The International Court of Justice is expected to deliver its ruling in the genocide case against Myanmar next month.
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The International Court of Justice stopped short of calling for a ceasefire in Gaza. New Zealand now needs to refine its foreign policy to play a constructive role in what happens next.
The recent ruling by the International Court of Justice means Canada could be guilty of supporting genocide in Gaza by cutting aid funding and continuing military exports to Israel.
Genocide is called ‘the crime of crimes’ because of its collective significance.
There is precedent showing the ICJ may grant provisional measures within a month or two of the hearing, preventing Israel from causing further harm in Gaza.
People talk about genocide in a few different ways, ranging from technical to colloquial – but a war of words does not replace a path to peace, a genocide scholar writes.
Canada’s recent resolution to label the Indian Residential School system as genocide (and not cultural genocide) is not a mere alteration of words, it is a significant and consequential change.
Vladimir Putin has justified his invasion of Ukraine with baseless claims that Ukraine is committing genocide. It isn’t the first time a political leader has cried genocide for political means.
Australia has maintained military and trade ties with Myanmar. If Myanmar is not fully complying with the ICJ order, this puts Canberra in a sticky position.
The attempt to grapple with genocide by the MMIWG commission is about more than simply applying international law to the facts. It’s also about decolonizing the international law of genocide itself.
The UN’s Genocide Convention turns 70 this month. It’s time for the world to reaffirm its commitment to the international law and show the moral courage of our convictions.
No project for reconciliation can succeed unless the federal and provincial governments roll back their power and create space for Indigenous control over their own self-determining futures.
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Distinguished Professor of Anthropology; Director, Center for the Study of Genocide and Human Rights, Rutgers University - Newark
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Professor, McGill University
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President Emeritus and Professor of Law, University of Ottawa, former Attorney General of Canada and Canadian Ambassador to the United Nations, L’Université d’Ottawa/University of Ottawa
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Professor, Faculty of Law, University of Toronto
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Assistant Professor of Law, Osgoode Hall Law School, York University, Canada
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PhD Candidate, Peter A. Allard School of Law, University of British Columbia
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King's Counsel, Deakin University
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Professor of Law, University of Waikato
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Executive Director, The Montréal Institute for Genocide and Human Rights Studies, Concordia University
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Associate Professor of Law, York University, Canada
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Associate Professor, Global Political Sociology, Roskilde University
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Associate Professor International Law, Roskilde University
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Professor, Centre for Human Rights in the Faculty of Law, University of Pretoria
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Professor of Political Science, University of Guelph
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Doctoral Researcher, School of Political Studies, L’Université d’Ottawa/University of Ottawa