29 MFómh 2015, 14:29
The Joint Committee on Foreign Affairs will convene tomorrow to discuss the current situation in Gaza.
29th September 2015
Mr Raji Sourani, Director of the Palestinian centre for Human Rights, will appear before the Committee.
Mr Sourani is a prominent human rights lawyer from Gaza, and has been working for human rights in the region since 1977. Tomorrow he will provide Committee members with an update of the current situation in Gaza, and will discuss issues of accountability for violations of international law in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
Committee Chair, Pat Breen TD, says: “The Joint Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade has a deep interest in the situation in Gaza and Committee members are keen to ensure that Ireland continues to make a positive contribution to what is a very challenging situation.”
“This meeting affords us a valuable opportunity to receive a first hand account of the current situation in Gaza, whose inhabitants face many difficulties on a daily basis.
The meeting will take place tomorrow, Wednesday, 30th September in Committee Room 3 at 10am.
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Committee Membership
Deputies
Pat Breen, Fine Gael (Chairman)
Eric Byrne, Labour
Bernard Durkan, Fine Gael (Vice-Chairman)
Seán Crowe, Sinn Féin
Olivia Mitchell, Fine Gael
Dan Neville, Fine Gael
Ruairi Quinn, Labour
Brendan Smith, Fianna Fáil
Maureen O’Sullivan, Independent
Senators
Mark Daly, Fianna Fáil
Lorraine Higgins, Labour
Michael Mullins, Fine Gael
David Norris, Independent
Jim Walsh, Fianna Fáil