News and Updates
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 Highlights
Just Peace Advocates work in 2023 included holding the Canadian government, other governments & agencies, the media, corporations and others accountable for their complicity in war crimes and apartheid, and their silence about genocide. It included supporting those silenced and...
NDP support South Africa’s submission to the ICJ
On Friday , December 29, 2023, the South African government requested the International Court of Justice (ICJ)make an urgent order declaring Israel in breach of its obligations under the 1948 Genocide Convention. This important effort to curtail the apartheid state’s horrors...
Important report “Complete Injustice” released by the Kashmir Law & Justice Project
The Kashmir Law and Justice project has just released " Complete Injustice: The Indian Supreme Court and the Misrule of Law in Kashmir." This "report is a good faith attempt to describe the nature of India’s relationship to Indian- administered...
Our submission to the OHCHR 4th periodic review of Canada
Arif Virani, Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada brought an interprovincial team with him to speak to the concerns raised by member states and in the summary report, and to address 'improvements' since the 3rd UPR in 2018,...
Apartheid & war crimes are neither yummy or stylish!
Retailers and food companies complicit with apartheid and/or war crimes are just in bad taste.
Boycott Puma until they are apartheid-free!
The Canadian BDS Coalition has pointed out that PUMA signed a multi-year partnership in August 2021 with Maccabi worth millions of dollars. The Maccabi Playtika Tel Aviv play with Puma uniforms and exact copies of the uniforms are available for purchase in the club’s stores.The Canadian...
Rabble article: CRA asked to investigate charities supporting Israeli military
Taxpayer subsidized donations by Canadian charities may well be Canada’s most important contribution to Palestinian dispossession. Just Peace Advocates has been using information available publicly for individual charities through the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) portal, as well as through obtaining access...
Release: A Christian Palestinian Arab Semite from Nazareth denied the right to return since 1948
The hardships facing Palestinians in the occupied Gaza Strip, only 73 kilometres away from Bethlehem, remind us of the hardships faced when the Virgin Mary gave birth to Jesus in Bethlehem – and it is therefore incumbent on all people...