Israel refuses entry to UN special investigator Wibisono

Israel last week refused entry to Makarim Wibisono, the UN special rapporteur on human rights in the Palestinian territories, who is working on a report on rights violations in east Jerusalem, the West Bank and Gaza.

 

Wibisono plans to submit the report to the 70th session of the General Assembly this fall in New York.

 

Foreign Ministry spokesman Emmanuel Nachshon said, “Israel cooperates with most human rights mechanisms of the UN. Israel does not cooperate with unfair and unbalanced mandates such as the UNHRC rapporteur’s mandate, and consequently his entry to Israel is not allowed.”

 

Israel remains the only country for which a special investigator is permanently assigned.

 

The investigator is mandated to focus on Israeli human rights violations against Palestinians and is not assigned to explore Palestinian ones.

 

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