News and Updates
From Turtle Island to Kashmir to Palestine: Settler Colonialism is a Crime
The roundtable addressed the legal frameworks providing parallels and distinctions between settler colonial projects in Palestine, Kashmir, and Turtle Island. It aims to demonstrate how the Indian, Israeli, Canadian, and US governments build on each other's actions to reinforce their...
Seminar: Palestine & International Law for activists & organizations, Wed. Jan. 31, 7 PM EST
Topics covered included the current International Court of Justice cases on the Gaza genocide and the il/legality of the occupation, the International Criminal Court investigations, the application of the Genocide Convention to the situation in Palestine, and the relationship between...
Immediate Release: Arms Exports to Israel Violate Canadian and International Law, Says Canadian and Palestinian Coalition to Federal Government
On January 28, a coalition of Canadians and Palestinians wrote to Minister of Foreign Affairs Mélanie Joly demanding that the federal government immediately halt all exports and transfers of Canadian military goods and technology to Israel.
End Canadian assistance to military suspected of committing genocide
In response to the International Court of Justice finding that Israel may be committing genocide and delivering a provisional ruling that Israel must cease its genocidal policies in Gaza, the Canadian Foreign Policy Institute and Just Peace Advocates are calling...
Trudeau must support Israel genocide case
On, January 10, 2023, Canadian Foreign Affairs Institute with Just Peace Advocates hosted a press conference calling on Trudeau to support South Africa’s case to the ICJ with the South African High Commissioner, the Palestinian Authority’s representative in Ottawa, Richard Falk, Avi...
Déclaration appelant le Canada à soutenir le cas du génocide de Gaza devant la CIJ
En tant que dirigeants de la société civile et experts juridiques, nous comptons sur le gouvernement canadien pour qu’il respecte son obligation juridique internationale de prévenir le génocide, en soutenant la plainte de l’Afrique du Sud auprès de la Cour...
بيان يدعو كندا لدعم قضية الإبادة الجماعية في غزة المقدمة إلى محكمة العدل الدولية
بيان يدعو كندا لدعم قضية الإبادة الجماعية في غزة المقدمة إلى محكمة العدل الدولية كقادة مجتمع مدني وخبراء قانونيين، فإننا نتطلع إلى أن تقوم الحكومة الكندية بالوفاء بالتزاماتها القانونية الدولية لمنع الإبادة الجماعية، وذلك من خلال دعم الشكوى المقدمة من دولة...
Statement Calling on Canada to Support Gaza Genocide Case at the ICJ
As civil society leaders and legal experts, we look to the Canadian government to uphold its international legal obligation to prevent genocide, by supporting South Africa’s complaint to the International Court of Justice regarding Israel’s genocidal military operations against Palestinians...
Press conference, Jan, 10th at 12 NOON EST: Trudeau must support South Africa’s ICJ submission
On Wednesday, January 10 at 12 NOON EST, South Africa’s High Commissioner, Palestine’s ambassador, legal experts and others will participte in a press conference to call on Canada to endorse South Africa’s request for the International Court of Justice...
2023 webinar highlights
A dozen quality webinars with more than 5K viewers, and many thousands more through recordings and social media. These were organized by Just Peace Advocates working with others. Solidarity with Peace 11 event, December 8, 2023 Press conference:Intention to prosecute...