Gaza violations "must not go unpunished"

Serious human rights violations committed during the recent war in the Gaza Strip should not go unpunished, says a top Swiss diplomat.

Dante Martinelli told states at the Geneva-based United Nations Human Rights Council that it was "their duty" to follow up a report that accuses Israel and Palestinian groups, notably Hamas, of war crimes during the armed conflict in Gaza last winter.

"Serious crimes committed by both sides cannot be ignored," the Swiss ambassador to the UN in Geneva told the packed room during a one-day debate on a recent report by Richard Goldstone, a South African jurist and former UN war crimes prosecutor. More...

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