Chris Sidoti
Chris Sidoti is a Commissioner on the UN Human Rights Council’s Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Territories, including East Jerusalem, and Israel.
Chris's recent articles
26 March 2025
More than a human can bear
Two weeks ago, the United Nations Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and Israel published a report, “More than a human can bear”: Israel's systematic use of sexual, reproductive and other forms of gender-based violence since 7 October 2023.
26 October 2024
Israeli war crimes and crimes against humanity “extreme under any circumstances”
The events since October 7 have been absolutely overwhelming. And that means they are overwhelming for everybody, but particularly for the people who are experiencing them, those who are suffering. The victims. It's regularly said that October 7 represented the greatest killing of Jewish people since the Holocaust. And that's correct. What's said less frequently is that the killing of Palestinians since then represents the greatest Slaughter of Palestinians in their recorded history.
12 September 2024
The United Nations and states, individually and collectively, are responsible for Palestine and Israel
The United Nations General Assembly commences its 79th session this week. The session continues until the end of the year. Among other things, at this session the GA will respond to the Advisory Opinion of the International Court of Justice on the Legal Consequences arising from the Policies and Practices of Israel in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, delivered on 20 July 2024.
31 August 2021
Mullah Morrison and his Christian Taliban
The problem with Scott Morrison is not that he uses his office to implement Christian values. The problem is that he doesnt.
21 March 2021
Does Aung San Suu Kyis detention violate international law?
The International Court of Justice cannot deal with what the military is doing to the people of Myanmar today because Daw Suu and the NLD failed for five years to ratify or accede to the Rome Statute. They have no one to blame but themselves.
4 March 2021
Money talks: What Australia can do about Myanmars crazy generals
A month has passed since the Myanmar generals coup. People in Myanmar have responded with outrage. Many countries reacted strongly and quickly. Even the notoriously deadlocked UN Security Council managed to find consensus to issue a statement. Our response has been tepid. It's time to get off the fence.
15 February 2021
What are the casino regulators in Victoria and WA doing right now?
Underneath all the glitz and tizz of flashy casinos, many serious issues arise from former NSW Supreme Court Justice Patricia Bergin's report into Crown Casinos. The common thread is the power of money, especially but not only in Sydney.
18 November 2020
Crown Sydney casino opening delayed
Crown Resorts board sat on its hands and so the NSW regulator has intervened and ordered the new Sydney casinos opening to be delayed.
17 November 2020
Where to now for Myanmar?
Two dysfunctional semi-democracies held national elections in the first week of November. The USA and Myanmar.
11 November 2020
Uneasy lies the head: Crown casinos is falling
Shakespeare recognised centuries ago that uneasy lies the head that wears a crown. Certainly, the individual and collective heads of the members of the board of Crown Resorts Ltd should be very very uneasy. Their Crown is falling, almost fallen.
31 October 2020
Chris Sidoti. Will I go back to Mass?
Now that the lockdown has eased and public worship is resuming, a prominent Catholic in Australia wonders if its really worth going back to church.