United Nations: Targeting civilian infrastructure "War crime"
United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk on Tuesday condemned…"An inflammatory speech" The ongoing conflict prevails in the Middle East, and he recalled that targeting civilian infrastructure constitutes "War crime"
Turk stated in a statement that "Under international law, intentionally attacking civilians and civilian infrastructure is a war crime. Every person responsible for international crimes must be brought to justice through a competent court"
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Turk’s statements came at a time when US President Donald His speech against It came in a post by Trump on his platform "Truth Social" that "An entire civilization will die tonight, never to return. I don’t want to, but it will probably happen"if Iran does not heed his call to reach an agreement. In his statement, Türk did not explicitly mention the United States, Iran, or Israel, but he said: "I denounce the torrent of inflammatory rhetoric used in the Middle East war over the past two weeks by all sides". Especially referred to "Recent threats to eliminate an entire civilization and target civilian infrastructure". He said "It’s disgusting"And he warned that "Implementing such threats amounts to the most serious international crimes" The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights stressed that "Threats that spread fear and terror among civilians are unacceptable and must stop immediately" He urged the international community to "Take urgent steps to contain the escalation and help protect the lives of all civilians".Containing the escalation
