The Inquiry will seek to travel to Lebanon and Israel and investigate the facts and law. The ICJ Expert Legal Inquiry will consist of eminent legal experts in international humanitarian law and senior military officers with operational experience. “There are consequences if one or both sides have violated the laws of war: those responsible must be held accountable, surviving victims have a right to reparation and should the conflict re-ignite, the military methods of those who have violated the laws of war must change”, added Nicholas Howen. Now there is an opportunity to move beyond confusion and misstatement, to clarify the facts surrounding the military operations of both sides and impartially apply international humanitarian law”, said Nicholas Howen, Secretary-General of the ICJ. “With the welcome cessation of hostilities we cannot just forget the scale of civilian deaths and physical destruction over the last month.
The ICJ has established an Expert Legal Inquiry to investigate whether and to what extent the Israeli Forces and Hezbollah violated international humanitarian and human rights laws during the Lebanon conflict. Americas: ICJ’s presence in Central America.
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