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Criticism and evaluation the practice of the Israeli regime After the Al-‎Aqsa storm operation from the point of view of the right to the truth

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Assistant Professor, Women Research Center, Alzahra University, Tehran, Iran‎

Abstract

The right to the truth as an independent human right can create rights to protect victims and obligations for governments to provide the truth when human rights are violated. Preventing impunity, deterring the repetition of future violations, meeting the needs of the victims and protecting their rights, are the rights created for the victim based on the right to the truth, and on the other hand, this right creates obligations and duties for governments in the field of informing and publishing facts about the causes, factors and introduction of violators of human rights rules. This obligation in gross violations of human rights is an obligation that, in addition to the victims and their families, creates responsibility for the international community as a whole.This article is based on the actions of the Zionist regime in Palestine, especially in the Gaza Strip, looking for an answer to this question, how is the issue of Palestine evaluated from the point of view of right over truth? The findings of the research show that the issue of Palestine from the perspective of the right to the truth is indicative of serious violations of the rights of Palestinians in the field of access to freedom of expression and dissemination of information, the right to effective investigation, the right to judicial protection, and the right to compensation and compensation. The evaluation of the performance of the Israeli regime in Palestine from the perspective of the right to the truth is indicative of a violation of the rights of the Palestinians and even the international community, in relation to access to the facts and the dissemination of information and the preservation of evidences and reasons regarding the gross violations of human rights committed by the Israeli regime.

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