The CEIRPP organized a virtual event live streamed on UN Web TV on the margins of CSW69 titled : “The destruction of the health system in Palestine: A lifeline in peril for women and girls”. The event focused on the war on Gaza – and the latest resumption of attacks by Israel- whose victims are over 70% women and children. The all-female panel saw the participation of Ms. Tlaleng Mofokeng, the [...]

On 4 March 2025 at UN Headquarters, the Division for Palestinian Rights (DPR) hosted its annual briefing for new delegates on the mandate and work of the UN Palestinian Rights Committee. Chaired by Ambassador Coly Seck and attended by 19 delegates and Member State representatives, the session provided a comprehensive overview of the Committee’s annual programme. Key topics included political engag [...]

The 2024 Symposium on the Question of Jerusalem “Jerusalem and the Gaza War: Palestinian Identity and Existence Under Threat of Erasure” was convened at the headquarters of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, under the joint auspices of the OIC and the Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People (CEIRPP). Ahead of the ev [...]

The Panel discussion “1948-2024: The Ongoing Palestinian Nakba” was held under the auspices of the UN Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People (CEIRPP) on 17 May in the ECOSOC Chamber, UN Headquarters in New York. The event focused on the historical context of the 1948 events that lead to the mass displacement of Palestinians, a process still ongoin [...]

The Conference focused, among others, on the role of civil society worldwide in advocating for a durable and sustainable ceasefire in Gaza and in achieving accountability for Israel’s war crimes in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem. Participants represented organisations and solidarity movements from different countries, including Palestine, Uni [...]

The virtual event, organized by the CEIRPP on the margin of the annual meeting of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW68) aims to support the rights of Palestinian women and provide a platform to inform about their situation under occupation.  By organizing this event, the Committee intends to discuss the impact of the war in Gaza on Palestinian women and children in particular. Since 7 Oct [...]

On 27 February 2024 at UN Headquarters, the Division for Palestinian Rights (DPR) held its annual Briefing for New Delegates on the General Assembly mandate and work of the Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People. The Committee Chair, Amb. Cheikh Niang opened the briefing, which was attended by 15 UN delegates. The Division of Palestinian Rights explained the [...]

. The Panel discussion “2023 War on Gaza: The Responsibility to Prevent Genocide” was convened on 12 December 2023 by the Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People (CEIRPP). The event consisted of an opening with remarks by H.E. Mr. Arrmanatha Christiawan Nasir, Vice Chair of the Committee and Permanent Representative of Indonesia to the United Nations [...]

The Bureau of the Committee met with UN Secretary-General António Guterres to express concern at the worsening situation in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (OPT), including East Jerusalem. The Chair of the Committee, Ambassador Cheikh Niang (Senegal) encouraged the Secretary-General to visit the OPT as soon as possible to learn first-hand about the situation on the ground and provide much nee [...]

. “The impact of Israeli settlement policies on the Palestinian population in Jerusalem” Convened by the UN Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People (CEIRPP) in cooperation with the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) On Thursday, 20 July 2023, the Committee, in cooperation with the OIC, held the International Conference on the Question of Jerusalem und [...]

2023 marks the 75th anniversary of the mass displacement of Palestinians known as “the Nakba” or “the Catastrophe”. The UN Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People (CEIRPP) commemorated the 75th anniversary of the Nakba at UN Headquarters in New York. For the first time in the history of the UN, this anniversary was commemorated pursuant to the mandate by the [...]

On Wednesday, 15 March 2023, the Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People held a virtual event titled “Memories of the Nakba and its impact on Palestinians” on the margins of the sixty-seventh session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW). During the event, Nadine Sayegh, author of the book “Oranges from Jaffa”, spoke about her family’s experience of [...]

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On 8 September 2022, the Palestinian Rights Committee’s Bureau honoured  Ms. Maysoon Elayyan,  author and the mother of a terror victim, at a meeting hosted by the Permanent Mission of Indonesia to the UN. The meeting was also attended by UNRWA Representative Office Director Greta Gunnarsdottir and UN Department of Global Communications’ Outreach Division Director Maher Nasser. Ms. Elayyan who lo [...]

UN Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People  with support from the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC)   International Conference on the Question of Jerusalem   “Palestinian Youth in East Jerusalem under Occupation”  The UN Palestinian Rights Committee, with support from the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), held the International Conference on [...]

On 16 June 2022, the UN Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People (CEIRPP)​ held a Virtual High-Level Event​ “Apartheid, International Law,​ and the Occupied Palestinian Territory”​ featuring a conversation between Zeid Ra’ad Al-Hussein, President and Chief Executive Officer of International Peace Institute,  former UN High Commissioner for Human Rights and Agn [...]

The UN Palestinian Rights Committee organized the Virtual Event on “Al-Khalil/Hebron – A case study for the impact of Israeli settlements on Palestinian rights under occupation”. The event was organized as a panel conversation – moderated by H.E. Mr. Arrmanatha Christiawan Nasir, Vice-Chair of the Committee and Permanent Representative of Indonesia to the UN – with civil society representatives. [...]

On 30 March 2022, the Bureau of the United Nations General Assembly’s Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People met with H.E. Mr. Abdulla Shahid, President of the 76th General Assembly. The Bureau called for renewed efforts by the international community to facilitate a just, lasting and comprehensive settlement of the question of Palestine on the basis of inte [...]

On 23 March 2022, the Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People organized a virtual event on “Impact of forced displacement on Palestinian women” on the margins of the sixty-sixth session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW). Resources Curtain Raiser  Programme Bio Notes of Panellists Chair Summary [...]

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The Division for Palestinian Rights organized its annual Briefing for New Delegates on the General Assembly mandate and work of the Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People on 28 February 2022 in the Trusteeship Council Chamber. [...]

“Supporting Human Rights Defenders in the Occupied Palestinian Territory: Reality, Challenges, and Obligations” UN Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People  VIRTUAL EVENT Tuesday, 7 December 2021, 10.30 a.m. – 12.30 p.m. (NY Time) The UN Palestinian Rights Committee organized the Virtual Event on “Supporting Human Rights Defenders in the Occupied Palestinian T [...]

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