Center for Constitutional Rights Staff Attorney Astha Sharma Pokharel will speak at a virtual event organized by American Muslims for Palestine (AMP). 

The event will be streamed on AMP’s YouTube channel.

For over 100 days, Israel has engaged in a brutal and large-scale military assault on one of the most densely populated places on earth, the besieged Gaza Strip. Gaza has approximately 2.3 million people, almost half of whom are children, and about 80 percent of whom are refugees, dispossessed from their homes and homeland, and denied their basic rights guaranteed under international law.

Genocide is the gravest of crimes under international law. Israeli officials have expressed a clear genocidal intent, from dehumanizing language such as calling Palestinians “human animals,” to intensifying the siege, to heavy bombardment on refugee camps, civilian infrastructure, and hospitals, among other genocidal acts.

This webinar focuses on the legal definition of genocide, as well as its political ramifications, and delves into a discussion on Israeli accountability in the context of South Africa’s submission of its Application to the International Court of Justice, and U.S complicity in the context of the federal complaint in the District Court for the Northern District of California. Moreover, it will highlight the devastating impact on civilians and their livelihoods. Most important, we will leave you with words of optimism, hope, and a reaffirmation of Palestinian steadfastness.

Speakers

Ahmed Abofoul | International Lawyer, Legal Researcher, and Advocacy Officer at Al-Haq’s Legal Research & Advocacy Department 

Astha Sharma Pokharel | Staff Attorney at the Center for Constitutional Rights  

Taher Herzallah | Director of Outreach & Grassroots Organizing at American Muslims for Palestine (AMP)