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Legal Centre for Palestine @lcpal.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
Introducing our moderator for C9 Becomes Law: Joshua Sealy-Harrington is an Associate Professor & the Chair in Palestinian Human Rights in Canada at Windsor Law. He teaches and researches about constitutional law, critical legal theory, and social change. Register: bit.ly/HateLawWebinar
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Legal Centre for Palestine @lcpal.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Join The Legal Centre for Palestine, Independent Jewish Voices, and the Centre for Free Expression for a timely webinar and discussion of Canada's Combatting Hate Act. This event will take place on Wednesday, August 26th, at 7 PM Eastern. Register at bit.ly/HateLawWebinar
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Legal Centre for Palestine @lcpal.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
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Legal Centre for Palestine @lcpal.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
🚨THIS WEDNESDAY, July 29th 🚨 Professor Heidi Matthews of Osgoode Hall Law School will examine violations in the context of international law, pulling from her deep familiarity and research in international criminal law, law of war, and international legal history. Sign up at bit.ly/flotilla-law
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Legal Centre for Palestine @lcpal.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
🚨UPCOMING WEBINAR 🚨 This webinar examines these violations in the context of both international and Canadian law. Key topics to be explored include Canada's responsibilities and options for accountability under international and domestic mechanisms. Register: www.bit.ly/flotilla-law
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Kidnap and Torture on the High Seas: The Flotilla, the Law, and Accountability
Presented by The Legal Centre for Palestine
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Legal Centre for Palestine @lcpal.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
If you have had personal information such as your workplace, home address, or educational institution made public and/or had false allegations made that threatened your safety, employment, education, or professional reputation, please fill out our incident form: www.lcpal.ca/incident-report-doxxing
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Legal Centre for Palestine @lcpal.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
Help the Centre gather information about censorship of Canada-based accounts sharing Palestine-related content. If your posts have been restricted as a result of pro-Palestine advocacy, please let us know by filling out the our Special Incident Report Form here: www.lcpal.ca/incident-rep...
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Legal Centre for Palestine @lcpal.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
This Wednesday, July 8th at 7 PM Eastern, join us for a public legal education session with David Shelnutt of @TheBikingLawyerLLP. If you attend solidarity actions or rallies where police are present, you won't want to miss this. Sign up: bit.ly/accountabilitypolice
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Legal Centre for Palestine @lcpal.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
In our second Public Legal Education session, Seeking Accountability After Police Violence, our speaker @thebikinglawyer offers an overview of the legal and administrative options available to individuals who have been injured by the police. Register: bit.ly/accountabilitypolice
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Legal Centre for Palestine @lcpal.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
Did you miss our April webinar on the use of injunctions to repress free speech on Palestine? Check out our overview here: bit.ly/InjunctionsBlog
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Legal Centre for Palestine @lcpal.bsky.social · 28/05/2025
Legal Centre for Palestine Founding Member Emilio Dabed breaks down the double standards evident in Canada's approach to previous atrocities compared to the ongoing genocide in Gaza. Watch the full interview here: bit.ly/LCPTalks1
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Legal Centre for Palestine @lcpal.bsky.social · 20/05/2025
The risk of breaching international humanitarian law is long past. Canada must use every tool at its disposal to end this genocide–and do it now.
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Legal Centre for Palestine @lcpal.bsky.social · 20/05/2025
It was needed long ago, and the refusal to put such consequences on Israel’s unlawful and cruel actions has cost countless lives. While the harm of this delay cannot be undone, Canada has a chance to change course now, and stay faithful to its demands.
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Legal Centre for Palestine @lcpal.bsky.social · 20/05/2025
Prime Minister Carney’s joint statement with the leaders of the UK and France threatening “concrete actions” over Israel’s starvation of Gaza and expanded onslaught is a welcome change of tune.
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Legal Centre for Palestine @lcpal.bsky.social · 13/05/2025
In the meantime, the Legal Centre for Palestine will continue to push Canada to adhere to its third state responsibilities under the Genocide Convention through our case against the Canadian government. Learn more here: www.lcpal.ca/landmark-case
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Landmark Case — The Legal Centre for Palestine
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Legal Centre for Palestine @lcpal.bsky.social · 13/05/2025
All states and international bodies must course-correct and do their part to affirm an international law that applies to all states equally. Not doing so serves to reinforce the growing understanding that international and humanitarian law are optional, to the detriment of human rights everywhere.
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Legal Centre for Palestine @lcpal.bsky.social · 13/05/2025
“...Every time you get a state that disobeys or breaches a norm, the norm is weakened because other states see you getting away with it and they think ‘oh I could do that too’."
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Legal Centre for Palestine @lcpal.bsky.social · 26/04/2025
New blog post up on Canada's double standards responding to previous genocides and war crimes, vs. Canada's response to genocide in Gaza: bit.ly/CanadaDouble...
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Double Standards: Canada’s Response to Previous Genocides and War Crimes — The Legal Centre for Palestine
Canada has a well-established history of attempting to fulfil its duty to prevent genocide by taking action against perpetrators and providing support to victims. However, in the case of Israel’s geno...
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Legal Centre for Palestine @lcpal.bsky.social · 17/04/2025
The Centre runs on donations, and to expand our work to meet this moment, we need the support of the community more than ever. Consider signing up for a monthly donation to fuel our legal work: bit.ly/LCPdonate
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Donate — The Legal Centre for Palestine
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Legal Centre for Palestine @lcpal.bsky.social · 17/04/2025
We are aware of increasing efforts to weaponize the law to repress support for Palestinian rights. Even where unsuccessful, lawfare can have a chilling effect on free speech. We won’t let frivolous lawsuits stop our movement–but we can’t do it alone.
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Legal Centre for Palestine @lcpal.bsky.social · 16/04/2025
Impactful words by Amanda Ghahremani and Alex Neve. The shameful, unprincipled actions of The Advocates'​ Society continue to cause harm across the legal profession.
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Legal Centre for Palestine @lcpal.bsky.social · 16/04/2025
"Of all the professions, lawyers should be the most ardent protectors of these rights. It’s a shame to see some Canadian lawyers actively eroding these values."
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Legal Centre for Palestine @lcpal.bsky.social · 10/04/2025
Support Legal Centre for Palestine's legal action by donating to our strategic litigation fund: secure.qgiv.com/for/strategi...
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Legal Centre for Palestine @lcpal.bsky.social · 10/04/2025
It is high time that the government admits to these shameful violations, commit itself to fulfilling its international obligations, and stop providing material and diplomatic support for Israel.
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Legal Centre for Palestine @lcpal.bsky.social · 10/04/2025
In fact, despite explicit assurances to the contrary, recently revealed US government records showed that Canadian businesses are still supplying artillery propellants bound for Israel. Canada has simply failed to live up to its international obligations to prevent the genocide in Gaza.
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Legal Centre for Palestine @lcpal.bsky.social · 10/04/2025
Prime Minister Carney’s claim that his government is maintaining an arms embargo on Israel is not true. Canada continues to funnel weapons to Israel through the United States.
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Legal Centre for Palestine @lcpal.bsky.social · 07/04/2025
TAS has not yet committed to restoring Mr. Hadhad’s speech. To continue denying Mr. Hadhad the opportunity to speak compounds the damage and mistrust that TAS has caused. It also exacerbates and validates the rise in anti-Palestinian racism we see at the Centre day to day.
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Legal Centre for Palestine @lcpal.bsky.social · 07/04/2025
The Legal Centre for Palestine is proud to have contributed to the chorus of voices within the legal community who spoke up against TAS’s decision. Without the principled stand of the community, TAS would not have issued this apology.
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Legal Centre for Palestine @lcpal.bsky.social · 07/04/2025
The Advocates’ Society (TAS) has apologized for its cancellation of Syrian refugee and entrepreneur Tareq Hadhad’s speaking engagement for expressing sympathy for the victims of the genocide in Gaza.
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Legal Centre for Palestine @lcpal.bsky.social · 04/04/2025
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Attorney General Gary Anandasangaree Must Acknowledge Canada’s Complicity in Israel’s genocide
If Prime Minister Mark Carney wins the Canadian federal election, new Attorney General and Minister of Justice Gary Anandasangaree — appointed by Carney on March 14 — will likely remain in the role as...
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Legal Centre for Palestine @lcpal.bsky.social · 04/04/2025
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Attorney General Gary Anandasangaree Must Acknowledge Canada’s Complicity in Israel’s genocide
If Prime Minister Mark Carney wins the Canadian federal election, new Attorney General and Minister of Justice Gary Anandasangaree — appointed by Carney on March 14 — will likely remain in the role as...
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Legal Centre for Palestine @lcpal.bsky.social · 04/04/2025
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Legal Centre for Palestine @lcpal.bsky.social · 04/04/2025
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Attorney General Gary Anandasangaree Must Acknowledge Canada’s Complicity in Israel’s genocide
If Prime Minister Mark Carney wins the Canadian federal election, new Attorney General and Minister of Justice Gary Anandasangaree — appointed by Carney on March 14 — will likely remain in the role as...
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Legal Centre for Palestine @lcpal.bsky.social · 04/04/2025
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Legal Centre for Palestine @lcpal.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
Canada’s selective application of its anti-terrorism laws is evident: it has not designated groups supporting the IDF as terrorist entities, despite extensively documented human rights violations. #Samidoun
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Legal Centre for Palestine @lcpal.bsky.social · 28/03/2025
On the crown dropping charges against the "Indigo 11":
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Legal Centre for Palestine @lcpal.bsky.social · 28/03/2025
Genocide Convention of 1948, to which Canada is a signatory, requires the prevention and punishment of genocide. We filed a case against the Canadian government in November to hold Canada accountable for failure to prevent genocide in Gaza. More on our case here:
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Read our Statement of Claim against the Canadian Government — The Legal Centre for Palestine
The Legal Centre for Palestine, alongside a coalition of Canadian legal advocates, has commenced proceedings alleging Canada‘s failure to act to prevent genocide is a violation of its legal…
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Legal Centre for Palestine @lcpal.bsky.social · 27/03/2025
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Legal Centre for Palestine @lcpal.bsky.social · 25/03/2025
The Canadian government's selective approach to terror listings undermines its credibility as a democracy. Fair and unbiased application of the law is needed. Read more here: bit.ly/3NUWKEo #Samidoun
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Canada’s Double Standard: The Politicized Terror Designation of Samidoun — The Legal Centre for Palestine
Canada’s designation of Samidoun as a terrorist entity poses significant questions about transparency, fairness, and due process.
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Legal Centre for Palestine @lcpal.bsky.social · 21/03/2025
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Legal Centre for Palestine @lcpal.bsky.social · 21/03/2025
It is Mother’s Day in much of the Arab world today. But this week, Palestinian mothers are living the worst nightmare imaginable, with 200 children in Gaza killed by Israel since March 17th. Canada must act now to fulfill it’s duty under international law to prevent genocide.
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Legal Centre for Palestine @lcpal.bsky.social · 17/03/2025
Canada’s failure to act to prevent genocide not only breaches international law but also charter rights. Canadian-Palestinians like the plaintiffs in our case, Hany and Tamer, have seen their rights continuously violated. Read more here: bit.ly/CharterRightsViolation
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How the Canadian Government Violated Our Plaintiffs' Charter Rights — The Legal Centre for Palestine
Canada prides itself on its democratic values and the protection of fundamental freedoms under the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms. However, our plaintiffs have brought forward a case…
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Legal Centre for Palestine @lcpal.bsky.social · 17/03/2025
According to the government of Canada, “Due process is the principle that the government must respect all of the legal rights a person is entitled to under the law.” This poses a troubling question: Why was #Samidoun not entitled to the above? Read more here:
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Canada’s Double Standard: The Politicized Terror Designation of Samidoun — The Legal Centre for Palestine
Canada’s designation of Samidoun as a terrorist entity poses significant questions about transparency, fairness, and due process.
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Legal Centre for Palestine @lcpal.bsky.social · 10/03/2025
Bypassing the criminal justice system, Canada’s terrorist designation of #Samidoun sets an undemocratic precedent, raising the alarm that others with critical views of Canadian policy could be targeted. Read more about Canada's Double Standard: buff.ly/JAFQjLj
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Canada’s Double Standard: The Politicized Terror Designation of Samidoun — The Legal Centre for Palestine
Canada’s designation of Samidoun as a terrorist entity poses significant questions about transparency, fairness, and due process.
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Legal Centre for Palestine @lcpal.bsky.social · 07/03/2025
Check out the Palestine Debrief podcast’s episode with LCPal founding member Emilio Dabed for more on our case: bit.ly/Dabed_Pod
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The Lawsuit Challenging Canada’s Role in the Genocide with: Emilio Dabed
Palestine Debrief · Episode
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Legal Centre for Palestine @lcpal.bsky.social · 07/03/2025
That’s why our case against the Canadian government asks the court to declare that Canada has violated its legal obligations to prevent genocide. Such a declaration will assist in future legal actions, including criminal prosecutions.
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Legal Centre for Palestine @lcpal.bsky.social · 07/03/2025
A major obstacle in cases pursuing Canadian accountability in Gaza: Under Canadian law, criminal prosecution of a state agent requires the consent of the Attorney General of Canada.
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Legal Centre for Palestine @lcpal.bsky.social · 03/03/2025
Check out our new blog post on Canada's failure to prevent genocide in Gaza. In this post, we discuss howour lawyers arrived at the conclusion that Canada’s decision to not exert influence over Israel during its bombardment of Gaza was a violation of its duty to prevent genocide.
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Canada’s Failure to Prevent Genocide — The Legal Centre for Palestine
Canada has an obligation to prevent genocide under both Canadian and international law. Canada ratified the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide (the “ Genocide…
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Legal Centre for Palestine @lcpal.bsky.social · 01/03/2025
What does due process look like? Due process includes an unbiased decision-maker, notice of the decision, and above all, the opportunity to respond. Canada's terror listing process raises serious concerns about these principles. #Samidoun
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Legal Centre for Palestine @lcpal.bsky.social · 26/02/2025
We stand ready to assist all advocates for Palestinian freedom. If you need legal assistance, or would like to report an incident of harassment for your stance on Palestine, please use our Report an Incident tool. bit.ly/4kw3EPR
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Get Legal Support — The Legal Centre for Palestine
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