Goldstone Wins Stockholm Human Rights Award

Richard Goldstone, the South African jurist and author of a United Nations (UN) report which accuses Israel of committing war crimes during its military offensive in the Gaza Strip last winter, will receive the Stockholm Human Rights Award.

The International Legal Assistance Consortium, a Sweden-based umbrella group of NGOs which oversees the awarding of the prize, says that Goldstone has made an outstanding career in the promotion of the rule of law and human rights in South Africa and during the last 15 years in various highly prestigious international fora.

The report, which was drafted by an expert UN panel chaired by Goldstone, concluded that Israel committed war crimes and possible crimes against humanity. During that war, more than 1400 Palestinians were killed, including 420 children and over 5300 others were wounded.

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