United Nations Security Council (UNSC) Resolution 2803 violates Palestine’s right to self-determination, Special Rapporteur Francesca Albanese advised on Wednesday, calling on states to interpret and implement the resolution in compliance with international law and the UN Charter. Albanese, a UN expert appointed as Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Occupied Palestinian Territory , said that the resolution consolidates Israel’s unlawful presence in the Palestinian Territory and legitimizes ongoing violence.
Albanese accused the resolution of failing to abide by international human rights law, international law governing the use of force, and the principles of the UN Charter . Article 1(2) of the UN Charter grounds relations between states on “the principle

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