Our next guest is an international lawyer, specialised in human rights and the Middle East.
She is the author of prestigious publications and her academic works cover various aspects of the
Question of Palestine, the legal situation in Israel/Palestine and Palestinian forced
displacement. She is also part of a coalition of prominent regional and international experts and
scholars engaged in the issue of Israel/Palestine. Our next guest is set to make a keynote speech at the 23rd Nelson Mandela Annual Lecture this weekend in Sandton. The theme for this year'sannual lecture is “Enhancing Peace and Global Cooperation”. The theme is important to critically reflect on given the contemporary challenges of advancing social justice causes in a fragmented geopolitical landscape, especially as humanitarian matters get sidelined by realpolitik considerations. To tell us more about her work, the shifting tides on the global order and the future of the Middle East. We are joined by…

Guest: Francesca Albenese - the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the situation
of human rights in the Palestinian Territory occupied since 1967