{"id":296140,"date":"2025-05-26T13:38:25","date_gmt":"2025-05-26T12:38:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/?p=296140"},"modified":"2025-05-26T13:39:28","modified_gmt":"2025-05-26T12:39:28","slug":"gaza-tribunal-program-for-sarajevo-public-sessions-26-29-may-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/2025\/05\/gaza-tribunal-program-for-sarajevo-public-sessions-26-29-may-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Gaza Tribunal: Program for Sarajevo Public Sessions, 26-29 May 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote><p>25 May 2025 &#8211;\u00a0<em> The <\/em>Gaza Tribunal <em>will hold its first public session, starting today, 26 May, 10:00 AM GMT; it presents extensive reports on various dimensions of the Gaza Ordeal endured for more than 19 months by the population of the Gaza Strip, killing more than 50,000, wounding more than 100,000, and traumatizing the entire population estimated at 2.3 million on October 7, 2023. As this meeting gets underway the surviving Palestinian population is being subjected to tactics of deliberate denial of food and medical supplies, and Israel leaders and public opinion are calling for extermination tactics as supplemented by forced exclusion&#8211;ethnic cleansing&#8211;not only in Gaza, but also in the West Bank. The<\/em> Gaza Tribunal<em> was formed as a civil society initiative after it became clear that neither the UN nor its member states possessed the political will or operational capabilities to stop the killing and devastation. Its intention is lend legitimacy to nonviolent civil society solidarity initiatives in support of the Palestinian struggle for basic rights. Links are available to access the streaming of the Sarajevo proceedings. &lt;youtube.com\/@gazatribunal&gt;]<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=kbMNpSECxQ0<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=kbMNpSECxQ0<\/p>\n<p><strong>GAZA TRIBUNAL<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Sarajevo Meetings \u2013 May 26-29, 2025<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>International University of Sarajevo<\/strong><\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n<p><strong>09:00 \u2013 09:30<\/strong><br \/>\nWelcome Speeches<\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n<p><strong>CHAMBER 1: INTERNATIONAL LAW<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>MONDAY, MAY 26<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>09:30 \u2013 10:00<\/strong><br \/>\nChamber 1 Co-Chairs Introduce Proceedings<br \/>\nMichael Lynk, Susan Akram<\/p>\n<p><strong>10:00 \u2013 12:00<\/strong><br \/>\nPanel 1: Nakba and Colonial Genocide<\/p>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Genocide \u2013 Nimer Sultany<\/li>\n<li>Apartheid and Self-Determination \u2013 Victor Kattan<\/li>\n<li>Pre-recorded witness testimony \u2013 Al Haq field researcher<\/li>\n<li>Pre-recorded witness testimony \u2013 Ahmed Abu Artema<\/li>\n<li>Written witness testimony \u2013 Badil \/ read (3 testimonies)<\/li>\n<li>Q&amp;A and Discussion<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>12:00 \u2013 13:00<\/strong><br \/>\nLunch<\/p>\n<p><strong>13:00 \u2013 14:45<\/strong><br \/>\nPanel 2: Patterns of Genocide<\/p>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Political Prisoners \u2013 Lisa Hajjar<\/li>\n<li>Right to Food \u2013 Farah Imad<\/li>\n<li>Reproductive Systems \u2013 Heidi Matthews<\/li>\n<li>Pre-recorded prisoner witness testimonies \u2013 Addameer<\/li>\n<li>Pre-recorded testimony \u2013 Focal point engineer from Gaza (Arab Group for the Protection of Nature)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>14:45 \u2013 15:00<\/strong><br \/>\nCoffee Break<\/p>\n<p><strong>15:00 \u2013 16:30<\/strong><br \/>\nPanel 3: Specific Acts<\/p>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Protection of Civilians \u2013 Maryam Jamshidi<\/li>\n<li>Attacks on Healthcare Infrastructure \u2013 Wesam Ahmad on behalf of Al Haq<\/li>\n<li>Witness testimony: Volunteer Physician in Gaza \u2013 Dr. Thaer Ahmad<\/li>\n<li>Witness testimony: Volunteer Physician in Gaza \u2013 Dr. Mimi Syed<\/li>\n<li>Q&amp;A and Discussion<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>16:45 \u2013 17:30<\/strong><br \/>\nExpert Talk<br \/>\nRaji Sourani<\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n<p><strong>CHAMBER 2: INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS &amp; WORLD ORDER<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>TUESDAY, MAY 27<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>09:00 \u2013 09:30<\/strong><br \/>\nChamber 2 Co-Chairs Introduce Proceedings<br \/>\nRichard Falk, Craig Mokhiber<\/p>\n<p><strong>09:30 \u2013 10:00<\/strong><br \/>\nPanel 1: Political Realism and Contemporary Geopolitics<\/p>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Political Realism Revisited and the Law of Peoples<\/li>\n<li>Past Global Response to Genocide: A Record of Failure \u2013 Richard Falk, Paulina Chan<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>10:00 \u2013 11:15<\/strong><br \/>\nPanel 2: Political Economy of Genocide and Obliteration of Gaza<br \/>\nModerator: Wesam Ahmad<\/p>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Nakba, Liberation, and Decolonization Through a Political Economic Lens: from 1948 to the Gaza Genocide \u2013 Lara Eborno<\/li>\n<li>Enforcement and the Accountability Gap: The Crime of Starvation \u2013 Hilal Elver<\/li>\n<li>Ecocidal Violence in Gaza: Is it Part of Genocide or a Separate International Crime? \u2013 David Whyte<\/li>\n<li>Pursuing Physically Disabling Combat Tactics \u2013 Penny Green<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>11:15 \u2013 11:30<\/strong><br \/>\nCoffee Break<\/p>\n<p><strong>11:30 \u2013 12:30<\/strong><br \/>\nExpert Testimonies<br \/>\nMazin Qumsiyeh, Sami Al Arian, Azzam Tamimi, Noura Erakat<\/p>\n<p><strong>12:30 \u2013 14:00<\/strong><br \/>\nLunch<\/p>\n<p><strong>14:00 \u2013 15:00<\/strong><br \/>\nPanel 3: Deficiencies of the Formal International Normative Order<br \/>\nModerator: Lisa Hajjar<\/p>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The International System in the Age of Genocide \u2013 Craig Mokhiber<\/li>\n<li>Looking Ahead to Enforcement \u2013 Phyllis Bennis<\/li>\n<li>Working with and Beyond International Courts \u2013 Michelle Burgis-Kasthala<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>15:00 \u2013 15:45<\/strong><br \/>\nPanel 4: GTP Conception of an Alternative Jurisprudential Legal Paradigm<br \/>\nModerator: Penny Green<\/p>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Peoples\u2019 Tribunals as Alternative Justice Sites: Assessing the Role of Civil Society \u2013 Michelle Burgis-Kasthala<\/li>\n<li>Permanent Peoples\u2019 Tribunal \u2013 Gianni Tognoni<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>15:45 \u2013 16:00<\/strong><br \/>\nCoffee Break<\/p>\n<p><strong>16:00 \u2013 17:15<\/strong><br \/>\nPanel 5: Activism of Civil Society and Social Movements<br \/>\nModerator: Wesam Ahmad<\/p>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Sumud and Self-Determination: The Enduring Legacy Against Erasure \u2013 Ramzy Baroud<\/li>\n<li>Jewish Voices for Peace and the Ceasefire Campaign \u2013 Phyllis Bennis<\/li>\n<li>Learning from South Africa\u2019s Anti-Apartheid Struggle \u2013 Haidar Eid<\/li>\n<li>Criminalization of Student Protests \u2013 Asmer Safi<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>17:15 \u2013 18:00<\/strong><br \/>\nDiscussion<\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n<p><strong>CHAMBER 3: HISTORY, SOCIOLOGY, ETHICS &amp; PHILOSOPHY<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>WEDNESDAY, MAY 28<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>09:00 \u2013 09:30<\/strong><br \/>\nChamber 3 Co-Chairs introduce proceedings<br \/>\nPenny Green, Cemil Aydin<\/p>\n<p><strong>09:30 \u2013 10:30<\/strong><br \/>\nPanel 1: Understanding Genocide<br \/>\nModerator: Lara Elborno<\/p>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Genocide as State Crime: Understanding It as a Process \u2013 Penny Green<\/li>\n<li>Ethical Implications of the Genocide in Gaza \u2013 Ayhan Citil<\/li>\n<li>History of Ethnic Cleansing\/Genocide \u2013 Illan Pappe<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>10:30 \u2013 11:30<\/strong><br \/>\nPanel 2: Exposing Dehumanization<br \/>\nModerator: Cemil Aydin<\/p>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Challenging the Matrix of Control\/House Demolitions \u2013 Jeff Halper<\/li>\n<li>An Ontological Abortion of the Enfleshed Genocidal State: The Ongoing Genocidal Nakba in Gaza \u2013 Nadera Shalhoub-Kevorkian<\/li>\n<li>The Unmaking of the Palestinian Home \u2013 Henrietta Zeffert<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>11:30 \u2013 11:45<\/strong><br \/>\nCoffee Break<\/p>\n<p><strong>11:45 \u2013 13:00<\/strong><br \/>\nPanel 3: Resisting Genocide<br \/>\nModerator: Thomas MacManus<\/p>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The GT Archive \u2013 Andy Simmons, Michelle Burgis-Kasthala<\/li>\n<li>Palestinian Resistance \u2013 Abed Takriti<\/li>\n<li>Archaeology and the Erasure of Palestine \u2013 Akram Lilja<\/li>\n<li>Expert testimony: The BDS Campaign \u2013 Omar Bargouti<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>13:00 \u2013 14:00<\/strong><br \/>\nLunch<\/p>\n<p><strong>14:00 \u2013 15:00<\/strong><br \/>\nPanel 4: Civilization and Weaponizing the Holocaust and Anti-Semitism<br \/>\nModerator: Sami Al Arian<\/p>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Holocaust Exceptionalism and Israel\u2019s Genocide \u2013 Raz Segal<\/li>\n<li>Ethnic Cleansing Through Civilisational Narratives \u2013 Cemil Aydin<\/li>\n<li>The Role of the Israeli Academy in Genocide Production \u2013 Maya Wind<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>15:00 \u2013 16:15<\/strong><br \/>\nMedia Roundtable<br \/>\nModerator: Mehmet Karl\u0131<br \/>\nEzgi Basaran, Victoria Brittain, Lauren Booth, Lubna Masarwa, Kenize Mourad, Peter Oborne, Assal Rad<\/p>\n<p><strong>16:15 \u2013 16:30<\/strong><br \/>\nCoffee Break<\/p>\n<p><strong>16:30 \u2013 17:15<\/strong><br \/>\nPanel 5: Cultures of Erasure<br \/>\nModerator: Wesam Ahmad<\/p>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Politics of Palestine Exception \u2013 Ussama Makdisi<\/li>\n<li>Zionist Culture and Genocide Denial \u2013 Saree Makdisi<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>17:15 \u2013 17:30<\/strong><br \/>\nSummary of Chamber 3 Report<br \/>\nPenny Green, Cemil Ayd\u0131n<\/p>\n<p><strong>17:30 \u2013 18:00<\/strong><br \/>\nFinal Discussion of the Sarajevo Declaration<\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n<p><strong>DAY 4<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>THURSDAY, MAY 29<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>09:00 \u2013 10:00<\/strong><br \/>\nSrebrenica\/Gaza Special Panel<br \/>\nModerator: Ahmet K\u00f6ro\u011flu<br \/>\nPanelists: Arnesa Bulju\u0161mi\u0107-Kustura, Harun Halilovi\u0107, Mustafa Ceri\u0107<\/p>\n<p><strong>10:00 \u2013 10:45<\/strong><br \/>\nExpert Talk<br \/>\nTaha Abdurrahman<\/p>\n<p><strong>10:45 \u2013 11:00<\/strong><br \/>\nBreak<\/p>\n<p><strong>11:00 \u2013 12:00<\/strong><br \/>\nPresentation of the Sarajevo Declaration of the Gaza Tribunal + Press Conference<\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n<p><strong>PUBLIC ASSEMBLY<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>May 26-29, 2025<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>JOIN US LIVE ON YOUTUBE<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>youtube.com\/@gazatribunal<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>__________________________________________<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/richard-falk-e1517496633422.jpg\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-105906 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/richard-falk-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a>Prof. Richard Falk is a member of the <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/\" ><strong><em>TRANSCEND Network<\/em><\/strong><\/a><em>, Albert G. Milbank Professor Emeritus of International Law at Princeton University, Chair of Global Law, Faculty of Law, at Queen Mary University London, Research Associate the Orfalea Center of Global Studies at the University of California, Santa Barbara, and Fellow of the Tellus Institute. He directed the project on Global Climate Change, Human Security, and Democracy at UCSB and formerly served as director the North American group in the World Order Models Project. Between 2008 and 2014, Falk served as UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights in Occupied Palestine. His book,\u00a0<\/em>(Re)Imagining Humane Global Governance<em>\u00a0(2014), proposes a value-oriented assessment of world order and future trends. His most recent books are\u00a0<\/em>Power Shift\u00a0<em>(2016);\u00a0<\/em>Revisiting the Vietnam War<em>\u00a0(2017);\u00a0<\/em>On Nuclear Weapons: Denuclearization, Demilitarization and Disarmament<em>\u00a0(2019); and\u00a0<\/em>On Public Imagination: A Political &amp; Ethical Imperative<em>, ed. with Victor Faessel &amp; Michael Curtin (2019).\u00a0He\u00a0is the author or coauthor of other books, including\u00a0<\/em>Religion and Humane Global Governance<em>\u00a0(2001),\u00a0<\/em>Explorations at the Edge of Time<em>\u00a0(1993),\u00a0<\/em>Revolutionaries and Functionaries<em>\u00a0(1988),\u00a0<\/em>The Promise of World Order<em>\u00a0(1988),\u00a0<\/em>Indefensible Weapons<em> (with Robert Jay Lifton, 1983),\u00a0<\/em>A Study of Future Worlds<em>\u00a0(1975), and\u00a0<\/em>This Endangered Planet\u00a0<em>(1972).\u00a0His memoir,\u00a0<\/em>Public Intellectual: The Life of a Citizen Pilgrim<em>\u00a0was published in March 2021 and received an award from Global Policy Institute at Loyala Marymount University as \u2018<strong>the best book of 2021.<\/strong>\u2019 He has been nominated frequently for the Nobel Peace Prize since 2009.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/richardfalk.org\/2025\/05\/25\/gaza-tribunal-program-for-sarajevo-public-sesssion-may-26-29-2025\/\" >Go to Original \u2013 richardfalk.org<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong><em>Join the<\/em><\/strong> <strong><em>BDS-BOYCOTT, DIVESTMENT, SANCTIONS campaign<\/em><\/strong><\/span> to protest the Israeli barbaric siege of Gaza, illegal occupation of the Palestine nation\u2019s territory, the apartheid wall, its inhuman and degrading treatment of the Palestinian people, and the more than 7,000 Palestinian men, women, elderly and children arbitrarily locked up in Israeli prisons.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>DON&#8217;T BUY<\/strong> <strong>PRODUCTS WHOSE<\/strong> <strong>BARCODE STARTS WITH<\/strong> <strong>729<\/strong>, which indicates that it is produced in Israel. <strong>DO YOUR PART! MAKE A DIFFERENCE!<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>7 2 9: BOYCOTT FOR JUSTICE!<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Gaza Tribunal will hold its first public session, starting today, 26 May, 10:00 AM GMT; it presents extensive reports on various dimensions of the Gaza Ordeal endured for more than 19 months by the population of the Gaza Strip, killing more than 50,000, wounding more than 100,000, and traumatizing the entire population estimated at 2.3 million on October 7, 2023.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":105906,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[139],"tags":[1854,1199,1268,3412,865,2395,88,651,715,427,2159,70,965],"class_list":["post-296140","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-justice","tag-crimes-against-humanity","tag-ethnic-cleansing","tag-european-union","tag-gaza-tribunal","tag-genocide","tag-international-criminal-court-icc","tag-israel","tag-justice","tag-massacre","tag-palestine","tag-rogue-states","tag-usa","tag-war-crimes"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/296140","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=296140"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/296140\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":296146,"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/296140\/revisions\/296146"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/105906"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=296140"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=296140"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=296140"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}