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UN urges ‘pause’ to Israeli judicial reform plans
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleThe United Nations Human Rights Council chief urges Israel to pause its judicial overhaul plans, saying they risk weakening human rights protections and need opening up for wider debate and reflection.
“These changes risk weakening human rights protections for all,” Volker Turk says in a statement, adding that the proposals being considered by Israel’s parliament “would drastically undermine the ability of the judiciary to vindicate individual rights.”
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