Agnes Callamard
A consensus is emerging: Israel is committing genocide in Gaza. Thanks to the @guardian for pointing to the increasing list of organisations and scholars concluding that Palestinians in Gaza are the victims of a genocide. See a short list below. The main question though is not whether a genocide is happening. But What are our governments doing to prevent and stop the genocide in Gaza? Unfolding in front of our very eyes, day after day? SAMPLE OF ORGANISATIONS 15 October 2023: Public Statement: Over 800 Scholars Warn of Potential Genocide in Gaza https://twailr.com/public-statement-scholars-warn-of-potential-genocide-in-gaza/… 2 November 2923: UN experts call to prevent genocide: https://un.org/unispal/document/gaza-is-running-out-of-time-un-experts-warn-demanding-a-ceasefire-to-prevent-genocide/… 16 November 2023: UN experts call to prevent genocide: https://ohchr.org/en/press-releases/2023/11/gaza-un-experts-call-international-community-prevent-genocide-against… 29 December 2023: South Africa submission to ICJ: https://icj-cij.org/sites/default/files/case-related/192/192-20231228-app-01-00-en.pdf March 2024: UN Expert Francesca Albanese, first report on the Genocide : https://ohchr.org/sites/default/files/documents/hrbodies/hrcouncil/sessions-regular/session55/advance-versions/a-hrc-55-73-auv.pdf 3 April 2024: UK Judges’ and Lawyers’ Open Letter Concerning Gaza, https://lawyersletter.uk May 2024: University Network for Human Rights report, https://humanrightsnetwork.org/publications/genocide-in-gaza… 19 June 2024: UN Commission of Inquiry: Detailed findings on the military operations and attacks carried out in the Occupied Palestinian Territory from 7 October to 31 December 2023: https://ohchr.org/sites/default/files/documents/hrbodies/hrcouncil/sessions-regular/session56/a-hrc-56-crp-4.pdf… July 2024: Oxfam, Water War Crimes report: https://oxfam.org/en/press-releases/israel-using-water-weapon-war-gaza-supply-plummets-94-creating-deadly-health… 25 Oct 2024: Forensic Architecture: cartographic analysis of the genocide in support of South Africa’s case in the ICJ: https://forensic-architecture.org/investigation/a-cartography-of-genocide 12 November 2024: 8 aid organisations of the systematic violation ICJ orders on humanitarian assistance, thereby establishing genocidal intent: https://oxfam.org/en/press-releases/joint-release-israel-receives-failing-grade-us-demands-gaza… 14 November 2024: UN Special Committee Report https://ohchr.org/en/press-releases/2024/11/un-special-committee-finds-israels-warfare-methods-gaza-consistent-genocide… 5 Dec 2024: Amnesty International report, You Feel Like You Are Subhuman’: Israel’s Genocide Against Palestinians in Gaza https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2024/12/amnesty-international-concludes-israel-is-committing-genocide-against-palestinians-in-gaza/ 19 Dec 2024, Israel’s Crime of Extermination, Acts of Genocide in Gaza https://www.hrw.org/news/2024/12/19/israels-crime-extermination-acts-genocide-gaza 19 Dec 2024, MSF, Gaza death trap, https://www.msf.org/msf-report-exposes-israel%E2%80%99s-campaign-total-destruction SAMPLE of LEGAL and GENOCIDE Scholars: 13 October 2023, Raz Sejal, A Textbook Case of Genocide https://jewishcurrents.org/a-textbook-case-of-genocide 16 November 2023: William Schabas: https://ccrjustice.org/sites/default/files/attach/2023/11/Declaration%20Expert%20William%20Schabas_w.pdf 16 November 2023: Holocaust and genocide scholars John Cox, Victoria Sanford, and Barry Trachtenberg declaration, https://ccrjustice.org/sites/default/files/attach/2023/11/Historians%20Declaration_w.pdf… 14 March 2024: John Quigley, “Legal Standard for Genocide Intent: An Uphill Climb for Israel in Gaza Suit”, EJIL: https://ejiltalk.org/legal-standard-for-genocide-intent-an-uphill-climb-for-israel-in-gaza-suit/ 9 May 2024: Nimer Sultany, “A Threshold Crossed: On Genocidal Intent and the Duty to Prevent Genocide in Palestine”: https://tandfonline.com/doi/full/ 6 June 2024: Aryeh Neier, NYRB, https://nybooks.com/articles/2024/06/06/is-israel-committing-genocide-aryeh-neier/ 2 August 2024, Maryam Jamshidi, On Genocidal Intent, August: https://opiniojuris.org/2024/08/02/reflecting-on-genocidal-intent-in-the-icj-case/ 13 August 2024: Omer Bartov, https://theguardian.com/world/article/2024/aug/13/israel-gaza-historian-omer-bartov 29 Octobre 2024, Amos Goldberg, https://www.lemonde.fr/en/opinion/article/2024/10/29/amos-goldberg-what-is-happening-in-gaza-is-a-genocide-because-gaza-does-not-exist-anymore_6730881_23.html See also the threads and contributions from @AdHaque110 ; @Alonso_GD ; @dirkmoses; https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/dec/23/israel-gaza-war-genocide-where-is-the-action