15
Jun
2021
Joint Letter to the HRC calling for an International Investigative Mission into the Beirut Blast
June 15, 2021 To the Permanent Representatives of Member and Observer States of the United Nations Human Rights Council, Excellencies, We, the undersigned Lebanese and international organizations, individuals, survivors, and families of the victims are writing to request your support in the establishment of an international, independent, and impartial investigative mission, such as a one-year fact-finding mission, into the Beirut port explosion of August 4, 2020. We urge you to support this initiative by adopting a resolution establishing such a mission at the Human Rights Council. On August 4, 2020, one of the largest non-nuclear explosions in history decimated the…
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