Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask His Majesty's Government whether they consider current UN mechanisms for investigating allegations of misconduct, bias and antisemitism by Special Rapporteurs to be effective, with particular reference to the concerns regarding Francesca Albanese reported in The Jerusalem Post on 11 February.

The UK's position remains as set out in the answer provided in the House of Commons on 4 March in response to Question HC114367, which for ease is reproduced below:

Along with several other countries, we have raised concerns about a series of comments made by the Special Rapporteur on the Occupied Palestinian Territories. Ministers have raised these concerns directly with the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, and the UK has asked that the comments of the Special Rapporteur be urgently investigated against the Code of Conduct for her post, and for action to be taken to restore the confidence of the international community in the independence and objectivity of this important role.