A joint initiative between the University of Bergen
and CMI – Chr. Michelsen Institute
Investigating human rights under occupation.
UN Special Rapporteurs are independent experts reporting and advising on issues related to human rights. One of them investigates the human rights situation in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (OPT) and reports on Israel’s violations of international law.
Francesca Albanese was appointed as Special Rapporteur in May 2022. Since 2008, Israel has denied the Special Rapporteur access to the OPT and Albanese has yet to visit the OPT.
How does the occupation affect the human rights of the people living in Gaza and the West Bank? And how has this changed since 7 October 2023?
We have invited Albanese to a conversation about her mandate and the human rights violations in Palestine. How does she carry out her job? What recommendations does she provide for the international community?
The conversation will be joined by Terje Einarsen (UiB) and moderated by Chiara Morfea (UiB). Albanese will participate digitally.
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Francesca Albanese is the UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian Territory occupied since 1967. She is an Affiliate Scholar at the Institute for the Study of International Migration at Georgetown University, and a Senior Advisor on Migration and Forced Displacement for the think tank Arab Renaissance for Democracy and Development (ARDD).
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Terje Einarsen is professor in law at University of Bergen. Einarsen was formerly a judge at the Gulating High Court for Western Norway, and Head of the Human Rights Committee, Norwegian Judges' Association. He has also served as a permanent member of the Grand Chamber, Immigration Board of Appeals.
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Chiara Morfea is a PhD candidate at the Faculty of Law, UiB. Her research is placed at the intersection of Business & Human Rights, Corporate Sustainability and Sustainable Finance.
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