MH17 Attack May Be A War Crime

GENEVA - The downing of Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17 may be a war crime, the U.N.'s top human rights official said Monday. U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay called for a thorough investigation into the violation of international law that occurred when the flight was shot down with a surface-to-air missile over a part of eastern Ukraine controlled by pro-Russian separatists on July 17, killing all 298 people on board.

"This violation of international law, given the prevailing circumstances, may amount to a war crime," Pillay said of the downed jetliner. A full-fledged investigation still has not begun at the crash site. Some bodies are still unrecovered and the site has been forensically compromised. Fighting over the weekend prevented a team of Dutch and Australian police officers from visiting the crash site to start searching for evidence and the remaining bodies. Today, family members of Malaysia Airlines victim visit crash site. Ukraine conflict reignites as MH17 victims memorialized. [NBC NEWS}