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Independent UN Rights Expert Warns Israeli Orders May Breach Geneva Convention

NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–19 April 2010 – Two orders by the Israeli military relating to movement in the occupied Palestinian territory (oPt) may breach the fourth Geneva Convention and violate the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR), an independent United Nations human rights expert said today.

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“The orders appear to enable Israel to detain, prosecute, imprison and/or deport any and all persons present in the West Bank,” said Richard Falk, UN Special Rapporteur on…

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