UN Special Rapporteur on situation
of human rights in the Palestinian territory to conduct visit
GENEVA (5 July 2019) – The UN
Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian
territory occupied since 1967, Michael Lynk, begins his annual official mission
to the region on 8 July, through Friday 12 July 2019.
The Special Rapporteur will gather first-hand
information on the current human rights situation in the Occupied Palestinian
Territory. Due to Israel's lack of response to the Special Rapporteur's request
to travel to the Occupied Palestinian Territory, he will hold meetings in
Amman, Jordan.
During his mission, the Special
Rapporteur will meet with officials, community leaders and civil society
representatives, among others. He will
discuss the human rights situation across the Occupied Palestinian Territory
with a focus on gathering evidence and information that will inform his
upcoming report.
The Special Rapporteur will present
his annual report to the General Assembly in October 2019 on his findings and
conclusions.
ENDS
Mr. Michael Lynk was designated by
the UN Human Rights Council in 2016 as the Special Rapporteur on the situation
of human rights in the Palestinian territories occupied since 1967. The mandate
was originally established in 1993 by the then UN Commission on Human Rights.
Professor Lynk is Associate Professor of Law at Western University in London,
Ontario, where he teaches labour law, constitutional law and human rights law.
Before becoming an academic, he practiced labour law and refugee law for a
decade in Ottawa and Toronto. He also worked for the United Nations on human
rights and refugee issues in Jerusalem.
The Special Rapporteurs are part of
what is known as the Special Procedures of the Human Rights Council. Special
Procedures, the largest body of independent experts in the UN Human Rights
system, is the general name of the Council’s independent fact-finding and
monitoring mechanisms that address either specific country situations or
thematic issues in all parts of the world. Special Procedures’ experts work on
a voluntary basis; they are not UN staff and do not receive a salary for their
work. They are independent from any government or organization and serve in
their individual capacity.
UN Human Rights, Country Page:
Occupied Palestinian Territories and
Israel
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