Palestine must be free, with the law on it side

An interview with Ahmed Abofoul of human rights organisation Al- Haq on the need for international rights and legal mechanisms to stop the genocide in Gaza

25 August 2024

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Three photos: A bald masculine person wearing court robes stands behind a bank of computers; a scene of levelled buildings and debris after a bombing; a crowd of smiling people wearing keffiyehs and Palestine flags holds a large pink heart sign reading Thank you, South Africa

Clockwise from top left: International Criminal Court prosecutor Karim Khan; a SA ICJ hearing block party; the aftermath of an Israeli air strike on the El-Remal area of Gaza city
CREDIT: WAFA IN CONTRACT WITH APAIMAGES, INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT, DIANE KRAUTHAMER

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Ahmed Abofoul is the senior legal researcher and advocacy officer at Al-Haq

Luke Cooper is an associate professorial research fellow at LSE IDEAS coordinating PeaceRep’s Ukraine programme. Authoritarian Contagion (Bristol University Press, 2021) and co-host of the Another Europe Podcast