Join us as we engage Michael Lynk in conversation with leading experts from Human Rights Watch, Amnesty International and Palestinian civil society to discuss Palestine and apartheid under international law.
Featuring
• Michael Lynk, Associate Professor at the Faculty of Law at Western University; Outgoing UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian Territory occupied since 1967
• Omar Shakir, Israel and Palestine Director, Middle East and North Africa Division at Human Rights Watch
• Saleh Hijazi, Deputy Regional Director of Middle East and North Africa at Amnesty International and Al-Shabaka Policy Member
• Rania Muhareb, Irish Research Council and Hardiman PhD Scholar at the Irish Centre for Human Rights in the School of Law, at the National University of Ireland, Galway; Policy Member of Al-Shabaka – The Palestinian Policy Network; Former legal researcher and advocacy officer at the leading Palestinian human rights organization Al-Haq
• Moderator: S. Priya Morley, Racial Justice Policy Counsel, The Promise Institute for Human Rights at UCLA School of Law
Featured Speaker
Rania Muhareb is an Irish Research Council and Hardiman PhD Scholar at the Irish Centre for Human Rights at the National University of Ireland, Galway. Her PhD research examines the relevance of the apartheid framework to the Palestinian struggle for decolonization. Between 2017 and 2020, she worked as a legal researcher and advocacy officer with the Palestinian human rights organization Al-Haq. Rania holds an LLM in international human rights and humanitarian law from the European University Viadrina Frankfurt (Oder) and an undergraduate degree from Sciences Po Paris.
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