Pillay's Pogrom:

The UN's "Commission of Inquiry" Targeting Israel

Reports

• "Report of the Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and Israel," A/HRC/50/21, June 7, 2022
• "Report of the Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and Israel," A/77/328, September 14, 2022 (issued October 20, 2022)
• "Report of the Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and Israel," A/HRC/53/22, May 9, 2023 (issued June 8, 2023)
• "Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and Israel: Detailed findings on attacks and restrictions on and harassment of civil society actors, by all duty bearers," A/HRC/53/CRP.1, June 2, 2023 (issued June 8, 2023)
• "Position Paper of the United Nations Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and in Israel on the Legal Consequences arising from the Policies and Practices of Israel in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem," September 26, 2023
• "Report of the Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and Israel," A/78/198, September 5, 2023 (issued October 16, 2023)
• "Report of the Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and Israel," A/HRC/56/26, May 27, 2024 (issued June 12, 2024)
• "Detailed findings on attacks carried out on and after 7 October 2023 in Israel," A/HRC/56/CRP.3, June 10, 2024 (issued June 12, 2024)
• "Detailed findings on the military operations and attacks carried out in the Occupied Palestinian Territory from 7 October to 31 December 2023, A/HRC/56/CRP.4," A/HRC/56/CRP.4, June 10, 2024 (issued June 12, 2024)
• "Report of the Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and Israel," A/79/232, September 11, 2024 (issued October 10, 2024)
• "Position Paper: Legal analysis and recommendations on implementation of the International Court of Justice, Advisory Opinion, Legal Consequences arising from the Policies and Practices of Israel in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem," October 18, 2024
• "'More than a human can bear:' Israel’s systematic use of sexual, reproductive and other forms of gender-based violence since 7 October 2023," March 13, 2025
• "Report of the Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and Israel," A/HRC/59/26, May 6, 2025 (issued June 10, 2025)

Press Releases

• "Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and Israel, issues first report," Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, June 7, 2022
• "Commission of Inquiry finds that the Israeli occupation is unlawful under international law," Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, October 20, 2022
• "Commission of Inquiry welcomes General Assembly resolution requesting an ICJ Advisory Opinion relating to the Israeli occupation of Palestinian territory," Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, December 31, 2022
• "Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and Israel, to hold Public Hearings in Geneva from 20 to 24 March," Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, March 13, 2023
• "Looking the Occupation in the eye': testimonies of Palestinians’ rights defenders before a U.N. Commission of Inquiry," Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, April 5, 2023
• "The rights of civil society members are being violated by all entities in Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territory, UN Commission of Inquiry says; Israeli Government restrictions intrinsically linked to occupation," Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, June 8, 2023
• "Commission of Inquiry collecting evidence of war crimes committed by all sides in Israel and Occupied Palestinian Territories since 7 October 2023," Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, October 10, 2023
• "Civilians are the primary victims of increased violence in Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territory, says the UN Commission of Inquiry," Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, October 16, 2023
• "Grave violence in Israel and Gaza has outraged the conscience of humanity, UN Commission of Inquiry says," Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, October 27, 2023
• “Israeli authorities, Palestinian armed groups are responsible for war crimes, other grave violations of international law, UN Inquiry finds,” Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, June 12, 2024
• "UN Commission finds war crimes and crimes against humanity in Israeli attacks on Gaza health facilities and treatment of detainees, hostages," Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, October 10, 2024
• "International law obligates UN, Member States and international organizations to end Israel’s unlawful presence in Occupied Palestinian Territory, UN Commission says," Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, October 18, 2024
• "Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and Israel, to hold Public Hearings from 11 to 12 March," Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, March 4, 2025
• "'More than a human can bear': Israel’s systematic use of sexual, reproductive and other forms of gender-based violence since October 2023" Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, March 13, 2025
• "Israeli attacks on educational, religious and cultural sites in the Occupied Palestinian Territory amount to war crimes and the crime against humanity of extermination, UN Commission says," Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, June 10, 2025

Press Conferences

• "Commission of Inquiry" Press Conference: Presentation of the UN Human Rights Council Report, UN WebTV, June 14, 2022
• "Commission of Inquiry" Press Conference: Presentation of the UN General Assembly Report, UN WebTV, October 27, 2022
• "Commission of Inquiry" Press Conference: Presentation of the UN Human Rights Council Report, UN WebTV, June 20, 2023
• "Commission of Inquiry" Press Conference: Presentation of the UN General Assembly Report, UN WebTV, October 25, 2023
• "Commission of Inquiry" Press Conference: Presentation of the UN Human Rights Council Report, UN WebTV, June 14, 2024
• "Commission of Inquiry" Press Conference on Recommendations Regarding the International Court of Justice, UN WebTV, October 30, 2024
• HRC - Press Conference: Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Territory, UN WebTV, March 13, 2025

• Chair Navi Pillay, Remarks to the UN Human Rights Council, Item 2: Presentation of the "Commission of Inquiry" Report, Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, June 13, 2022
• Statement by Navi Pillay, chair of anti-Israel “Commission of Inquiry,” to the U.N. General Assembly Third Committee, United Nations, October 27, 2022
• Statement by Navi Pillay, Chair of the “Commission of Inquiry,” at the opening of public hearings in Geneva, Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, November 7, 2022
• Statement by Chris Sidoti, Member of the “Commission of Inquiry,” at the closing of public hearings in Geneva, Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, November 11, 2022
• Statement by Navi Pillay, Chair of the “Commission of Inquiry,” at the opening of public hearings in Geneva, Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, March 20, 2023
• Statement by Chris Sidoti, Member of the “Commission of Inquiry,” at the closing of public hearings in Geneva, Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, March 24, 2023
• Chair Navi Pillay, Remarks to the Human Rights Council, 53rd session of the Human Rights Council Interactive dialogue on the “Commission of Inquiry” report, Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, June 20, 2023
• Statement by Navi Pillay, Chair of the Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and Israel, to the General Assembly Third Committee, Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, October 24, 2023
• Remarks by Navi Pillay, Joint briefing of the Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and Israel and the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian territories occupied since 1967, to Permanent Missions, International Organizations and Civil Society Organizations in Geneva, Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, November 10, 2023
• Chair Navi Pillay, Remarks to the Human Rights Council, 56th session of the Human Rights Council Interactive dialogue on the “Commission of Inquiry” report, Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, June 19, 2024
• Opening remarks by Commissioner Chris Sidoti, Public hearings on sexual and reproductive violence in the occupied Palestinian territory, including East Jerusalem, and in Israel, since October 2023, Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, March 11, 2025
• Chair Navi Pillay, Remarks to the Human Rights Council, 59th session of the Human Rights Council Interactive dialogue on the “Commission of Inquiry” report, Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, June 17, 2025

Meetings

• Interactive Dialogue with the "Commission of Inquiry" - 2nd Meeting, 50th Regular Session of the UN Human Rights Council, UN WebTV, June 13, 2022
• Interactive Dialogue (continued) with the "Commission of Inquiry" - 3rd Meeting, 50th Regular Session of the UN Human Rights Council, UN WebTV, June 14, 2022
• Presentation of “Commission of Inquiry” report to the U.N. General Assembly Third Committee, UN WebTV, October 27, 2022
• Interactive Dialogue with the "Commission of Inquiry" - 3rd Meeting, 53rd Regular Session of the UN Human Rights Council, UN WebTV, June 20, 2023
• Presentation of “Commission of Inquiry” report to the U.N. General Assembly Third Committee, UN WebTV, October 24, 2023
• Presentation of “Commission of Inquiry” report to the U.N. General Assembly Third Committee, UN WebTV, October 30, 2024
• Briefing convened by the Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People (CEIRPP): International legal responsibilities for preventing genocide, holding perpetrators of war crimes accountable, and for ending the unlawful occupation of Palestine, UN WebTV, October 31, 2024

Public Hearings

Interviews

• ‘Apartheid’ is not sufficient: an interview with U.N. Human Rights Commissioner Miloon Kothari, Mondoweiss, David Kattenburg, July 25, 2022
• "Mondoweiss Podcast Episode 39: Interview with Miloon Kothari," Mondoweiss, July 25, 2022
• "Navi Pillay Talks to Al Jazeera," Al Jazeera, October 30, 2023

Letters

• July 28, 2022, Navi Pillay, Chair of the “Commission of Inquiry”, Letter to the Human Rights Council President Regarding Remarks by Miloon Kothari, U.N. Human Rights Council Extranet
• July 29, 2022, Frederico Villegas, President Of The Human Rights Council, Letter To Chair Of The “Commission Of Inquiry” Navi Pillay Regarding Remarks By Miloon Kothari, U.N. Human Rights Council Extranet
• August 4, 2022, Miloon Kothari, “Commission of Inquiry” Member, Letter to the U.N. Human Rights Council President Regarding Kothari's Recent Remarks, U.N. Human Rights Council Extranet
• November 21, 2022, Navi Pillay, Chair of the “Commission of Inquiry”, Letter to President of the General Assembly Csaba Korosi; UN Secretary-General António Guterres; Federico Villegas, president of the Human Rights Council; José Alfonso Blanco Conde, chair of the Assembly’s Third Committee (human rights); and Volker Turk, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, excerpted in article "Navi Pillay, Leading a UN Rights Probe on Palestine and Israel, Hits Back on Slurs Against Her," PassBlue

Call for Submissions

• "Call for Submissions," September 22, 2021
• "Call for Submissions on international crimes since 7 October 2023," October 30, 2023
• "Call for submissions on gender-based crimes since 7 October 2023," November 30, 2023
• "Call for submissions issued on 2 October 2024"