Australia’s legal obligations in relation to genocide.
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"I have spent the past five years collecting evidence of grave violations of international law in Gaza and the West Bank. All states, including Australia, must respond to these atrocities." Chris Sidoti, The Guardian, 6 June 2026.What are Australia's international legal obligations under international law relating to Palestine and Israel?
Chris Sidoti esteemed human rights lawyer, advocate and investigator will explore the nature of these obligations focusing in particular on the Geneva Conventions and the Genocide Convention and propose specific practical steps the Australian Government needs to take pursuant to those obligations.
Since July 2021, Chris Sidoti, has been a Commissioner on the United Nations Human Rights Council’s
Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian
Territory, including East Jerusalem, and Israel. He is also a member of the Special
Advisory Council for Myanmar and was a member of the United Nations Human
Rights Council’s Independent International Fact Finding Mission on Myanmar from
2017 to 2019. He currently works from Sydney, Australia.
He has been Australian Human Rights Commissioner (1995-2000) and Australian
Law Reform Commissioner (1992-1995). In 2007-08 he was the independent chair of
the United Kingdom Government’s Northern Ireland Bill of Rights Forum. He has
worked extensively with national human rights institutions in the Asia Pacific region,
on behalf of the Asia Pacific Forum of National Human Rights Institutions. He has
also worked in non-government organisations, including as director of the
International Service for Human Rights, based in Geneva, Switzerland, and for the
Human Rights Council of Australia and the Australian Catholic Commission for
Justice and Peace.
Facilitating the conversation will be Cathy Peters, a long-time advocate for Palestinian rights. She's been an ABC producer and a Greens councillor on the former Marrickville Council. In 2014 she co-founded PSNA / BDS Australia. She has written and produced articles and programs which look at the injustices faced by Palestinians under the Israeli regime.
Date
Sunday 20 September 2026 5:00 PM - 7:00 PM (UTC+10)Location
North Steyne Surf Life Saving Club
Oceanfront 95A North Steyne , (Opposite Pine St), Manly
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Australia’s legal obligations in relation to genocide.
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