The UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food, Michael Fakhri, will present his latest report to the UN General Assembly on 18 October 2024. The report is on ‘Starvation and the right to food, with an emphasis on the Palestinian people’s food sovereignty’, and is illustrated by the artist Omar Khouri.
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The UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian Territory occupied since 1967, Francesca Albanese, has submitted her report to the Human Rights Council on Israel’s perpetration of genocide in the Gaza Strip since October 2023. The report points, importantly, to the settler colonial context and the reality that ‘Israel’s genocide on the Palestinians in Gaza is an escalatory stage of a long-standing settler colonial process of erasure’.
Join us on 31 January 2024 for the 5th Decolonise Palestine Teach-In. The roundtable discussion is on the recent ICJ provisional measures decision on South Africa v Israel. The panel explores the impact of the decision on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and will examine the political utility of legal institutions like the ICJ in the broader struggle for Palestinian liberation.
Jeena Shah explores the global efforts to hold President Biden accountable for complicity in genocide. As one of the drafters of the amicus brief supported by a score of international organizations, the author underscores the case’s significance, drawing parallels with South Africa’s actions at the International Court of Justice. The author highlights the transformative potential of these legal actions, challenging the prevailing political climate and advocating for public awareness to end ongoing atrocities.
This conversation was an online panel discussion on 29 November 2023 with Katherine Franke, Shahd Hammouri, Ardi Imseis, Darryl Li, John Reynolds, and Nahed Samour. It is published in three parts: 1. Influences, 2. The Role of Law, 3. Academic Freedom, BDS & Contemporary Tactics. The panel was organized by Usha Natarajan and sponsored by Sijal Institute for Arabic Language and Culture; TWAIL Review; Center for Comparative Muslim Studies at Simon Fraser University; UWIN RAACES at University of Windsor; Social Justice Center at Kwantlen Polytechnic University; and Middle East Studies at University of British Columbia.
This conversation was an online panel discussion on 29 November 2023 with Katherine Franke, Shahd Hammouri, Ardi Imseis, Darryl Li, John Reynolds, and Nahed Samour. It is published in three parts: 1. Influences, 2. The Role of Law, 3. Academic Freedom, BDS & Tactics. The panel was organized by Usha Natarajan and sponsored by Sijal Institute for Arabic Language and Culture; TWAIL Review; Center for Comparative Muslim Studies at Simon Fraser University; UWIN RAACES at University of Windsor; Social Justice Center at Kwantlen Polytechnic University; and Middle East Studies at University of British Columbia.
This conversation was an online panel discussion on 29 November 2023 with Katherine Franke, Shahd Hammouri, Ardi Imseis, Darryl Li, John Reynolds, and Nahed Samour. It is published in three parts: 1. Influences, 2. The Role of Law, 3. Academic Freedom, BDS & Contemporary Tactics. The panel was organized by Usha Natarajan and sponsored by Sijal Institute for Arabic Language and Culture; TWAIL Review; Center for Comparative Muslim Studies at Simon Fraser University; UWIN RAACES at University of Windsor; Social Justice Center at Kwantlen Polytechnic University; and Middle East Studies at University of British Columbia.
Issue 4 is out now, addressing among other things Palestine, pandemics, contraception & Third World Feminisms + 3 key TWAIL texts now in Spanish.
On this International Day for Solidarity with the Palestinian people, this panel unites six international law scholars to discuss the strategies and tactics of solidarity for Palestine today and what we can learn from the legacies of Edward W Said.
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.