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Srinivasan Muralidhar

UN COI chair — Israel/OPT · India / Geneva

Affiliated with UN Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Territory

Intergovernmental (UN)

Chair of the UN Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and Israel, appointed Nov 2025.

Financing

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Commissioners serve through the UN Human Rights Council mandate; UN COI FAQ states commissioners are appointed as independent experts and supported by a secretariat.

Institutional alignment

UN Human Rights Council Commission of Inquiry.

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Disclosures & conflicts

Commission findings are non-binding and its mandate is contested by Israel and watchdog groups; commissioner roles should be read through that institutional context.

Credibility & caveats

Independent expert on a non-judicial UN investigative body.

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