Event: Human Rights Under Occupation in Palestine

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Event: Human Rights Under Occupation in Palestine – A United Nations Special Rapporteur Perspective

Date: May 19 2023

Time: 10.00 – 12.00

Venue: Usha Kasera Lecture Theatre (Old College), The University of Edinburgh

Organisers: Supported by Politics and International Relations (PIR) at the School of Social and Political Science, University of Edinburgh, Global Justice Academy, and the Scottish Council on Global Affairs, in collaboration with PIR Middle East Research Group and CeSeR Centre for Security Research.

This is an in-person only event. From the Politics and International Relations (PIR) at the School of Social and Political Science, University of Edinburgh event page:

Francesca Albanese, the UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian territories occupied since 1967, will present her report on the right to self-determination of the Palestinian people. The Special Rapporteur’s lecture will introduce the legal meaning and implications of this right, why it is central to the Question of Israel-Palestine and any just solution for the region, as well as a new way forward.”

A free event, tickets can be booked via Eventbrite.