U.N. Counter-Terrorism Expert to Investigate U.S. Drone Strikes
CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Oct. 26 (UPI) -- An independent U.N. counter-terrorism expert says he will probe U.S. drone attacks and other targeted assassinations that result in civilian deaths or injuries.
Ben Emmerson, the U.N. special rapporteur on counter-terrorism and human rights, told a Harvard Law School audience he would create a special investigative unit in Geneva early next year to examine U.S. drone attacks' legality.
He said this summer some drone strikes in Pakistan might amount to war crimes.
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