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"The onslaught in the Middle East has brought to the world’s attention once
again the “crime of crimes”, genocide.
Both the the International Court of Justice and International Criminal Court
(ICC) have brought allegations of genocide against Israel as a state and
Israeli and Hamas leaders as individuals.
The Australian government’s response to the Gaza crisis has included
temporarily freezing of A$6 million of funding to the United Nations Relief and
Works Agency for Palestine. Though funding has been flowing again since March,
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has been referred to the ICC by a law firm for
being “an accessory to genocide”.
Against this backdrop, Australia’s own genocide legislation is under
parliamentary scrutiny. A bill tabled by independent Senator Lidia Thorpe (for
whom I work as a casual legal researcher) seeks to change the way Australia
deals with genocide.
So what do our current laws say and what’s the case for changing them?"
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
