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against Israel, yet created none for victims of mass killings in Iran, North Korea, China, Congo, Pakistan, Sri Lanka and many other repressive regimes.” In July 2012 the Anti-Defamation League publicly doubted “the impartiality of the three individuals chosen by the United
Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) to head up its fact-finding mission tasked with investigating Israeli settlements,” noting that Chanet had “strongly criticized Israel's actions in the West Bank and Gaza.” By contrast, Al-Haq described Chanet's mission as an “important step towards thoroughly investigating Israel’s violations of the rights of the Palestinian people.”
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expressed concern that Chanet had accused Israel of “total discrimination,” and stated that “it is very difficult to have a real dialogue (with Israel).” In July 2012, Hillel Neuer of UN Watch reacted to the commission's report with disappointment: “The only victims it contemplates are
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parochial education, but not to schools administered by other religions. “The position of the committee is that the state has to fulfill the covenant; it is the state that is in charge of implementing the covenant, not the provinces,” Chanet said. In 2001, she participated in the Round Table
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Palestinians” to be used against Israel at the International Criminal Court. In the view of NGO Monitor, “Chanet has formed pre-existing prejudicial opinions on areas directly covered by the Mission mandate.”
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