GENEVA, Nov 27 (KUNA) -- The President of the Human Rights Council Ambassador Jurg Lauber on Thursday nominated members of the United Nations Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Territory including East Jerusalem and Israeli occupation. This comes after the former members announced their resignation last July.
A statement issued in Geneva, the Human Rights Council decided to "urgently establish an ongoing independent international commission of inquiry to investigate all alleged violations of international humanitarian law and abuses of international human rights law leading up and since 13 April 2021".
The resolution further requested the commission of inquiry to "investigate all underlying root causes of recurrent tensions instability and protraction of conflict, including systematic discrimination and repression based on national ethnic racial or religious identity", statement added. The Commission is also mandated to report annually to the UN Human Rights Council and to the UN General Assembly. In 2024, the Human Rights Council passed further resolutions requesting the Commission to present reports to it on settlers and on sales of arms including those used during the Israeli military operation in Gaza since 7 October 2023.
In September 2025 the Commission concluded in its report that Israel had committed genocide against Palestinians in the Gaza Strip.
According to the statement, the current Commission includes the Indian judge Srinivasan Muralidhar as Chair, the Zambian judge Florence Mumba, and the Australian expert Chris Sidoti who has been reappointed for a new term after previously serving as a member of the former Commission of Inquiry. (End) imk.ahs