Yakin Ert=FCrk, Special Rapporteur of the
United Nations Commission on Human Rights on violence against women, its
causes and consequences, will visit the Occupied Palestinian Territories
from 13 to 18 June 2004. Mrs. Ert=FCrk aims to gather first-hand information
on the question of violence against women during times of conflict.
The Special Rapporteur is scheduled
to visit Jerusalem, the West Bank and the Gaza strip. During the visit
she will meet with representatives of the Israeli Government, the Palestinian
Authority, non-governmental organizations, women's organizations and individuals
engaged in human rights work, as well as with United Nations officials.
After the visit, Mrs. Ert=FCrk will present a report with her findings and recommendations to the sixty-first session of the Commission on Human Rights in 2005.
Mrs. Ert=FCrk, professor of Sociology at Middle East Technical University in Ankara Turkey, was appointed Special Rapportur of the Commission on Human Rights in 2003. For more information about the mandate of the Special Rapporteur and copies of available reports, please consult the website of the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights. www.unhchr.ch/html/menu2/7/b/women/
For more information about the visit, please contact OHCHR on +41 22 917 92 42, press-info@ohchr.org.