We’re grateful to share that Just Peace Advocates’ Executive Director, Karen Rodman, will be speaking at The Palestine Tribunal on Canadian Responsibility happening in Ottawa + livestreamed November 14-15.

The purpose of The Tribunal is:

“To document the multiple ways that Canadian entities – including government bodies, corporations, universities, charities, media, and other cultural institutions – have enabled and continue to enable the settler colonization and genocide of Palestinians, and to articulate what justice and reparations would require. Disrupting the victim/expert dichotomy, testimonies by survivors from Palestine will be woven throughout the hearings as a source of expert knowledge on what justice would entail. A Panel of Eminent Elders will be invited to listen to the witness testimonies and draft a report outlining the Tribunal’s findings.”

The Palestine tribunal on Canadian responsibility

The program:

DAY ONE: Factual, Conceptual, Legal, and Historical Foundations

1 | Testimonies from Palestine

2 | Facets of Genocide

3 | The Legal Framework: Its Potential and Limitation

4 | Canada’s History of Enabling the Settler Colonization of Palestine

DAY TWO: Dimensions of Canadian Responsibility and Reparations

1 | Arms Transfers and Foreign Fighters

2 | Immigration and Refugee Blocks

3 | Foreign Aid and the Charitable Sector

4 | Corporations Including Universities

5 | Media and Cultural Institutions

6 | What Would Reparation Entail? Reflections from Palestinians in Conversation with Elder