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ECPS Webinar : Starvation as a weapon of war in Palestine

A dialogue between the UN Special Rapporteur Prof. Michael Fakhari & Prof. Ilan Pappé.

The European Centre for Palestine Studies (ECPS) would like to invite all interested to attend this upcoming webinar.


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Please register for this event using the link below 

https://universityofexeter.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_zIR1svAeR82E8miU2DyCsA#/registration

Prof. Fakri (@MichaelFakhri and @UN_SPExperts) is a professor at the University of Oregon School of Law where he teaches courses on human rights, food law, development, and commercial law. He is also the director of the Food Resiliency Project in the Environmental and Natural Resources Law Center. He was appointed Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food by the Human Rights Council in March 2020 and assumed his functions on 1 May 2020. In his latest report as the UN Special Rapporteur to the UN Secretary General (@UN), he presented an analysis titled "Starvation and the right to food, with an emphasis on the Palestinian people’s food sovereignty" regarding the situation in Gaza. The report establishes the relationship between the right to food and starvation prevention in a way that contributes both towards the common goal of ensuring that everyone has the power to determine what is adequate food for their community and to access that food. In the present report the Palestinian people’s food sovereignty is emphasised since the Palestinian liberation struggle exemplifies how starvation is a human rights issue.