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5/31 (Zoom) 10:00 AM - Is this Genocide? Part 2 of Untold Stories about Occupied Palestine with Francesca Albanese and more (Int'l Institute of Social Studies)

Friday 31 May 10:00 AM - Zoom

'Is this genocide?' - Part 2 of Untold stories about occupied Palestine

The second webinar in the series will discuss the crime of genocide and how the framework can be applied to the offensive launched by Israel against the Palestinian people in Gaza after 7 October.

Speaker: Francesca Albanese, UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian territory occupied since 1967. Francesca AlbaneseOpens external

Researcher: Dr Dina Zbeidy, Social science lecturer and researcher at the Leiden University of Applied Sciences. Dr Dina ZbeidyOpens external, Leiden University of Applied Sciences

Associate professor: Dr Raz Segal, Associate Professor of Holocaust and Genocide Studies and Endowed Professor in the Study of Modern Genocide at Stockton University. Dr Raz SegalOpens external

Assistant professor: Dr Jonah Schulhofer-Wohl, Dr Jonah Schulhofer-WohlOpens external, Leiden University

Associate professor: Dr Jeff Handmaker, International Institute of Social Studies

Participation is by registration only. Please register via the registration link below. The zoom link will be sent to registrants joining us online nearer the date.

Learn more and register: 'Is this genocide?' | International Institute of Social Studies | Erasmus University Rotterdam (iss.nl)

Join us for this four-part webinar series, hosted by the International Institute of Social Studies with colleagues from the Legal Mobilization Platform, in conversation with academic and societal partners, and with the participation of Francesca Albanese, UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian territory occupied since 1967.

Starting in May, this series of four webinars is part of discharging the mandate of Francesca AlbaneseOpens external, the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian territory occupied since 1967.

The webinars aim elevate the international legal discourse and direction by providing a regular platform of interaction with experts on themes that are relevant to understanding the current situation in the occupied Palestinian territory and its root-causes. 

The format of the webinar envisages a conversation between the Special Rapporteur, Dr Jeff Handmaker and various external speakers. These conversations will also allow for questions to be posed by online participants.

About the webinar series.pdf(Review) - Adobe cloud storage

Learn more and register: 'Is this genocide?' | International Institute of Social Studies | Erasmus University Rotterdam (iss.nl)