{"id":59,"date":"2024-05-06T21:08:35","date_gmt":"2024-05-06T21:08:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/anisah\/?p=59"},"modified":"2024-05-06T21:08:35","modified_gmt":"2024-05-06T21:08:35","slug":"comments-on-war-in-gaza-an-international-lawyers-perspective-a-talk-by-leila-nadya-sadat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/anisah\/2024\/05\/06\/comments-on-war-in-gaza-an-international-lawyers-perspective-a-talk-by-leila-nadya-sadat\/","title":{"rendered":"Comments on “War in Gaza: An International Lawyer\u2019s Perspective A Talk by Leila Nadya Sadat”"},"content":{"rendered":"

When I saw the emails being sent out about a forum regarding War In Gaza, I assumed it was just a educational talk about the current things happening in Gaza \u2014 things we currently see on the news. I decided to still attend as Professor Webb mentioned that it was an important and interesting forum. He was not wrong, I left the forum with a different perspective and more knowledge about the war in Gaza.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

This talk was delivered by <\/span>Leila Nadya Sadat, whom is a international lawyer and a professor. Professor Sadat discussed about various points regarding international politics playing a role in the Israel Gaza conflict. Before coming into this forum, I had some basic knowledge about international politics involvement \u2014 the United Nations having a meeting to ceasefire but the US has vetoed multiple times.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The first point that Professor Sadat made was the significance of international powers acting responsible. Professor Sadat mentioned \u201cResponsibility to Protect\u201d which is a commitment created by the United Nations to prevent genocide, war crime, ethical cleanse, and crime against humanity. This commitment plays a part in the war in Gaza as it is a genocide and ethical cleanse \u2014 Israel is killing i<\/span>nnocent lives, more than 34,000, and ethically cleansing Gaza to get rid of the Palestinian population. Professor Sadat mentioned that states must consider the \u201cResponsibility to Protect\u201d commitment because states need to protect their own citizens but also well being of others. States cannot look away from the war in Gaza, as thousands of innocent lives are gone every day due to act of genocide by Israel. Professor Sadat gave few examples of this; South Africa creating a case against Israel regarding committing genocide in Gaza with the International Court of Justice. This example shows the principle of \u201cResponsibility to Protect\u201d South Africa is following \u2013 this is a influential move as Turkey will joining South Africa in this case. Another example is the vote to ceasefire by the United Nations; many nations agreed to ceasefire but the United States is the only one that said no multiple times due to its veto power.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The second point that Professor Sadat made was the significance of International institutions \u2014 especially intergovernmental organizations such as United Nations when addressing conflicts such as War in Gaza. Professor Sadat mentioned that the United Nations help keep states accountable to fulfill the \u201cResponsibility to Protect\u201d, which was seen when discussing immediate ceasefire during the month of Ramadan and accusing Israel for denying access to aid which leads to famine in Gaza. Another international institutions Professor Sadat has mentioned is the ICJ, International Criminal Court. This institution is only effective if every state follow the rules created by ICJ to stop crimes like genocide; if all states follow then ICJ is a powerful and useful international actor.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

To conclude, Professor Sadat believes that international powers needs to act immediately if we want to see a stop to this genocide in Gaza. I agree with Professor Sadat because states needs to stand up and hold Israel accountable for committing genocide. If we all just watch what is happening and not acting upon it, more innocent lives are going to be gone.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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