The Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre, the Norwegian Refugee Council and Adalah - The Legal Center for Arab Minority Rights in Israel are pleased to invite you to an expert roundtable with human rights defenders from the field and special guest Raquel Rolnik, the Special Rapporteur (SR) on Adequate Housing, following the report on her Mission to Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territory (OPT).
The side-event, entitled "The Violation of Housing, Land, and Planning Rights in Israel and the OPT: Expert Testimonies from the Field" will provide updates from the field and explore ways in which participants can operationalize the protection of human rights as articulated by the Special Rapporteur. In addition to the Special Rapporteur, roundtable participants include:
. Raquel Rolnik, Special Rapporteur on Adequate Housing
. Ibrahim Abu Kharbish, Jordan Valley Sheikh
. Guillaume Charron, The Internal Displacement Monitoring Center (IDMC)
. Nadia Ben-Youssef, Adalah - The Legal Center for Arab Minority Rights in Israel
. Carin Smaller, B'Tselem - The Israeli Information Center for Human Rights in the Occupied Territories
. Rania Madi, Badil - Resource Center for Palestinian Residency & Refugee Rights
. Wa'il Abul Raheem Mohammad Qut, The Jerusalem Legal Aid and Human Rights Centre
. Stéphanie David, International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH)
The roundtable will be moderated by Charmain Mohamed of the Norwegian Refugee Council.
We welcome and look forward to your participation in the roundtable discussion. Refreshments will served for the occasion. Please inform us by Thursday 28 of February if you are planning to participate in the roundtable; we will also inform security should you need access to the Palais. Do not hesitate to contact us for any additional information and we thank you for considering our invitation.
Best regards,
Emilie Arnaud, IDMC
Nadia Ben-Youssef, Adalah
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