前田 朗です。
ザンビアのSalim Vallyからの情報です。会ったことがないのでよく知りません
が、たしかジョハネスブルクの大学教員だったと思います。
１月２９日にスペインの裁判所(Spanish National Court)が、イスラエルの元国
防大臣Benjamin Ben-Eliezerや、その軍事顧問Michael Herzogなど７名につい
て、２００２年７月にガザ地区において戦争犯罪を行った容疑で捜査を開始する
ので、３０日以内に裁判所に出頭せよ、出頭しなければ国際逮捕状を発布する、
もしパレスチナ人民をせん滅する意図があったと証明されれば、訴因にはジェノ
サイドが含まれることになるだろう、との決定を行ったそうです。
パレスチナ人権センターは、２００２年７月にガザ地区でイスラエル占領軍が行
なった大量処刑作戦の犠牲者のために正義を行う第一歩として、この決定を歓迎
しています。本件は２００８年６月に告発がなされていたもので、イスラエル占
領軍が行った戦争犯罪についての普遍的管轄権をめぐる議論を踏まえて出されま
した。同様の普遍的管轄権はスイス、ニュージーランド、イギリスにもあるそう
です。告発に加わったパレスチナ人権センターのメンバーは、グアテマラにおけ
る拷問犠牲者の人権擁護のために、また、チリのピノチェト将軍の逮捕のために
活動した実績を持ちます。
スペインの普遍的管轄権といっても、イスラエル戦争犯罪容疑者がスペインに行
かない限り、身柄拘束はできません。また、国際逮捕状を出しても、それに応じ
る政府がどのくらいあるかは不明です。以前、ベルギーのブリュッセル地方裁判
所が出した国際逮捕状が大問題となったように、応じるも無視するもそれぞれの
政府の判断です。しかし、行ってみなければわからない、もしかすると逮捕され
スペインに移送されるかもしれないとの不安を抱かせる効果はあります。どの国
に行くのは危険で、どの国に行くのは安全化の見極めができなければ、イスラエ
ル戦争犯罪容疑者は、自由に世界を旅行できなくなります。万が一にも逮捕され
る恐れはないだろうと考えられるラムズフェルドでさえ、告発されたとたん、直
ちに旅先のフランスから逃げたのです。
------------------------------------
Ref: 22/2009
Date: 29 January 2009
Time: 19:30 GMT
Palestinian Centre for Human Rights Welcomes Decision of Spanish Court to Investigate War Crimes Committed by IOF in Gaza
The Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR) welcomes the decision by the National Court of Spain to launch an investigation into seven Israeli former senior Israeli military officials suspected of having committed war crimes in the Gaza Strip.
The decision issued by the Spanish National Court, the highest Spanish judicial council, on Thursday, 29 January, 2009, instructs the seven suspects; former Defence Minister Benjamin Ben-Eliezer (who is now the Israeli Infrastructure Minister), his [former] military advisor, Michael Herzog, former Israeli Army Chief of Staff Moshe Ya'alon, Dan Halutz, former Commander of the Israeli Air Force, Abraham Dichter, Former Head of the Israeli Intelligence Service, Doron Almog, former Head of the Israeli Southern Command, and Giora Eiland, former Head of the Israeli National Security Council, to present themselves to the court in Spain within the next thirty days. If the suspects fail to do so, the court will issue international warrants for their arrests.
In addition to this ground-breaking decision, the Spanish National Court announced that, if intent to exterminate the Palestinian population can be proven, the charge may be increased to genocide.
PCHR welcomes this decision as the first step towards justice for the survivors of a massive extra-judicial execution operation perpetrated by the Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) in the Gaza Strip in July 2002.
At approximately midnight on 22 July, 2002, an Israeli Air Force fighter jet dropped a 2,000 lbs. bomb on the house of Salah Shehada, Commander of the Izzedeen El-Qassam Battalions (the armed wing of Hamas), who was living in the Daraj district of Gaza city. The bomb killed Salah Shehada and seventeen civilians, including his wife, his daughter, his guard, eight children (including a 2-month old infant), two elderly men, and two women. In addition, seventy seven other civilians were injured and eleven houses completely destroyed.
PCHR embarked on this ground-breaking lawsuit via the National Court of Spain in June 2008, after lengthy consultations with international legal experts indicted the possibility of launching universal jurisdiction cases regarding war crimes committed by IOF. The Centre notes that similar cases of suspected war crimes have previously been filed in Israeli courts, but did not lead to successful prosecutions. On the contrary, the Israeli judiciary has been used as a legal cover for the perpetration of war crimes against the Palestinian population, and as a tool to deliberately hinder international jurisdiction under the pretext of a "fair" national judicial system operating in Israel.
This PCHR lawsuit is part of continuing and rigorous efforts by the Centre to pursue Israeli war criminals under universal jurisdiction in courts in Switzerland, New Zealand, Britain and Spain. PCHR's Spanish partners in this lawsuit are Antonio Segura, Gonzalo Boye, Juan Moreno and Raul Maillo, who have already worked on a number of high profile human rights cases, including representing victims of torture in Guatemala and the attempted prosecution of General Augusto Pinochet for the murder of Spanish citizens whilst he was president of Chile.
The Palestinian Centre for Human Rights previously filed a lawsuit in the UK against former Head of the Israeli Army Southern Commend, Doron Almog, for committing grave breaches of the Fourth Geneva Convention during his army service, (considered a criminal offense in the UK under the Geneva Conventions of 1949) Almog arrived in the UK on 10 September 2005, after a warrant had been issued for his arrest. Having been informed of the warrant before he disembarked, Almog subsequently fled straight back to Israel on the same plane.
ザンビアのSalim Vallyからの情報です。会ったことがないのでよく知りません
が、たしかジョハネスブルクの大学教員だったと思います。
１月２９日にスペインの裁判所(Spanish National Court)が、イスラエルの元国
防大臣Benjamin Ben-Eliezerや、その軍事顧問Michael Herzogなど７名につい
て、２００２年７月にガザ地区において戦争犯罪を行った容疑で捜査を開始する
ので、３０日以内に裁判所に出頭せよ、出頭しなければ国際逮捕状を発布する、
もしパレスチナ人民をせん滅する意図があったと証明されれば、訴因にはジェノ
サイドが含まれることになるだろう、との決定を行ったそうです。
パレスチナ人権センターは、２００２年７月にガザ地区でイスラエル占領軍が行
なった大量処刑作戦の犠牲者のために正義を行う第一歩として、この決定を歓迎
しています。本件は２００８年６月に告発がなされていたもので、イスラエル占
領軍が行った戦争犯罪についての普遍的管轄権をめぐる議論を踏まえて出されま
した。同様の普遍的管轄権はスイス、ニュージーランド、イギリスにもあるそう
です。告発に加わったパレスチナ人権センターのメンバーは、グアテマラにおけ
る拷問犠牲者の人権擁護のために、また、チリのピノチェト将軍の逮捕のために
活動した実績を持ちます。
スペインの普遍的管轄権といっても、イスラエル戦争犯罪容疑者がスペインに行
かない限り、身柄拘束はできません。また、国際逮捕状を出しても、それに応じ
る政府がどのくらいあるかは不明です。以前、ベルギーのブリュッセル地方裁判
所が出した国際逮捕状が大問題となったように、応じるも無視するもそれぞれの
政府の判断です。しかし、行ってみなければわからない、もしかすると逮捕され
スペインに移送されるかもしれないとの不安を抱かせる効果はあります。どの国
に行くのは危険で、どの国に行くのは安全化の見極めができなければ、イスラエ
ル戦争犯罪容疑者は、自由に世界を旅行できなくなります。万が一にも逮捕され
る恐れはないだろうと考えられるラムズフェルドでさえ、告発されたとたん、直
ちに旅先のフランスから逃げたのです。
------------------------------------
Ref: 22/2009
Date: 29 January 2009
Time: 19:30 GMT
Palestinian Centre for Human Rights Welcomes Decision of Spanish Court to Investigate War Crimes Committed by IOF in Gaza
The Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR) welcomes the decision by the National Court of Spain to launch an investigation into seven Israeli former senior Israeli military officials suspected of having committed war crimes in the Gaza Strip.
The decision issued by the Spanish National Court, the highest Spanish judicial council, on Thursday, 29 January, 2009, instructs the seven suspects; former Defence Minister Benjamin Ben-Eliezer (who is now the Israeli Infrastructure Minister), his [former] military advisor, Michael Herzog, former Israeli Army Chief of Staff Moshe Ya'alon, Dan Halutz, former Commander of the Israeli Air Force, Abraham Dichter, Former Head of the Israeli Intelligence Service, Doron Almog, former Head of the Israeli Southern Command, and Giora Eiland, former Head of the Israeli National Security Council, to present themselves to the court in Spain within the next thirty days. If the suspects fail to do so, the court will issue international warrants for their arrests.
In addition to this ground-breaking decision, the Spanish National Court announced that, if intent to exterminate the Palestinian population can be proven, the charge may be increased to genocide.
PCHR welcomes this decision as the first step towards justice for the survivors of a massive extra-judicial execution operation perpetrated by the Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) in the Gaza Strip in July 2002.
At approximately midnight on 22 July, 2002, an Israeli Air Force fighter jet dropped a 2,000 lbs. bomb on the house of Salah Shehada, Commander of the Izzedeen El-Qassam Battalions (the armed wing of Hamas), who was living in the Daraj district of Gaza city. The bomb killed Salah Shehada and seventeen civilians, including his wife, his daughter, his guard, eight children (including a 2-month old infant), two elderly men, and two women. In addition, seventy seven other civilians were injured and eleven houses completely destroyed.
PCHR embarked on this ground-breaking lawsuit via the National Court of Spain in June 2008, after lengthy consultations with international legal experts indicted the possibility of launching universal jurisdiction cases regarding war crimes committed by IOF. The Centre notes that similar cases of suspected war crimes have previously been filed in Israeli courts, but did not lead to successful prosecutions. On the contrary, the Israeli judiciary has been used as a legal cover for the perpetration of war crimes against the Palestinian population, and as a tool to deliberately hinder international jurisdiction under the pretext of a "fair" national judicial system operating in Israel.
This PCHR lawsuit is part of continuing and rigorous efforts by the Centre to pursue Israeli war criminals under universal jurisdiction in courts in Switzerland, New Zealand, Britain and Spain. PCHR's Spanish partners in this lawsuit are Antonio Segura, Gonzalo Boye, Juan Moreno and Raul Maillo, who have already worked on a number of high profile human rights cases, including representing victims of torture in Guatemala and the attempted prosecution of General Augusto Pinochet for the murder of Spanish citizens whilst he was president of Chile.
The Palestinian Centre for Human Rights previously filed a lawsuit in the UK against former Head of the Israeli Army Southern Commend, Doron Almog, for committing grave breaches of the Fourth Geneva Convention during his army service, (considered a criminal offense in the UK under the Geneva Conventions of 1949) Almog arrived in the UK on 10 September 2005, after a warrant had been issued for his arrest. Having been informed of the warrant before he disembarked, Almog subsequently fled straight back to Israel on the same plane.
