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Promoting Impunity:
The Israeli Military's Failure to Investigate Wrongdoing
Summary
Recommendations
To the
Government of Israel
Use of Force
Accountability
I. Introduction
About This
Report
II. Why Investigate?
Legal
Obligations
International
Humanitarian Law..
International
Human Rights Law..
What Makes a
Good Investigation?
III.
Israel's Investigations Policy
IDF Arguments
IV. Overview of the Military Justice System...
Disciplinary
Proceedings
Operational
Debriefings
Military
Police/Criminal Investigations
The Criminal
Investigation Division of the Military Police
Special
Investigations
V. "Lowest Priority": Deaths of Palestinian Civilians
Reluctance to
Investigate
Munib Abu
Munshar
Nidal Abu
Muhsin
Investigations
without Standards
Ahmad
al-Quraini
Ruwaida
al-Hajin
Ignored or
Lost
Tha'ir,
Mustafa, and Iyad al-Samudi
Husni `Amir
Nuha
al-Muqadama
The Killing
of Nahla `Aqil and Injury of Her Three Children
VI: Foreign Pressure: Special Treatment
Tom Hurndall
Shadin Abu
Hijla
James Miller
Brian Avery
Rachel Corrie
The
"Operational Investigation"
The Military
Police Investigation
VII. Denial
of Justice100
The Role of
"Operational Investigations"100
Timeliness103
Obtaining
Testimony105
Witness Fears107
Jenin Cases
of Human Shields109
Treatment of
Witnesses110
Case of Ahmad
and Jamil Abu `Aziz111
Good Faith?112
Lack of
Transparency and Victim Involvement114
Hamid al-Qut115
Lack of
Compensation117
Appendix A: Principles on the Effective Prevention and Investigation of
Extra-legal, Arbitrary and Summary Executions120
Acknowledgements125
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