Connections Episode 42
 

Palestine: The Right to Self-Determination

Mouin Rabbani Interviews Francesca Albanese 

Wednesday 26 October 2022
2:00 PM EST | 20:00 CET | 21:00 Jerusalem

Join us on Wednesday, 26 October for a discussion about Palestinian self-determination between United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Situation of Human Rights in the Palestinian Territory Occupied Since 1967, Francesca Albanese and Jadaliyya Co-Editor Mouin Rabbani. This episode of Connections will discuss Special Rapporteur Albanese’s recent report examining the centrality of the right to self-determination to Palestinian human rights, and the significance of its denial.

Connections offers timely and informative interviews on current events and broader policy questions, as well as themes relevant to knowledge production. It combines journalism, analysis, and scholarship.  

Guest

Francesca Albanese is the United Nations 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), where she co-founded the Global Network on the Question of Palestine (GNQP), a coalition of renowned professional and scholars engaged in/on Israel/Palestine.  

Albanese has published widely on the legal situation in Israel/Palestine; her latest book, Palestinian Refugees in International Law (Oxford University Press, 2020), offers a comprehensive legal analysis of the situation of Palestinian refugees from its origins to modern-day reality. She previously worked as a human rights expert for the United Nations, including for the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) and the Relief and Work Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA).

Host

Mouin Rabbani has published and commented widely on Palestinian affairs, the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, and the contemporary Middle East. He was previously Senior Analyst Middle East and Special Advisor on Israel-Palestine with the International Crisis Group, and head of political affairs with the Office of the United Nations Special Envoy for Syria. He is Co-Editor of Jadaliyya Ezine.

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