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77 Groups Worldwide Back Genocide Lawsuit Against Biden in U.S. Court

The Biden administration is due in federal court later this month, while Israel faces charges of genocide at The Hague this week.

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Hasnain says:

“In the amicus brief, which is an avenue for groups not directly involved in a lawsuit to give the court information to consider in its ruling, the organizations argue that the plaintiffs establish that a genocide, or serious risk of genocide, of Palestinians in Gaza is occurring. They also argue that the U.S. is violating its duties under international law to prevent and not be complicit in genocide, and that those U.S. failures contribute to the erosion of “long and widely-held norms of international law,” including the Genocide Convention and Universal Declaration of Human Rights, both established in 1948 in the wake of World War II.”

Posted on 2024-01-10T22:46:53+0000