigator" has reached some pretty major conclusions without even visiting the area. Well played, Bibi.
Sovereign nation... Lucky for Israel, trump doesn’t understand sovereign either and says he will force Israel to give more to the process. If he doesn’t understand Israeli,s Sovereignty, then he doesn’t understand ours either. This was reported by Times of Israel, Israel national news.. Others.
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Confusing post. Link please.
Note to ICE: Learn, guys.
Now he won’t like us anymore./s
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