Proposal for setting up international citizen's tribunal on deeds committed by Israeli army & secret services in Lebanon & occupied Palestinian territories
An international citizen's tribunal on the crimes committed by the Israeli army in Lebanon
JUSTICE FOR LEBANON! Feb. 22-24, 2008, Brussels Int'l Jury Schedule
The deeds committed by the Israeli army and secret services in
Lebanon, as in the occupied Palestinian territories, is a violent affront to
the universal human conscience. These are criminal acts, as many people
feel instinctively. They are different from the acts that take
place in all armed conflict committed by the aggressor as well as by the
aggressed. But feeling is not enough. The facts must be
established. They must then be assessed in light of existing
international law. This should be done with the detachment and rigour of
a process that excludes any a priori conclusions, the results of which will
convince all people of good will.
The
international community is not an autonomous political and juridical
body. It is but a summation of positions adopted by a certain number
of governments. In many situations it has proved incapable of
applying existing law by distancing itself from geopolitical or ideological
contingencies. This impunity has covered up the numerous war crimes and
crimes against humanity that have been committed since the end of the second
world war.
The
unilateral attitude of the United States of America, like the double-speak of
many European governments, make it necessary for those defending the law to
take the place of failed political powers. The American
administration is against any questioning of Israel’s role in acts
committed in Lebanon as well as in the occupied Palestinian
territories. Germany, Great Britain, Finland and France refuse to
support a request formulated at the UN Human Rights Council to investigate the
use by the Israeli armed forces of arms that are prohibited by international
law. The systematic disinformation practised by an overwhelming majority
of the media deprives Western public opinion of balanced
information. All this justifies an initiative by the citizens
themselves.
This
initiative must aim at being of the same high quality as the tribunal initiated
by Bertrand Russell during the Vietnam war. It should be carried out with
the same rigour, the same credibility and the same concern to go beyond
divisions which have no place when it is a question of the rights of
people. It must bring together highly qualified experts and
personalities who are universally recognized for their moral
authority. It must not limit itself up to a restricted
circle. For this reason I believe it should not follow in the footsteps
of similar initiatives taken in the past, whatever the quality that such work
has achieved in the past.
Such an
action cannot be carried out properly in a hurry. It requires the
formulation of a comprehensive project, together with a precise timetable, the
mobilization of appropriate human and financial resources and an irreproachable
moral framework. These requirements demand an international mobilization
to support such an initiative.
For this
purpose we propose that a preparatory committee be set up which will carry out
as rapidly as possible all the tasks necessary for launching this
initiative. We ask your active participation in creating this preparatory
committee.
Coordinateurs:
Raoul Marc JENNAR
chercheur URFIG / Fondation Copernic
consultant de la GUE/NGL au Parlement européen (bureau 4E202)
7, place du Château, F 66500 Mosset
Tél. (PE) : 00 32 2 283 10 43
Tel. : 00 33 468 05 84 25
Port. : 00 33 632 16 65 52
www.urfig.org
raoul.jennar@wanadoo.fr
Leila Ghanem
Anthropologue
Forum Mondial des Alternatives
Lilia.ghanem@yahoo.fr
Tel Port: 06 15 26 31 14
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Pierre Galand sénateur Belge
Azmi Bishara Penseur/ancien député Knesset Israël
Alima Boumedienne (Sénateur France
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Georges Labica Philosophe
Alain Desmarest Premier vice- Président du conseil général
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Gustave Massiah CEDETIM
François Houtart CETRI/ Belgique
Samir Amine FTM/ Dakar
Dirk Adriaensens Executive committe Brussel Tribunal
Michele Sibony Cinéaste/écrivain/ Israël
Aminata Traoré ancienne ministre de la culture Mali
Jacques Berthelot économiste français, ancien maître de
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Jean Salem Philosophe/ professeur à la Sorbonne
Christine Pagnoulle committe Brussel Tribunal
John C.Rachiotis Attorney at law
Hugo Ruiz Diaz Baulbueh AIJD
Ramsey Clark, former U.S. Attorney General
Georges Gastaud Pôle de Rennaissance communiste en France
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Haytham Manna Arab Commission For Human Rights
Paulette Pierson- Mathy Professeur honoraire Université Libre de Bruxelles
Olivier Besancenot Porte parole /LCR -France
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