Liberal member of Parliament and former Justice minister in Paul Martin's cabinet blasts High Commissionner on Human Rights, Louise Arbour.

Montreal - Liberal member of Parliament and former Justice minister in Paul Martin's cabinet, Irwin Cotler, blasts High Commissionner on Human Rights, Louise Arbour. In an article published in the Canadian Jewish News, Cotler calls Arbour's declarations "superficial", "simplistic" and "misleading".

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Israel, terrorism and the laws of war

By IRWIN COTLER

Louise Arbour’s comments on international law as it applies to Israel’s military actions in Lebanon are as superficial as they are simplistic as a matter of law, and uninformed and misleading in their appreciation of and application to the facts.

First, it is a basic postulate of constitutional law that a government’s first duty – be it in Canada or in Israel – is the protection of its citizens. Second, and not unrelated, international law mandates the right, if not the duty, of self-defence against aggression, and the reasonable use of military force for that protective purpose, whether in response to an armed attack from another state or a terrorist act.

Source: cjnews.com - Saturday, August 5, 2006

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