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الحرب على غزة 2008–2009
Date qualified27 December 2008 – 18 January 2009
Gaza Strip
Israel’s military operations in the Gaza Strip from 27 December 2008 to 18 January 2009, investigated by a UN fact-finding mission headed by Richard Goldstone.
Linked context in the legacy record
On 3 April 2009 the President of the UN Human Rights Council established an independent fact-finding mission, headed by Justice Richard Goldstone, to investigate all violations of international human rights law and international humanitarian law that might have been committed in the context of the military operations conducted in Gaza between 27 December 2008 and 18 January 2009. Its report, A/HRC/12/48, is dated 25 September 2009.
Link to this chapterUnited Nations · paragraph: 1
Editorial paraphrase · enThe mission, established on 3 April 2009 and headed by Justice Richard Goldstone, was to investigate violations in the context of the military operations in Gaza from 27 December 2008 to 18 January 2009.
Link to this citationSources & evidence
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photograph · Wikimedia Commons
The photograph shown with this event: Izbat Abed Rabo after the war, January 2009.
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document · United Nations
The report of the mission headed by Richard Goldstone, as held by the UN Information System on the Question of Palestine.
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27 December 2008 – 18 January 2009 · duration
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