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peacemakers_ca, 2 months ago to random

Is What's Happening in #Gaza a #Genocide? Experts Weigh In. “Scholars are torn on whether the current conflict can be yet classified a genocide officially. TIME spoke to several experts about the meaning of genocide and whether the current conflict could be labeled as such. Here’s what they said…” | Read the full #explainer in TIME magazine
https://time.com/6334409/is-whats-happening-gaza-genocide-experts/ #CrimesAgainstHumanity #extermination

peacemakers_ca, 7 months ago to random

Statement of ICC Prosecutor Karim A. A. Khan KC from Cairo on the situation in the State of Palestine and Israel | International Criminal Court

https://www.icc-cpi.int/news/statement-icc-prosecutor-karim-khan-kc-cairo-situation-state-palestine-and-israel

peacemakers_ca, 7 months ago to Canada

Protecting Human Rights Defenders Globally: Does Canada Mean business? ‘Canada’s record of business abuses of human rights increasingly attracts international criticism.’ | Catherine Morris, for Slaw - Canada's online legal magazine
https://www.slaw.ca/2023/11/02/protecting-human-rights-defenders-globally-does-canada-mean-business/ #BizHumanRights #Canada #IndigenousPeoples #HumanRightsDefenders

peacemakers_ca, 7 months ago to Israel

#Israel/occupied #Palestinian territory: #UN experts deplore attacks on civilians, call for truce and urge international community to address root causes of violence.

See the full statement: https://www.ohchr.org/en/press-releases/2023/10/israeloccupied-palestinian-territory-un-experts-deplore-attacks-civilians. Scroll down to see the names of the dozens of independent UN human rights experts joining the statement. OHCHR 12 October 2023

peacemakers_ca, 7 months ago to Israel

Joint Statement…#IFRC &…#ICRC... “Nothing can justify the horrific loss of civilian lives in #Israel last weekend. Our hearts go out to people who lost family members or are anxiously awaiting news about their missing loved ones, which they should receive without delay. But such tragedy cannot in turn justify…limitless destruction of #Gaza.
We are deeply alarmed by the call for relocation in Gaza… Civilian life must be protected on all sides.“ See full statement: https://www.icrc.org/en/document/joint-statement-jagan-chapagain-secretary-general-ifrc-and-robert-mardini-director-general #IHL

peacemakers_ca, 7 months ago to random

‘Francesca #Albanese, #UN Special Rapporteur on…human rights in the #PalestinianTerritory... [said,] “The …[UN] & its Member States must intensify efforts to mediate an immediate ceasefire…before we reach a point of no return… The international community has the responsibility to prevent & protect populations from #atrocitycrimes. Accountability for international crimes committed by #Israeli occupation forces & #Hamas must…be immediately pursued,” she said.’ https://www.ohchr.org/en/press-releases/2023/10/un-expert-warns-new-instance-mass-ethnic-cleansing-palestinians-calls

peacemakers_ca, 7 months ago to Palestine

International Criminal Court (#ICC) prosecutor Karim Khan points out that the ICC has jurisdiction regarding any Rome Statute crimes committed in the situation in #Palestine including any Rome Statute crimes by #Palestinians in #Israel and any Rome Statute crimes committed by anyone in the territories of #Palestine. “Targeting civilians deliberately is off limits.” | BBC, the World at One https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p0glc9h9

peacemakers_ca, 8 months ago to random

#UN and #RedCross call for restrictions on #AutonomousWeaponSystems. “We call on world leaders to launch negotiations of a new #LegallyBindingInstrument to set clear prohibitions and restrictions on autonomous weapon systems and to conclude such negotiations by 2026,” UN Secretary-General António Guterres and ICRC President Mirjana Spoljaric said on Thursday. | UN News https://news.un.org/en/story/2023/10/1141922

peacemakers_ca, 9 months ago to random

“Special Rapporteur on the promotion of truth, justice, reparation & guarantees of non-recurrence, Fabián Salvioli, provides an analysis of the international legal standards underpinning the 5 pillars of #transitionalJustice: #truth, #justice, #reparation, #memorialization & guarantees of #non_recurrence.” | English: https://undocs.org/en/A/HRC/54/24. For
العربية, 中文, Français, русский, Español, scroll down at https://www.ohchr.org/en/hr-bodies/hrc/regular-sessions/session54/list-reports