The Supreme Court of Israel shall give the full appropriate weight to the norms of international law as developed and interpreted by the ICJ in its advisory opinion. -Aharon Barak

 

The Supreme Court of Israel shall give the full appropriate weight to the norms of international law as developed and interpreted by the ICJ in its advisory opinion.


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The Supreme Court of Israel shall give the full appropriate weight to the norms of international law as developed and interpreted by the ICJ in its advisory opinion.

Aharon Barak

Based on this principle, we rule it illegal to use civilians as human shields, and we also rule it illegal to use civilians to pass military warnings from the army to those the army wants to arrest.

Aharon Barak

The army has no right to use civilians as human shields. . . . It is cruel and barbaric.

Aharon Barak

You cannot exploit the civilian population for the army's military needs, and you cannot force them to collaborate with the army, ... Based on this principle, we rule it illegal to use civilians as human shields, and we also rule it illegal to use civilians to pass military warnings from the army to those the army wants to arrest.

Aharon Barak

One example of this is the unbridled attacks by some of the media on the majority ruling of Cohen's disciplinary court. The criticism included inferences that ties of friendship between one of the judges and the judge's attorney shaped the outcome of the hearing; that the judges ought to admit their error in public; and that the ruling was ridiculous, distorted and revolting. This isn't criticism.

Aharon Barak