Three years after the catastrophic explosion at the port of Beirut, which killed at least 235 people and devastated more than half of the Lebanese capital, the survivors, the families of the victims and many local civil society groups – supported by international human rights organizations, among which Amnesty International – have again turned to the United Nations Human Rights Council to ask an international commission of inquiry who ascertains the dynamics of the explosion and identifies those responsible.
It has been clear for some time that the Lebanese authorities have not the slightest intention of collaborating in the search for truth and justice: in these three years they have used every means at their disposal to protect themselves and perpetuate the culture of impunity.
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