UN rights expert heads to Palestine, Egypt, Jordan

UN rights expert heads to Palestine, Egypt, Jordan

GENEVA, Feb 10 (KUNA) -- The United Nations Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian territories occupied since 1967, Richard Falk, will conduct a field mission, from February 10-20, visiting Egypt, the occupied Palestinian territories and Jordan to gather information on the broad range of human rights concerns connected to Israel's occupation of Palestine.
"This mission will focus particularly on the right of the Palestinian people to self-determination, the human rights implications of prolonged refugee status, disturbing patterns of violence by Israeli settlers against Palestinians and their properties, as well as the conditions and treatment of Palestinians detained by Israel," Falk said in a press release.
During his eleven-day visit, the independent expert is scheduled to meet with government and inter-governmental officials, human rights defenders, and representatives of NGOs working on the human rights situations in the occupied Palestinian territories.
The Special Rapporteur will convene a press conference at the end of his visit on February 20, in Amman, and he will submit a full report on his mission to the Human Rights Council in June 2012.
In 2008, the UN Human Rights Council designated Falk (United States of America) as the fifth Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights on Palestinian territories occupied since 1967. The mandate was originally established in 1993 by the UN Commission on Human Rights.
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