Document Type
Report
Publication Date
5-15-2024
Language
en-US
Abstract
The prohibition of the crime of genocide is a peremptory norm of international law from which no derogation is permitted. In light of the extraordinary implications of a finding that Israel may be committing genocide against the Palestinian people in Gaza, the University Network for Human Rights, the International Human Rights Clinic at Boston University School of Law, the International Human Rights Clinic at Cornell Law School, the Centre for Human Rights at the University of Pretoria, and the Lowenstein Human Rights Project at Yale Law School have conducted a thorough legal analysis of Israel’s acts since October 7, 2023, as situated in their historical context.
As set forth in the Genocide Convention of 1948 and as interpreted by international courts and tribunals, the crime of genocide requires that a perpetrator kill, seriously harm, or inflict conditions of life calculated to bring about the destruction of a group, in whole or in part, with the intent to destroy the group as such. The Genocide Convention and international jurisprudence form the basis of this report’s analysis of Israel’s conduct during the course of its military operation in Gaza since October 7, 2023.
Recommended Citation
Susan Akram,
Genocide in Gaza: Analysis of International Law and its Application to Israel’s Military Actions since October 7, 2023
(2024).
Available at:
https://scholarship.law.bu.edu/faculty_scholarship/4323
