The Tunisia Office of the Center for Middle Eastern Studies at Harvard University invites you to:
"After Rafah: The Future of Human Rights and International Law"
A talk by Francesca Albanese, UN Special Rapporteur on the Situation of Human Rights in the Palestinian Territory
Human Rights Lawyer and Researcher at Institute for the Study of International Migration, Georgetown University
In conversation with: Chaima Bouhlel, Citizen Activist
A talk introduced by: Nader Uthman, Senior Preceptor in Arabic, Director of the Modern Language Programs, NELC, Harvard University
Francesca P. Albanese is an international lawyer and researcher on human rights and refugee issues in the MENA region. She has been appointed UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian Territory in 2022.
She is a Research Affiliate at the Institute for the Study of International Migration (ISIM) at Georgetown University and at the Issam Fares Institute at the American University of Beirut. From 2003 to 2013, she worked for UNRWA (UN Relief and Work Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East), UNDP and the UN OHCHR. Her professional experiences also include the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights of the European Union, and advising governments and civil society on human rights, refugee and asylum protection, and electoral transparency. Francesca Albanese holds an LL.M in Human Rights from SOAS and a BA (Hons.) in Law from the University of Pisa.
Her publications include: Palestinian Refugees in International Law, co-authored with Lex Takkenberg, (2nd edn) Oxford University Press, 2020; Report of the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian territories occupied since 1967: Anatomy of a Genocide" Advance unedited edition published in March 2024, ohchr.org; "Rethinking Solutions for Palestine Refugees: A much-needed paradigm shift and an opportunity towards its realization," a report published with Lex Takkenberg, Refugee Studies Centre, Oxford Department of International Development, University of Oxford, May 2021; UNRUWA and Palestine Refugee Rights, the Institute for Palestine Studies-USA, 2018. Read more on Albanese's blog: here.
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