Agnes Callamard

@agnescallamard · Twitter · 2024-12-12 21:35 UTC

So @Amnesty has been accused of "inventing" its own definition of genocide! @thejournal_ie spoke to three international law experts and asked if Amnesty had invented its own definition of genocide. “No,” replied Mike Becker, assistant professor of international human rights law at Trinity College Dublin. “[Israel's] criticism assumes that the law is both static and interprets the existing law relating to the Genocide Convention in an especially conservative way.” Janina Dill, co-director of the Oxford Institute for Ethics, Law, and Armed Conflict, said: “I do not believe that Amnesty works with a different substantive definition of genocide than the definition enshrined in the Convention and developed in ICJ case law.” For Dirk Moses, a professor of political science at the City University of New York and editor-in-chief of the Journal of Genocide Research, the accusation by Israeli spokespeople constitutes an attack on the credibility of Amnesty International. “The claim that Amnesty International is inventing its own definition of genocide to tarnish Israel’s campaign is vexatious. It is an attempt to tarnish Amnesty International,” Moses said. Full article here: https://www.thejournal.ie/amnesty-international-invented-definitiion-of-genocide-israel-gaza-6568231-Dec2024/?utm_source=twitter_short