Join us for this four-part webinar series, hosted by the International Institute of Social Studies with colleagues from the Legal Mobilization Platform, in conversation with academic and societal partners, co-organized by Francesca Albanese, UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian territory occupied since 1967.
- Speaker
- Researcher
- Associate professor
- Date
- Monday 17 Jun 2024, 16:00 - 17:00
- Type
- Webinar
- Spoken Language
- English
- Room
- Zoom
- Location
- International Institute of Social Studies
- Ticket information
Participation is by registration only. The zoom link will be sent to registrants nearer the date.
Starting in May, this series of four webinars is part of discharging the mandate of Francesca Albanese, the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian territory occupied since 1967.
The webinars aim elevate the international legal discourse and direction by providing a regular platform of interaction with experts on themes that are relevant to understanding the current situation in the occupied Palestinian territory and its root-causes.
'The International Criminal Court: Justice denied?'
The third webinar in the series will discuss the impact of the ICC’s prolonged investigation in the Situation of Palestine on the impunity that emboldened Israel to embark on this genocidal campaign and the role the ICC should assume to address the ongoing massacre.
Speakers
- Ahmed Abofoul, Senior Legal Researcher and Advocacy Officer at ‎Al-Haq and Research Fellow at ISS
- Katherine Gallagher, Senior Counsel, Center for Constitutional Rights
Moderator - Jeff Handmaker, ISS
About the webinar series
Since 7 October 2023, Israel has embarked on its umpteenth military campaign against the occupied territory of the Gaza Strip, involving relentless bombardment of civilians and life-sustaining infrastructure, forcible displacement of 90% of the Palestinians in Gaza, mass starvation and prevention of vital humanitarian aid, including food, water, fuel and medical supplies.
This offensive of unprecedented proportion follows the attacks against Israel by Hamas and other Palestinian armed groups, who have been revolting against 75 years of settler-colonial dispossession, 56 years of military occupation of Palestinian territory and 16 years of an air, sea and land blockade of the Gaza Strip.
The attacks by Hamas killed 1,139 Israeli soldiers, civilians and foreign nationals, and injured over 5,000 people. Meanwhile, since 7 October 2023, Israel’s unrelenting bombardment has killed over 26,000 Palestinians in Gaza, injured over 65,000, displaced 1.9 million and flattened entire neighbourhoods, including hospitals, churches, mosques, schools, shelters, WASH facilities and solar panels. 2.2 million Palestinians are at severe risk of starvation. All of these atrocities have been accompanied by genocidal statements by Israeli governmental and military high-ranking officials.
These events have not only been met by States’ unwillingness to prevent human suffering, but the suspension of funding to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA), along with competing narratives that lack legal authority. Meanwhile, several accountability efforts have been activated to hold the perpetrators of these horrific actions accountable, including at two of the apex courts in The Hague. The webinar series aims at elucidating these aspects from an international legal perspective.
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