Chris Sidoti
UN COI commissioner — Israel/OPT · Australia / Geneva
Affiliated with UN Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Territory
Member of the UN Commission of Inquiry on Israel/OPT; original commissioner from 2021 and reappointed in 2025.
Financing
personCommissioner service through UN Human Rights Council mandate support.
UN COI; former Australian Human Rights Commissioner and international human-rights consultant.
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His COI work is part of a mandate publicly challenged by Israel, the US, UN Watch, and others for alleged bias.
Experienced human-rights investigator; not a criminal judge.
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Sources & disclosures
- New COI appointments — UN Question of Palestine