Speaking at the opening of the UN "Human Rights" Council session in Geneva on February 29, 2016, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein lined up alleged violations by the democratic state of Israel in the "Occupied Palestinian Territory" with "attacks of Boko Haram" - a terrorist group. In the words of the statement:
"It is extremely alarming that so many conflicts, crises and humanitarian emergencies are currently raging, with repeated violations of the norms that protect people's rights and lives. In ... the countries around Lake Chad which have suffered the attacks of Boko Haram; ... the Occupied Palestinian Territory; ... millions of lives are threatened, and millions of homes are destroyed."
February 29, 2016
UN Human Rights Chief Opens Council Session by Equating Israel to Boko Haram
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Raad Al Hussein
Date
February 29, 2016
Title
Statement of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights at the Thirty-First Session of the Human Rights Council,
UN Human Rights Council
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