November 17, 2025

Noura Erakat, Palestinian-American humans rights lawyer and professor

22 minutes

BBC North America correspondent Nomia Iqbal speaks to Noura Erakat, Palestinian-American human rights attorney and professor at Rutgers University.

As well as being a legal scholar she is also an outspoken advocate for justice in Palestine, she went on to become one of the first Palestinian women to address the United Nations Security in October this year where she spoke on the situation of women and girls in Gaza

Noura Erakat reflects on the global response to the war in Gaza and what international law can and cannot do in times of crisis. We explore what accountability might look like and why, for many Palestinians, the law has so often failed them.

She talks about growing up as part of the Palestinian diaspora in the United States and how this has shaped her life.

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Presenter: Nomia Iqbal

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(Image: Noura Erakat Credit: Barbara Monteiro)

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