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)

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

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

• 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

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

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

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