Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  The mandate was created in February 1993. It goes back nearly three decades, and it even predates the Oslo accords, when the Palestinian authority entered Ramallah, Nablus, Hebron—cities that they controlled—as well as Jenin and Bethlehem, and Hamas-ruled Gaza. The mandate predat

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  Terrorism by Islamic Jihad, the PA and Hamas are systematically ignored. They're presumed to be violations, and that is why Amnesty International in the past, and other groups, have said the bias is one-sided.

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  Thank you for that timely question, because the appointment is to happen in a few weeks. Indeed, I do have concerns about the nomination of Francesca Albanese for this position as special rapporteur on Palestine. Those concerns would have been expressed by Stéphane Dion, Canada'

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  That is absolutely the case. There was a law professor from McGill who had written on this phenomenon, where certain individuals were chosen, not despite their prejudicial statements and their bias but precisely because of it. He was referring to someone who was appointed at the

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  Thank you. It's an honour and a pleasure to be testifying before the committee. I'd like to share with you some of my thoughts from the United Nations Human Rights Council, where I'm speaking to you from in Geneva. The 2022 session has just opened. Sadly, with the founding reso