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Ex-rights chief to lead UN Israel-Palestinian inquiry

By AFP
July 24, 2021

Geneva: Former UN rights chief Navi Pillay will lead the United Nations’ open-ended inquiry into "systematic" abuses in Israel and the Palestinian territories, it was announced on Thursday. The UN Human Rights Council’s president said Pillay would lead a three-person investigation into abuses and their "root causes" in the decades-long conflict.