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Article: ISRAEL: PROF. FALK, SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR OF HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL, UNWELCOME IN ISRAEL.
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- IPR Strategic Business Information Database
- Article date:
- December 16, 2008
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As part of Israel's well established policy of constructive engagement in international scrutiny and dialogue, and its cooperation with various international mechanisms, Israel has welcomed in the past 3 years the visits of seven special rapporteurs of the UN Human Rights Council, one special representative of the UN Secretary General and the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights. However, the mandate of the Special Rapporteur on Human Rights in the Palestinian Territories is particularly biased and distorted: not only is it the only Human Rights Council mandate not to have been revised and modified since 1992, it also dictates pre-established conclusions to the ...