What Got Discussed in Winnipeg in September, 2018:
• What is Israel's legal status in the West Bank, East Jerusalem and Gaza? • What does the 4th Geneva Convention say about Jewish settlements? • What are Israel's obligations to the Palestinian people under international humanitarian and human rights law? • What role should international law play in resolving the Israeli-Palestinian conflict? • What are Canada's legal obligations under the UN Charter and 4th Geneva Convention?
Recordings & Resources

Canada’s Obligations Under International Law
Article 1 of the 4th Geneva Convention Dimitri Lascaris delivered the closing talk in the Israel, Palestine & International Law… Read More

David Matas & Michael Lynk
Faceoff Arguably the most debated and awaited session of our Israel, Palestine & International Law symposium: the Sunday, 9 a.m.… Read More

Is It Apartheid? What If It Is?
Saturday Evening With Virginia Tilley On the Saturday evening of our September 7-9 Israel, Palestine & International Law symposium, political… Read More
symposium panelists

Dimitri Lascaris
Lawyer, journalist and activist. Board member of Canadians for Justice and Peace in the Middle East; former justice critic on the shadow cabinet of the Green Party of Canada.

Virginia Tilley
Professor of Political Science at Southern Illinois University. Co-author of the UN report Israeli Practices towards the Palestinian People and the Question of Apartheid.

Michael Lynk
Associate Professor of Law, University of Western Ontario; UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights in the Occupied Palestinian Territories.