salon:">The United Nations monitor of human rights in the occupied Palestinian territories has announced that he’s “reluctantly” resigning because the Israeli government won’t grant him access to areas he needs to survey for his job.
“Unfortunately, my efforts to help improve the lives of Palestinian victims of violations under the Israeli occupation have been frustrated every step of the way,” said Makarim Wibisono, the U.N. Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian territories.
Wibisono submitted his resignation to the president of the U.N. Human Rights Council on Monday. It will become effective on March 31.
The human rights expert sent numerous requests for access, written and oral, to the Israeli government, but they were all denied
U.N. human rights expert resigns after Israel refuses to let him enter occupied Palestine
U.N. Special Rapporteur Makarim Wibisono is quitting because Israel won't let him do his job
The United Nations monitor of human rights in the occupied Palestinian territories has announced that he’s “reluctantly” resigning because the Israeli government won’t grant him access to areas he needs to survey for his job.
“Unfortunately, my efforts to help improve the lives of Palestinian victims of violations under the Israeli occupation have been frustrated every step of the way,” said Makarim Wibisono, the U.N. Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian territories.
Wibisono submitted his resignation to the president of the U.N. Human Rights Council on Monday. It will become effective on March 31.
The human rights expert sent numerous requests for access, written and oral, to the Israeli government, but they were all denied