The UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian territories occupied since 1967, Francesca Albanese*, will provide a virtual briefing on key findings and conclusions of her report to the General Assembly on the right to self-determination for the Palestinian people in the occupied Palestinian territory.  

This webinar is co-organized by the Foreign Press Association and the Centre for United Nations Studies, University of Buckingham.  

The Special Rapporteur’s report on the right to self-determination for the Palestinian people is now publicly available in all the official languages on the UN Official Documentation System.  Francesca Albanese was appointed the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian Territory occupied since 1967 by the Human Rights Council at its 49th session in March 2022 and has taken up her function as of 1 May 2022. Ms. Albanese is an Affiliate Scholar at the Institute for the Study of International Migration at Georgetown University, as well as a Senior Advisor on Migration and Forced Displacement for a think-tank, Arab Renaissance for Democracy and Development (ARDD). She has widely published on the legal situation in Israel and the State of Palestine and regularly teaches and lectures on international law and forced displacement at universities in Europe and the Arab region. Ms. Albanese has also worked as a human rights expert for the United Nations, including the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights and the UN Relief and Work Agency for Palestine Refugees. 

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