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Gerhard Kemp @gerhardkempicl.bsky.social · 15h

My comments, with other experts, on two years of genocide in Gaza: www.aa.com.tr/en/africa/2-...

2 years of Gaza genocide: Legal reckoning for Israel edges closer?

Experts say parallel tracks of justice in The Hague may be slow-moving, but could mark a turning point in efforts to hold Israel accountable - Anadolu Ajansı

www.aa.com.tr

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René Rusch @renerusch.bsky.social · 18d

Itamar Mann, Professor at the University of Haifa, Faculty of Law:

“The only reasonable inference from the cumulative evidence is that Israel’s conduct in Gaza constitutes genocide.“

LTO asked eleven international experts, if Israel is commiting Genocide. Outcome: 9x yes, 2x not sure (2025/08/15)

International Law Experts: Genocide in Gaza?

Does Israel’s conduct in Gaza constitute genocide? LTO asked eleven international law experts. After 22 months of war, a clear tendency is emerging.

www.lto.de

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Gerhard Kemp @gerhardkempicl.bsky.social · 15d

A few comments on the current situation regarding SA’s case against Israel, with colleagues @mikebecker.bsky.social & Juliette McIntyre.
#GazaGenocide

www.middleeasteye.net/explainers/i...

Israel’s genocide in Gaza: What happened to South Africa’s case at the ICJ?

A verdict may not come for at least another two years - why the delay?

www.middleeasteye.net

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Gerhard Kemp @gerhardkempicl.bsky.social · 17d

Israel, ante el espejo de Sudáfrica www.lavanguardia.com/internaciona...
My comments re Israel’s “South Africa moment” (comparing the isolation of apartheid SA to contemporary efforts to put pressure on Israel to end the genocide & occupation). Some similarities; significant differences as well.

Israel, ante el espejo de Sudáfrica

A medida que va arañando metros de terreno en Gaza, Israel va perdiendo apoyos en la escena internacional. Lo reconocía el propio Beniamin Netanyahu esta semana:

www.lavanguardia.com

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Shane Darcy @shanedarcy.bsky.social · Jun 20

If you want to complain to The Times about their decision to publish an op-ed by Yoav Gallant - subject of an International Criminal Court an arrest warrant for war crimes and crimes against humanity in Gaza (starvation, murder, persecution etc.) - their email is [email protected]

Nick McGeehan @ncgeehan.bsky.social · Jun 20

If you want to complain to The Times about their decision to publish an op-ed by Niall Ferguson, their email is [email protected]

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Gerhard Kemp @gerhardkempicl.bsky.social · Jun 12

NILSC Hybrid Workshop: APARTHEID, GENOCIDE, AND ETHNIC CLEANSING - The University of Nottingham
Join us in person or online next Thursday, 19 June at 12:00 UK.
Speakers include Leila Sadat, Bill Schabas, Alain Pellet & other scholars (full programme in link below).

NILSC Hybrid Workshop: APARTHEID, GENOCIDE, AND ETHNIC CLEANSING - The University of Nottingham

www.nottingham.ac.uk

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Gerhard Kemp @gerhardkempicl.bsky.social · May 27

I have signed this letter & legal memorandum (with 800 UK-based lawyers) to the UK Government regarding its obligations under international law. #Palestine #Gaza #genocide lawyersletter.uk/wp-content/u...

lawyersletter.uk

Gerhard Kemp @gerhardkempicl.bsky.social · May 20

Gaza was “too controversial” for faculty seminars, “too sensitive” to discuss. The tide is turning, now, but it is noted 👇🏼

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Gerhard Kemp @gerhardkempicl.bsky.social · May 17

We don’t watch #Eurovision but this year we don’t watch it with dolus specialis

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Gerhard Kemp @gerhardkempicl.bsky.social · May 15

Thank you!

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Mike Becker @mikebecker.bsky.social · May 5

The #ICJ has dismissed #Sudan’s case against #UAE, but the #UAE’s reaction merits caution. UAE states that the outcome proves that Sudan’s case was ‘unfounded and lacks any basis.’ That is the wrong takeaway from the ICJ decision. 1/2 www.mofa.gov.ae/en/MediaHub/...

UAE Welcomes ICJ Ruling Which Represents a Resounding Rejection of Baseless Sudanese Claims

The United Arab Emirates has welcomed today’s decision by the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in The Hague to dismiss the case filed by the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) against the UAE, citing a m...

www.mofa.gov.ae

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Gerhard Kemp @gerhardkempicl.bsky.social · Apr 29

Thanks, Kevin

Gerhard Kemp @gerhardkempicl.bsky.social · Apr 29

opiniojuris.org/2025/04/29/c... My comment on developments in the first prosecution of apartheid as a crime against humanity and the issue of prescription.

Criminal Court in South Africa Confirms Charges in Historic First Prosecution of the Crime Against Humanity of Apartheid

[Gerhard Kemp is professor of criminal law at UWE Bristol, and extraordinary professor of public law at Stellenbosch University] On Monday, 14 April 2025, the high court in Johannesburg issued an i…

opiniojuris.org

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Andra le Roux-Kemp @profandra.bsky.social · Apr 11

With the UK #HigherEducation sector in crisis, read 👇🏻 for a history of how it got in its stratified state, the impact of these institutional typologies at the academic unit level and specifically on #LawSchools, and also how these can be disrupted. doi.org/10.53300/001...

Of Clubs and Clans: The 'National Pattern' of Higher Education in the United Kingdom and its impact on Law Schools | Published in Legal Education Review

By Andra le Roux-Kemp. UK law schools must reflect critically and operate strategically to disrupt the complex pattern of institutional types characterising the UK higher education sector and impactin...

doi.org

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Gerhard Kemp @gerhardkempicl.bsky.social · Apr 10

Very useful open access resource on peace-building & transitional justice with a focus on mental health & psychosocial support (authored by: Institute for Justice & Reconciliation, Cape Town)

www.ijr.org.za/portfolio-it...

A Training Manual and Handbook for Trauma-Informed Psychosocial Peacebuilding

This Training Manual and Handbook on Integrating Peacebuilding and Mental Health and Psychosocial Support contributes to the development of learning and teaching resources based on participatory metho...

www.ijr.org.za

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Shane Darcy @shanedarcy.bsky.social · Mar 23

"The Genocide Convention and customary international law prohibit only the physical and biological destruction of a group, not attacks on cultural or religious property or symbols of the group. However, ... such attacks may be considered evidence of intent to physically destroy the group." (ICTY)

Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · Mar 23

Video shows the moment Israeli forces bombed Imad Aql Mosque in Zeitoun neighbourhood, Gaza.

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Gerhard Kemp @gerhardkempicl.bsky.social · Mar 18

Thank you

Gerhard Kemp @gerhardkempicl.bsky.social · Mar 18

mg.co.za/thought-lead...

Stand with South Africa against Trump’s wrath

To allow South Africa to be isolated and punished would be to surrender to the imperial logic that seeks to divide and conquer all who resist.

mg.co.za

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Gerhard Kemp @gerhardkempicl.bsky.social · Mar 10

Transitional Justice = bis in idem 😑

Gerhard Kemp @gerhardkempicl.bsky.social · Mar 6

Happy to see this. Trump & Putin supporters in 🇿🇦 will not like this, but good to see mature diplomacy in action. mg.co.za/politics/202...

Zelenskyy set to land in South Africa on April 10

The Ukrainian president’s visit is announced as Europe rallies after Washington cuts support

mg.co.za

Gerhard Kemp @gerhardkempicl.bsky.social · Mar 5

www.dailymaverick.co.za/opinionista/...

Skill the Boer — a response to Ernst Roets and Tucker Carlson

Roets made four bold claims — about South Africa’s collapse, the ANC’s governance, Afrikaner persecution, and societal breakdown. As an Afrikaner myself I see the same reality he does but draw starkly...

www.dailymaverick.co.za

Gerhard Kemp @gerhardkempicl.bsky.social · Feb 19

www.newyorker.com/news/q-and-a...

Make South Africa Great Again?

How the country’s post-apartheid politics may inform the world view of Elon Musk and Donald Trump.

www.newyorker.com

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Patryk I. Labuda @pilabuda.bsky.social · Feb 19

Second World Approaches to International Law. We meet in Vienna on Friday, looking forward to 2 days of thought-provoking papers events.ceu.edu/2025-02-21/s...

In Search of Second World Approaches to International Law

events.ceu.edu

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Mike Becker @mikebecker.bsky.social · Feb 17

In good company here with @gerhardkempicl.bsky.social and @sevslv.bsky.social on the numerous legal and moral problems with Trump's Gaza proposals. www.aa.com.tr/en/middle-ea...

Safe areas or ethnic cleansing? Experts debunk Trump’s Gaza plan claims

Even if Trump claims to have good intentions, as long as Palestinians are forced to leave, and there is no plan for their return, then it remains ethnic cleansing, says legal scholar Gerhard Kemp - ...

www.aa.com.tr

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Gerhard Kemp @gerhardkempicl.bsky.social · Feb 15

Full article: A critical analysis of the role of legal higher education and training in the institutionalisation of the English legal profession: quo vadis for English law schools?