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Source: http://jcpa.org/article/un-commission-of-inquiry-gaza/
The UN Commission of Inquiry on Gaza Violates Accepted International Norms
(Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs) Alan Baker - The UN knowingly chose to ignore well-established procedures in appointing William Schabas to chair the Gaza inquiry, and as such, has prejudiced any findings and outcome of the Commission of Inquiry. Numerous documents set out the various rules and norms for fact-finding commissions, each one stressing the importance and centrality of impartiality - both of the mandate, as well as by the head and members of the commission. The writer served as legal adviser and deputy director-general of Israel's Ministry of Foreign Affairs and as Israel's ambassador to Canada.