In September 2010 the United Nations Human Rights Council lashed out at UN Watch for exposing the failure of its flotilla inquiry to consider key facts that were submitted into evidence. Commission chair Desmond de Silva accused UN Watch of a "fundamental and undenying ignorance of the law." He famously declared: “Even if Bin Laden himself were on the Mavi Marmara, Israel’s blockade would still be illegal.” This finding is flatly contradicted, however, by a separate UN panel commissioned by Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon. Read full report here. Headed by Sir Geoffrey Palmer, a former prime minister of New Zealand and law professor, the new commission of inquiry finds that Israel’s naval blockade of Gaza is lawful. Legal expert Trevor S. Norwitz explains.
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Read the article, 'The Importance of the Palmer Report' by Trevor S. Norwitz here.
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