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Human Rights, International Criminal Justice, Canadian Law | Prof @goUFV | @WayamoFound | BCL/JD McGill | PhD, @LSEnews | Author: Justice in Conflict (OUP 2016)
Vancouver, British Columbia
Joined April 2009
To understand genocide in Gaza & elsewhere, we need to talk about it as a process not an event. Perhaps the most important op-ed I've written for @globeandmail: Thanks to @AlexNeve24 for comments on a draft & @itsmarkmedley & team for running it!.
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We need to understand the nature of genocide – how the ground is laid by dehumanization and slow violence - if we hope to prevent it and hold perpetrators to account
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On this International Day of the Victims of #EnforcedDisappearances, I very much hope the UN Working Group on Enforced and Involuntary Disappearances makes a commitment to visit Canada, this year, to address disappeared children from Residential Schools.
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Last October, the Office of the Special Interlocutor for Missing Children and Unmarked Graves and Burial Sites associated with Indian Residential Schools in Canada released its final…
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“While we consider the bombing Israel is conducting against the people of Gaza, the famine it has incited & the sheer savagery of the war overseen by the government of Netanyahu, it is difficult to not be equally outraged by the pathetic, feeble response of the global community.”.
My latest: Benjamin Netanyahu is turning Israel into a pariah state. He doesn’t care
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RT @MarkKersten: Canada remains silent in the face of US sanctions against the #ICC & its Canadian staff. Canada is not only trying to app….
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Second woman accuses ICC chief prosecutor Karim Khan of sexual misconduct | International criminal court | The Guardian
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Exclusive: New accuser tells the Guardian she was subjected to a ‘constant onslaught’ of advances by Khan. He denies any wrongdoing
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RT @AdHaque110: Israel's Finance Minister lays out two "scenarios" for Gaza. Both involve annexing Gaza and removing its civilian populati….
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“This is about whether or not we believe that opposing sanctions against people who are trying to hold war criminals to account is something that we do, or whether we remain silent and do nothing.". Excellent report by @withfilesfrom, and comments from me and @lloydaxworthy 👇.
Law advocates slam Ottawa for silence on Trump sanctioning Canadian ICC judge
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RT @davidpugliese: Law advocates slam Ottawa for silence on Trump sanctioning Canadian ICC judge #nationlnewswatch….
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National Newswatch: Canada's most comprehensive site for political news and views.
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Canada remains silent in the face of US sanctions against the #ICC & its Canadian staff. Canada is not only trying to appease Trump. Its refusal to support the ICC is a pattern. My latest for @TheHillTimes, in which I law out a different path for Canada:
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RT @IntlCrimCourt: #ICCProcess #IntheCourtroom. Several types of witnesses can testify before the #ICC: .➡️Fact witnesses.➡️Insider witness….
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The fact that the US was the only state on the UN Security Council not to accept that the reality that the famine and starvation of Gaza is the doing of Israel is, quite literally, proof that it is.
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With news that Israel is calling up 60,000 reservists for its ongoing war on Gaza, states with dual nationals should be unequivocal: war crimes & crimes against humanity will not be tolerated and anyone who commits them will be investigated and prosecuted.
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Graffiti in Vancouver, Canada (Artist: Tabs / Photo: Mark Kersten) They thought they’d enjoy the festival, maybe a waffle and a Hoegaarden. Instead, the two Israeli soldiers were detained …
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💚 🤍 ❤️.
Rolling Stone names Ms. Rachel as one of the most influential creators of 2025 🏅. No other creator has stood by their channel’s mission as strongly and fearlessly as children’s musical-content creator Rachel Anne Accurso has this year. Full list:
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The double tap strike on Gaza hospital that killed multiple journalists was targeting… a Hamas camera, says the IDF. Not a terrorist. Not a fighter. A camera. The world has lost its way if those responsible aren’t punished for this absurd atrocity.
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Double tap strikes are cruel & condemnable bc they target those who aid those hurt in the first strike. By nature, such strikes are intentional. The targeted killing of journalists in Gaza is a war crime that cannot legitimately be investigated by its perpetrators - the IDF.
Israel's deadly "double tap" strike: "Israel bombed the main hospital in southern Gaza on Monday and then struck the same spot again as rescuers and journalists rushed to help the wounded, killing at least 20 people including five journalists.".
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“The fact that most of those who were killed were struck by the second attack at precisely the same location around 10 minutes later appears clearly intentional.”. Israeli double strike on Gaza hospital - what we know:
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Netanyahu said it was a "tragic mishap" but did little to address the apparent "double-tap" nature of the attack, which killed 20 people including journalists and health workers.
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RT @SMohyeddin: Israel uprooted 8,000 olive trees with bulldozers in the occupied West Bank in the last 48 hours.
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RT @Sulliview: Journalists everywhere need to stand in solidarity on this
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Israel struck Nasser hospital in the south of the Gaza Strip, killing at least 20 people, including five journalists who worked for Reuters, the Associated Press, Al Jazeera and others.
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“As a warring party, US forces could be jointly responsible for participating in laws-of-war violations by Israeli forces, and US personnel implicated could be held individually responsible for war crimes,” says @hrw 👇.
The US isn't just complicit in Israel's atrocities—its direct participation (intel sharing, coordination, etc.) makes it a party to the armed conflict, meaning US forces could be prosecuted for assisting Israeli forces who commit war crimes. New from @hrw
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