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On Friday, the UN’s International Court of Justice found that Israel must take action to prevent genocidal violence by its armed forces in Gaza and “prevent and punish” any incitement to genocide.
Today in The Conversation Canada, Heidi Matthews of Osgoode Hall Law School, Faisal A. Bhabha of York University and Mohammad Fadel of the University of Toronto explain what the decision means for Canada given its stated position that it disagrees with the premise of the case brought to the ICJ by South Africa.
Countries like Canada that are parties to the Genocide Convention have an obligation to prevent and a corresponding duty to act “the instant that the state learns of, or should normally have learned of, the existence of a serious risk that genocide will be committed.”
If Canada fails to uphold this responsibility, they write, it could amount to complicity in genocide.
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Pro-Palestinian activists wave flags during a session of the International Court of Justice in The Hague, Netherlands on Jan. 26
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Heidi Matthews, York University, Canada; Faisal A. Bhabha, York University, Canada; Mohammad Fadel, University of Toronto
The recent ruling by the International Court of Justice means Canada could be guilty of supporting genocide in Gaza by cutting aid funding and continuing military exports to Israel.
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Taylor McKee, Brock University; Janice Forsyth, University of British Columbia
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One of two digitally drawn murals that are part of the installation and exhibit ‘who claims abstraction?’ by Toronto-based Guatemalan artist Francisco-Fernando Granados.
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Lois Klassen, Simon Fraser University
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Nadia Naffi, Université Laval
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Alexandra Brouillard, Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM); Marie-France Marin, Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM)
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Les poulets sont des communicateurs hors pair.
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Suresh Neethirajan, Dalhousie University
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Environment + Energy
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Richard B. (Ricky) Rood, University of Michigan
As the climate changes and weather warms, the freezing line is shifting, bringing rain and ice to regions not prepared for it.
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Politics
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Anthoni van Nieuwkerk, University of South Africa
A changing world order and global battles for power will derail the quest for peace in Gaza and the Middle East.
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Wayne Unger, Quinnipiac University
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Elis Vllasi, University of Tennessee
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Science + Tech
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Felippa Amanta, University of Oxford
Whether artificial intelligence leads to more or less energy use will depend on how we adapt to using it.
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