In 1977, the General Assembly called for the annual observance of 29 November as the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People (GA Res 32/40 B). This panel marks the UN’s Day of Solidarity and discusses the ‘persistent question of Palestine’, 1 and the need for a re-examination of available modes, sites, and tactics of global solidarity in response to this question. This includes the need for critical reflections on the limits and possibilities of mobilizing various languages and institutions of international and human rights law. This discussion panel brings together a group of legal scholars and activists to share their reflections, experiences, and strategies for responding to the question of Palestine and what global solidarity looks like (and might look like) in the midst of current horrifying developments – while remaining attentive to how this conversation takes place in a context of ongoing settler-colonial dispossession. Attention will be given to pertinent proceedings before the International Court of Justice, as well as relevant petitions filed with the International Criminal Court.
29 NOVEMBER 2023
2:00 PM – 3:15 PM GAZA
11:00 PM – 12:15 AM MELBOURNE
Venue: VIRTUAL (ZOOM)
Panelists:
Ata Hindi
Murphy Visting Assistant Professor of Law, Tulane University; Ph.D. Candidate, Tilburg Law School
Christopher Gevers
Lecturer, University of KwaZulu-Natal
Dr John Reynolds
Associate Professor at the School of Law & Criminology, Maynooth University
Professor Vasuki Nesiah
Professor of Human Rights and International Law, The Gallatin School, New York University
Dr Jordana Silverstein
Senior Research Fellow, Melbourne Law School
Panel Chair:
Dr Adil Hasan Khan, Senior Research Fellow, Melbourne Law School
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