How We’ve Failed the Promise of Making “Genocide” a Crime
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RECENT NEWS ON RUSSIAN GENOCIDE IN UKRAINE
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Creating a Shared Language of Genocide Prevention Across the Globe
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The lawyer Raphael Lemkin hoped to use international law to curb abuses of power. But his efforts were curtailed from the start. Israel...
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Palestinian Canadians sue Foreign Minister Joly over arms exports to Israel
Sending military goods to Israel during Gaza war violates Canadian and international law, lawsuit argues. Montreal, Canada – Palestinian...
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Belfast court rules part of government's Legacy Act breaches human rights
A legal challenge was mounted by a number of victims' relatives against the act, which aims to end Troubles-related prosecutions and...
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A requiem for Gaza's iconic sites, destroyed in the war
The stately palace where Napoleon is said to have slept for a few nights. The last remaining Turkish bath, offering full body oil scrubs....
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Israel’s “Humanitarian” Expulsion
The Israeli right is capitalizing on the aftermath of October 7th to build support for a permanent transfer of Palestinians out of Gaza....
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Israeli Air Strike on UN-School Kills 'At Least 50' on Devastating Day of Attacks
Palestinians in northern and southern Gaza targeted with relentless bombardment, as patients are also forced out of al-Shifa Hospital in...
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The ICC Must Investigate the Crime of Genocide in Gaza
We need a ceasefire. The existence of the Palestinian people is at stake. My last visit to Al-Shati refugee camp was early 2013. Located...
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US pushes UN to back Israel self-defense, demand Iran stop arms to Hamas
UNITED NATIONS, Oct 21 (Reuters) - The United States proposed on Saturday a draft U.N. Security Council resolution that says Israel has a...
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Russian Duma to Vote Next Week on Scrapping Ratification of Nuclear Test Ban Treaty
Oct 12 (Reuters) - Russia's parliament will vote next week on withdrawing Moscow's ratification of the global treaty that bans nuclear...
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Anatomy Of Genocide: How The State Department Inadvertently Green-Lighted War On Armenians
Azerbaijan is on a war footing. On Sept. 9, Artsakh, the Kosovo of the Caucasus, an ethnic Armenian republic set on land Soviet leader...
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