CCR is thrilled to be hosting prominent Palestinian human rights defenders Raji Sourani and Shawan Jabarin for a two-week visit to the U.S., the directors of the Gaza-based Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR) and Ramallah-based Al Haq, respectively. This is only the second trip each has made to the U.S. in the last dozen years, due to travel restrictions, and their first trip to the U.S. together.

If you’re in the New York City area, please join us for a very special event this Wednesday, April 13, with Raji and Shawan sharing their from-the-ground perspectives on Gaza-under-closure and the very dynamic situation in the West Bank, including East Jerusalem. The event will also feature Columbia University scholar Rashid Khalidi discussing the role of U.S. policy towards Israel and Palestine, and is moderated by CCR Board Chair Katherine Franke.

A full list of events featuring Raji and Shawan in New York – with CCR Executive Director Vince Warren at  CUNY Law School tonight and with the award-winning journalist Amira Hass at NYU Law School tomorrow  – as well as in Boston and Washington, D.C. – including a discussion with the Institute for Policy Studies’ Phyllis Bennis on Sunday, April 17 – is on the CCR events calendar.

CCR’s work in bringing Raji and Shawan to U.S. audiences is part of our long-standing support for and solidarity with the Palestinian human rights struggle and our efforts to challenge the impunity of the Israeli government’s violations of international law related to its illegal occupation of Palestine and U.S. complicity in the occupation. The latest challenge to that impunity is now before the International Criminal Court. A brief look back at one piece of our past work related to Palestine is below. For an overview of our current work, visit the CCR website.