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International Association of Genocide Scholars @genocidescholars.bsky.social · 27/10/2025
Hi everyone, please be advised there is an IMPOSTER account pretending to be IAGS. This is the ONLY bsky official account. We do not have a backup account nor are we back on X (though that may change). Please be advised.
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International Association of Genocide Scholars @genocidescholars.bsky.social · 18/09/2025
Grateful for this show of solidarity by our academic colleagues at GHSCN.
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Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 16/09/2025
It’s official: the United Nations Commission of Inquiry concludes Israel is committing genocide. The UN body calls on nations to stop sending weapons to Israel, ensure people within their jurisdiction aren’t aiding or inciting the genocide, and hold those who are accountable.
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Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 16/09/2025
"The State of Israel has committed genocide." Navi Pillay, chair of the UN Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Territory, has told Al Jazeera that Israel’s war on Gaza is a genocide.
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Alonso Gurmendi @alonso-gd.bsky.social · 10/09/2025
So... on Sunday Chat and I read the Statement by "Scholars for Truth About Genocide" and... yeesh. Apparently the standard is "can you think of any other explanation for Israel's attack on Gaza that is not genocide?" and you're done. (It's not) youtu.be/OVFSAOmgr34
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Surprise, Surprise: Anti-IAGS Scholars got the Law Wrong
YouTube video by Alonso Gurmendi
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Film Updates @thefilmupdates.bsky.social · 15/09/2025
Javier Bardem at the #Emmys: "Here I am today denouncing the genocide in Gaza... Free Palestine!" (via @Variety)
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Prof Melanie O'Brien @drmelob.bsky.social · 15/09/2025
Bardem has referred to @genocidescholars.bsky.social #Gaza resolution in interview w/USA Today on Emmys Red Carpet. He again says the IAGS declared it a #genocide ‘& that’s why we ask for a commercial & diplomatic blockade & sanctions on Israel to stop the genocide'. www.usatoday.com/videos/enter...
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Javier Bardem calls out ICE raids and why he supports Free Palestine on Emmys red carpet
On the 2025 Emmy Awards red carpet, Javier Bardem supports Free Palestine and Bad Bunny's ICE protest.
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International Association of Genocide Scholars @genocidescholars.bsky.social · 15/09/2025
“Here I am today, denouncing the genocide in Gaza,” @javierbardem.bsky.social said, “I am talking about the IAGS, the International Association of Genocide Scholars, who study thoroughly genocide and has declared it is a genocide.“ More here:
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Javier Bardem Says ‘Free Palestine’ on Emmys Red Carpet and ‘I Can’t Work With Someone That Justifies or Supports the Genocide’
Javier Bardem supported Gaza at the Emmys red carpet and said he won't work with anyone who supports genocide.
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Prof Melanie O'Brien @drmelob.bsky.social · 15/09/2025
Spanish actor Javier Bardem has referred to the @genocidescholars.bsky.social #Gaza Resolution on the Emmy's Red Carpet. He says the IAGS declared it a #genocide ‘and that’s why we ask for a commercial and diplomatic blockade and sanctions on Israel to stop the genocide'. variety.com/2025/tv/news...
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Javier Bardem Says ‘Free Palestine’ on Emmys Red Carpet and ‘I Can’t Work With Someone That Justifies or Supports the Genocide’
Javier Bardem supported Gaza at the Emmys red carpet and said he won't work with anyone who supports genocide.
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Prof Melanie O'Brien @drmelob.bsky.social · 15/09/2025
I am more than a little overwhelmed that the @genocidescholars.bsky.social resolution has been mentioned by Javier Bardem! Amazingly proud of all those involved in this resolution.
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Alonso Gurmendi @alonso-gd.bsky.social · 08/09/2025
Yesterday Chat and I discussed the very stupid trolling campaign against @genocidescholars.bsky.social after it passed a Resolution determining that Gaza meets the definition of genocide. youtu.be/tuHUBJ089lw
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No, Palpatine is not a Genocide Scholar: The IAGS Gaza Resolution Trolling Campaign
YouTube video by Alonso Gurmendi
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 01/09/2025
Israel committing genocide in Gaza, world’s top scholars on the crime say
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Israel committing genocide in Gaza, world’s top scholars on the crime say
Almost 90% of leading academics on subject back resolution stating that Israel’s actions meet legal definition An overwhelming majority of members of the world’s leading genocide scholars’ association has backed a resolution stating that Israel’s actions in Gaza meet the legal definition of the crime. Eighty-six percent of those who voted in the 500-member International Association of Genocide Scholars (IAGS) supported the motion. The resolution states that “Israel’s policies and actions in Gaza meet the legal definition of genocide in Article II of the United Nations Convention for the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide (1948).” Continue reading...
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Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 03/09/2025
The world’s leading genocide scholars have declared that Israel’s war on Gaza meets the legal definition of genocide.
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Why did genocide scholars association say Israel’s war on Gaza is genocide?
The world’s leading genocide scholars have declared that Israel’s war on Gaza meets the legal definition of genocide.
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 03/09/2025
Leading genocide scholars rule that Israel's actions in Gaza meet the legal definition of genocide.
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Leading genocide scholars say Israel's war in Gaza fits the definition
Meanwhile, Israel denies the charge and American officials remain silent.
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International Association of Genocide Scholars @genocidescholars.bsky.social · 04/09/2025
Interview about the IAGS Gaza resolution with IAGS president @drmelob.bsky.social on @france24.com:
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IAGS: Israel's war on Gaza 'inflicting conditions of life designed to bring about their destruction'
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Prof Melanie O'Brien @drmelob.bsky.social · 04/09/2025
Prof Bill Schabas believes the case brought by #SouthAfrica against #Israel before the #ICJ is “arguably the strongest case of #genocide that has ever come before the Court”, w/stark evidence of genocidal intent. #intlaw www.populismstudies.org/professor-sc...
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Professor Schabas: US, Germany, and Others Could Be Held Liable as Accomplices to Genocide in Gaza - ECPS
In an extensive interview with the European Center for Populism Studies (ECPS), Professor William Schabas—one of the world’s foremost authorities on
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International Association of Genocide Scholars @genocidescholars.bsky.social · 04/09/2025
IAGS Secretary Elisenda Calvet-Martinez interviewed on the IAGS Gaza resolution by Le Monde news (In French)
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Guerre à Gaza : Israël commet un génocide selon un groupe d'experts
YouTube video by TV5MONDE Info
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Channel 4 News @channel4news.bsky.social · 02/09/2025
"I hope this is one piece of the mosaic of evidence to change policies and exert pressure on Israel." International Association of Genocide Scholars' Tim Williams speaks to @c4ciaran.bsky.social about the resolution that genocide is happening in Gaza. Read and watch:
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‘Israel is committing genocide in Gaza’, say world’s leading experts
The world's leading genocide scholars association has passed a resolution saying the legal criteria has now been met to establish that Israel is committing genocide in Gaza.
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The Japan Times @japantimes.co.jp · 02/09/2025
The world's largest academic association of genocide scholars passed a resolution saying the legal criteria have been met to establish Israel is committing genocide in the Gaza Strip.
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Israel is committing genocide in Gaza, scholars' association says
Israel's Foreign Ministry called the statement disgraceful and 'entirely based on Hamas' campaign of lies.'
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Adil Haque @adhaque.bsky.social · 01/09/2025
Full text of the International Association of Genocide Scholars Resolution on the Situation in Gaza: genocidescholars.org/wp-content/u...
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PBS News @pbsnews.org · 01/09/2025
“Israel’s policies and actions in Gaza meet the legal definition of genocide,” according to the resolution from the International Association of Genocide Scholars. to.pbs.org/45Tumg1
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Leading genocide scholars organization says Israel is committing genocide in Gaza
The determination by the International Association of Genocide Scholars could serve to further isolate Israel in global public opinion and adds to a growing chorus of organizations that have used the ...
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NBC News @nbcnews.com · 01/09/2025
The world’s leading genocide scholars’ association has passed a resolution saying that the legal criteria have been met to establish Israel is committing genocide in Gaza, its president says. There was no immediate response from the Israeli foreign ministry.
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Israel is committing genocide in Gaza, scholars' association says
Israel has strongly denied that its actions in Gaza amount to genocide and says they are justified as self defense. It is fighting a case at the International Court of Justice.
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The New Arab @thenewarab.bsky.social · 02/09/2025
Israel is committing genocide in Gaza, according to a resolution passed by the International Association of Genocide Scholars (IAGS) on Monday, which found that Israel’s actions meet the legal definition of genocide under the UN Genocide Convention of 1948.
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Adil Haque @adhaque.bsky.social · 01/09/2025
Melanie O’Brien, the IAGS president and a professor of international law at the University of Western Australia, said the resolution was “a definitive statement from experts in the field of genocide studies that what is going on on the ground in Gaza is genocide”.
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Democracy Now! @democracynow.org · 02/09/2025
International Scholars’ Association Declares Israel Is Committing Genocide in Gaza
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International Scholars' Association Declares Israel Is Committing Genocide in Gaza
The world's leading genocide scholars' association has approved a resolution establishing that Israel's policies and actions in Gaza meet the legal definition of genocide as found in the Genocide Convention.
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International Association of Genocide Scholars @genocidescholars.bsky.social · 02/09/2025
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‘Israel is committing genocide in Gaza’, say world’s leading experts
The world's leading genocide scholars association has passed a resolution saying the legal criteria has now been met to establish that Israel is committing genocide in Gaza.
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Adil Haque @adhaque.bsky.social · 01/09/2025
Importantly, the IAGS Gaza Resolution recognizes that Israel has already destroyed a substantial part of the Palestinian group by killing and maiming (I would add starving and stunting) tens of thousands of children.
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International Association of Genocide Scholars @genocidescholars.bsky.social · 02/09/2025
Hear from IAGS Second VP Tim Williams (begins at 5:15) on the Gaza resolution:
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International Association of Genocide Scholars @genocidescholars.bsky.social · 01/09/2025
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Professor Schabas: US, Germany, and Others Could Be Held Liable as Accomplices to Genocide in Gaza - ECPS
In an extensive interview with the European Center for Populism Studies (ECPS), Professor William Schabas—one of the world’s foremost authorities on
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International Association of Genocide Scholars @genocidescholars.bsky.social · 01/09/2025
The IAGS has declared that Israel’s policies and actions in Gaza meet the legal definition of genocide: genocidescholars.org/wp-content/u...
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International Association of Genocide Scholars @genocidescholars.bsky.social · 09/08/2025
Ft. IAGS president @drmelob.bsky.social !
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Prof Melanie O'Brien @drmelob.bsky.social · 08/08/2025
New MSF report on #Gaza. Based on medical data, patients’ testimonies, and first-hand medical witnessing at two MSF clinics in Gaza, the report finds violence by Israeli forces & private American contractors against starved Palestinians at GHF points. #genocide #intlaw msf.org.uk/article/msf-...
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MSF Gaza report: This is not aid. This is orchestrated killing
GHF-run food distributions in Gaza are sites of “orchestrated killing and dehumanisation” that must be shut down
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Opinio Juris @opiniojuris.bsky.social · 04/08/2025
Is Genocide Happening in Gaza? opiniojuris.org/2025/08/04/i...
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Is Genocide Happening in Gaza?
[Melanie O’Brien is Associate Professor of International Law at the University of Western Australia, President of the International Association of Genocide Scholars, and Visiting Scholar with the H…
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Prof Melanie O'Brien @drmelob.bsky.social · 07/08/2025
Extraordinary reporting: detail of abduction & rape of girls & women, massacres of civilians, destruction of villages, by the RSF against ethnic Zaghawa tribe in a refugee camp. #Genocde in #Sudan. #intlaw
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International Association of Genocide Scholars @genocidescholars.bsky.social · 06/08/2025
Check out @alonso-gd.bsky.social's summary of "The Academic Consensus on Gaza": www.youtube.com/watch?si=jOU... #genocide #genocidestudies
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What is the Academic Consensus on the Gaza Genocide?
YouTube video by Alonso Gurmendi
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Prof Melanie O'Brien @drmelob.bsky.social · 04/08/2025
I am pleased to share an SSRN version of a chapter I have coming out in the Palgrave Handbook on #AUS & the #Holocaust. My chapter is on Australia's response to contemporary #genocides. It includes the first academic overview of AUS #sanctions regime #law. papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
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Australia's Response to Contemporary Genocides
<p>This chapter explores Australia’s political and legal responses to contemporary genocides. It focuses on Australia’s response to genocides in Sudan in the 20
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Prof Melanie O'Brien @drmelob.bsky.social · 04/08/2025
In this post on @opiniojuris.bsky.social, I walk through the components of the legal definition of #genocide and apply the actions on the ground in #Gaza to these components, to answer the question 'Is genocide happening in Gaza?'. opiniojuris.org/2025/08/04/i...
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Is Genocide Happening in Gaza?
[Melanie O’Brien is Associate Professor of International Law at the University of Western Australia, President of the International Association of Genocide Scholars, and Visiting Scholar with the H…
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Prof Melanie O'Brien @drmelob.bsky.social · 06/08/2025
#PhD #scholarship on violence against #women and displacement in the #Pacific contributing to the Centre of Excellence on the Elimination of Violence Against Women at #ANU #Canberra #AUS. #endVAW #gender study.anu.edu.au/scholarships...
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PhD scholarship on violence against women and displacement in the Pacific contributing to the Centre of Excellence on the Elimination of Violence Against Women (CEVAW) | The Australian National Univer...
PhD scholarship on violence against women and displacement in the Pacific contributing to the Centre of Excellence on the Elimination of Violence Against Women (CEVAW), A unique funded opportunity to ...
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Prof Melanie O'Brien @drmelob.bsky.social · 06/08/2025
A must-read on starvation in #Gaza, authored by the two experts on #starvation, @tomdannenbaum.bsky.social & Alex de Waal. #intLaw www.justsecurity.org/117962/mass-...
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Time Has Run Out: Mass Starvation in Gaza and the Global Imperative
It is time for comprehensive, full-spectrum, sustainable, and coordinated humanitarian action. States globally must act without delay on that imperative.
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Prof Melanie O'Brien @drmelob.bsky.social · 06/08/2025
@genocidescholars.bsky.social AB member Sarah Snyder has developed an open access Curriculum for Teaching Bosnian History & Genocide, to help students develop empathy, critical thinking, historical understanding; have meaningful conversations on history & human rights www.goodwin.edu/enews/teachi...
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How to Teach About the Bosnian War and Genocide | Goodwin University
Engage students in meaningful conversations about genocide with our flexible, open-access curriculum centered on the Bosnian War and Genocide. Learn more.
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International Association of Genocide Scholars @genocidescholars.bsky.social · 06/08/2025
New from IAGS president @drmelob.bsky.social in @opiniojuris.bsky.social: opiniojuris.org/2025/08/04/i...
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Is Genocide Happening in Gaza?
[Melanie O’Brien is Associate Professor of International Law at the University of Western Australia, President of the International Association of Genocide Scholars, and Visiting Scholar with the H…
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International Association of Genocide Scholars @genocidescholars.bsky.social · 06/08/2025
New Arts & Lit section for Genocide Studies and Prevention: An International Journal (GSP) courtesy of Sabah Carrim: digitalcommons.usf.edu/gsp/
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Genocide Studies and Prevention: An International Journal | Open Access Journals | University of South Florida
Genocide Studies and Prevention: An International Journal (GSP) is the official journal of The International Association of Genocide Scholars (IAGS). IAGS is a global, interdisciplinary, non-partisan organization that seeks to further research and teaching about the nature, causes, and consequences of genocide, and advance policy studies on prevention of genocide. The Publisher, founded in 1994, meets to consider comparative research, important new work, case studies, the links between genocide and other human rights violations, and prevention and punishment of genocide. GSP is a peer-reviewed journal that fosters comparative research, important new work, case studies, the links between genocide, mass violence and other human rights violations, and prevention and punishment of genocide and mass violence The E-Journal contains articles on the latest developments in policy, research, and theory from various disciplines, including history, political science, sociology, psychology, international law, criminal justice, women's studies, religion, philosophy, literature, anthropology, and museology, visual and performance arts and history.
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International Association of Genocide Scholars @genocidescholars.bsky.social · 06/08/2025
A new genocide education resource developed by IAGS Advisory Board member, Sarah Snyder and Bekir Hodzic. Innovative Curriculum for Teaching Bosnian History and Genocide: www.goodwin.edu/enews/teachi...
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How to Teach About the Bosnian War and Genocide | Goodwin University
Engage students in meaningful conversations about genocide with our flexible, open-access curriculum centered on the Bosnian War and Genocide. Learn more.
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International Association of Genocide Scholars @genocidescholars.bsky.social · 23/07/2025
Below find the link to one of two new IAGS Research Briefs available on our website from Natalie Brinham on Statelessness and Genocide. The policy brief initiative seeks to disseminate the collective knowledge of scholars, practitioners, and activists. genocidescholars.org/wp-content/u...
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International Association of Genocide Scholars @genocidescholars.bsky.social · 23/07/2025
Below find the link to one of two new IAGS Research Briefs available on our website from Kerry Whigham and Hollie Nyseth Nzitatira on Reconceptualizing Atrocity Prevention: genocidescholars.org/wp-content/u...
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Prof Melanie O'Brien @drmelob.bsky.social · 30/06/2025
Pleased to announce that the videos from the @genocidescholars.bsky.social Virtual #Genocide #Education conference are now available. We hope this will a useful resource of talks about genocide studies #pedagogy, specific case studies, and educational directions. lnkd.in/g8qAvGe4
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International Association of Genocide Scholars @genocidescholars.bsky.social · 02/07/2025
This conference covered a variety of topics related to genocide education, and attracted a wide audience of secondary and tertiary educators and other education practitioners. This conference was co-hosted by The Educators’ Institute for Human Rights (EIHR), and the Alliance Against Genocide.
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International Association of Genocide Scholars @genocidescholars.bsky.social · 02/07/2025
Sessions from the IAGS Genocide Education Conference 25–26 July 2024 are now available on the IAGS youtube channel:
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Virtual Education Conference - July 25-26, 2024 - YouTube
Sessions have been edited to remove extraneous technical information. The views expressed in each presentation are those of the individual speakers, and do n...
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International Association of Genocide Scholars @genocidescholars.bsky.social · 05/06/2025
What do genocide scholars conclude about the ongoing situation in Gaza?
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International Association of Genocide Scholars @genocidescholars.bsky.social · 05/06/2025
For a written summary on Gaza from @drmelob.bsky.social:
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Israel committing genocide in Gaza, says top legal scholar Melanie O'Brien
President of the International Association of Genocide Scholars outlines why Israel has no defence against the charge of genocide in Gaza
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