The Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People (CEIRPP) will organize a virtual briefing titled “Safeguarding Human Rights, Ensuring Accountability and Ending the Unlawful Occupation of Palestine” on 30 October 2025 (10 a.m. – 1 p.m.). 

 The briefing will feature presentations from the UN Special Rapporteur on the Situation of Human Rights in the Palestinian Territory Occupied Since 1967, Francesca Albanese; Special Rapporteur on violence against women and girls, its causes and consequences, Reem Alsalem; Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of human rights and fundamental freedoms while countering terrorism, Ben Saul,  as well as Commissioner of the Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and Israel, Chris Sidoti.  

 The meeting will provide an opportunity to discuss the next collective steps and leverage the expertise of the invited speakers to inform action in the General Assembly.  

 All Member and Observer States of the United Nations, intergovernmental and civil society organizations are invited to attend.  

The event will be broadcast via UN Web TV. 

 Additional information or questions are to be directed at the Division for Palestinian Rights of the United Nations Secretariat at [email protected]. 

Programme 

 10.00 – 10.15 OPENING 

• Ambassador Coly Seck 

Chair of the Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People 

Permanent Representative of Senegal to the United Nations 

• Minister Riyad Mansour 

Permanent Observer of the State of Palestine to the United Nations 

10.20 – 11.20 BRIEFERS 

• Francesca Albanese 

UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the    Palestinian territory occupied since 1967 

• Reem Alsalem 

UN Special Rapporteur on violence against women and girls, its causes and consequences 

• Ben Saul  

UN Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of human rights and fundamental freedoms while countering terrorism 

• Chris Sidoti 

Member of the Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and Israel 

 11.20 – 12.40 Q&A SESSION 

 12.40 – 13.00 CLOSING