The Fifty Year Occupation of Palestine: Humanitarian and Normative Strains of a Protracted Occupation

Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC)

The Association of International Development Agencies, Diakonia IHL Resource Centre and the Norwegian Refugee Council cordially invite you to attend a side-event on the margins of the UNGA 72nd Session:
The Fifty Year Occupation of Palestine: Humanitarian and Normative Strains of a Protracted Occupation
Wednesday, 25 October 2017 10:00-12:00 CCUN, 777 United Nations Plaza (corner of 1st Ave &amp; 44th St.), New York
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Panel I: Fifty Years of Occupation - Dispossession, Deprivation and De-development
Chair: Mr. Itay Epshtain, Special Advisor NRC
Mr. Ibrahim Shikaki: The Political Economy of Prolonged Occupation Ms. Cecilie Mathiasen, Policy Coordinator AIDA: Humanitarian Impact of De-development Mr. Thomas Dallal, Deputy Director Diakonia IHLRC: The Humanitarian-Development Nexus in the oPt Context
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Panel II: The Disintegration of Occupation - Rule of Law in Protracted Belligerent Occupation
Chair: Prof. Michael Lynk, UN Special Rapporteur on the Situation of Human Rights in the oPt
Prof. Marco Sassoli: The Obligation to Respect the Laws in Place, Exceptions and Increasing Violations Prof. Michael Bothe: The Conduct of Prolonged Occupation – Whither Legal Restraints Ms. Brona Higgins, Advocacy Manager (ad int.) NRC: Humanitarian and Normative Implications