Podcasts about international state crime initiative

The world “genocide” was first coined in the 1940s to describe the Nazi slaughter of millions of Jews.  So it is in a sense surreal that the country created in the shadow of the Holocaust, Israel, is now accused of that same horrible crime.  Those who argue that Israel is guilty of genocide in Gaza point to three of the five acts listed under the UN Genocide Convention: killing members of a group; causing serious bodily or mental harm to members of that group; and deliberately inflicting on the group conditions of life calculated to bring about its physical destruction in whole or in part.  Israel and its allies strongly reject the accusation. They say the civilian casualties in Gaza are not an intentional act of genocide, but are an inevitable, if tragic, byproduct of war. And they stress that the war is the result of the Oct. 7 massacre by Hamas, an organization that has often expressed a desire to exterminate Jews and expel them from the Holy Land – which itself would constitute genocide. Arguing in favour of the resolution is Penny Green. She is the Director of the International State Crime Initiative at Queen Mary University of London.  Arguing against the resolution is Arsen Ostrovsky. He's a human rights attorney and CEO of The International Legal Forum. He is also a Senior Fellow at Misgav Institute. SOURCES: KLKNTV, PBS NewsHour, Sky News Australia To vote on who you think won this debate, go to our website www.munkdebates.com   The host of the Munk Debates is Ricki Gurwitz Tweet your comments about this episode to @munkdebate or comment on our Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/munkdebates/ To sign up for a weekly email reminder for this podcast, send an email to podcast@munkdebates.com.   To support civil and substantive debate on the big questions of the day, consider becoming a Munk Member at https://munkdebates.com/membership Members receive access to our 15+ year library of great debates in HD video, a free Munk Debates book, newsletter and ticketing privileges at our live events. This podcast is a project of the Munk Debates, a Canadian charitable organization dedicated to fostering civil and substantive public dialogue - https://munkdebates.com/ Senior Producer: Ricki Gurwitz Producer: Daniel Kitts Editor: Kieran Lynch

Israel's military leaders justified their raid on Gaza's largest hospital by claiming it housed a Hamas command centre. But many say what they have produced as evidence is far from conclusive. So, by targeting the al-Shifa complex, has Israel committed a war crime? Join host James Bays.  Guests: Erik Fosse - CEO, Norwegian Aid Committee.  A. Kayum Ahmed - Special adviser on the right to health at Human Rights Watch. Thomas Macmanus - Director of the International State Crime Initiative, Queen Mary University of London.

Proposed mobile phone ban for detainees unnecessary, adds to trauma The Migration Amendment (prohibiting items in immigration detention facilities) Bill 2020 would allow the Minister to deem mobile phones and other internet devices “prohibited items” and grant staff new powers to search detainees without a warrant and allow strip searches and detector dogs within the centres. Groups like Amnesty International, The Australian Medical Association and the Australian Human Rigts Commission have raised concerns about the Bill and the Asylum Seeker Resource Centre (ASRC) is conducting a campaign to prevent the Bill passing the Senate. Jana Favero is the Director of Campaigns at the ASRC. We discuss how the measures contained in the Bill would affect people currently in and outside detention, the impact of Covid-19 on the people they're seeing at the ASRC and the September Hope Appeal to support the opening of a new community centre in Dandenong.  Myanmar's Rohingya GenocideMost of us remember the images on our television screens in 2017, of the Rohingya people fleeing from Myanmar to Bangladesh in the face of the extreme violence against them by the Myanmar military and civilians. Dr Ronan Lee is a visiting scholar at Queen Mary University of London’s International State Crime Initiative. He conducted in-depth interviews with Rohingya people during his PhD research and his book, Myanmar’s Rohingya Genocide: Identity, History and Hate Speech, published by Bloomsbury this month, draws on that research. Ronan discusses the history of the Rohingya people, how their citizenship rights deteriorated from 1962 and the genocide case against Myanmar in the International Court of Justice. We also look at concerns about Australia's training of Myanmar military, a matter raised with Foreign Minister Marise Payne by Human Rights Watch in February this year. See Human Rights Watch press release here. Also check out the 3CR Thursday Breakfast podcast for September 3rd to hear a conversation with JN Joniad, a Rohingya refugee and journalist presently living in Jakarta, Indonesia.   

A Conversation with Penny Green on the FRC Genocide Podcast Series (English) hosted by Dr Maung Zarni. Professor Green is Founder & Director of the International State Crime Initiative, Professor of Law and Globalization and Head of the Law Department at Queen Mary University of London, UK. She discussed: 1) The notion of State Crime and genocide as a process, as opposed to a spectacular event of mass killings 2) ISCI research reports on Myanmar genocide of Rohingya 3) Australia’s genocide of the native people 4) The politics surrounding her nomination for UN Special Rapporteur on Palestines

This week, we sent Matt Mahmoudi to London to interview Dr. Thomas MacManus about the persecution of the Rohingya, a Muslim minority population in Myanmar that has faced increasing violence from the Myanmar government in recent months. Thousands have fled their homes, and the government has banned access for journalists and aid organizations. Is this the beginning of genocide? As one of the few researchers to be granted access close to where the Rohingya live, Dr. MacManus provides an ideal introduction to the situation. And after the interview, our regular CGHR panel convenes to analyze the deeper roots of the conflict in Myanmar. Why has renowned leader Aung San Suu Kyi remained silent, and what power do states really have to prevent genocide? Dr. Thomas MacManus teaches at Queen Mary University of London. Learn more about his International State Crime Initiative at www.statecrime.org. This episode's music was composed by the machine-learning algorithm at JukeDeck. Create your own

Criminologist Penny Green explains how states, entrusted to define crimes and enforce the laws that deter them, can themselves be complicit in the worst social harms. Professor Green is director of the International State Crime Initiative, which seeks to understand how states can become perpetrators rather than protectors, and how civil society groups can be enlisted to fight back. Presented by Lynne Haultain.  Download mp3 (31.0 MB)      Listen now      Read transcript read more

This podcast is drawn from a lecture by celebrated Egyptian author Ahdaf Souief about the ongoing revolution in Egypt.  It was the annual lecture of the International State Crime Initiative (ISCI) at Kings College, London  and was held at the end of 2013. The State Crime Initiative studies and records the violations of human rights by governments and other state actors – genocide, torture, brutality and also corruption, cronyism, economic exploitation and negligence. As Ahdaf Souief makes clear, these things often go together, and overturning a criminal state is a long term and dangerous undertaking. She takes as her starting point the events in Mohammed Mahmoud Street, one of the streets running into Tahrir Square, which has been the site of much police and army brutality, and where many activists have been killed, including Jika   . On the day of the lecture, there were memorial demonstrations in the street, and Ahdaf had come from there to London for the the lecture. Ahdaf is introduced by Professor Penny Green, co-director of the International State Crime Initiative. A video of the complete lecture by Ahdaf Souief can be found here There is also a blog on Pod Academy, which you might like to read together with this podcast: Mubarak's Egypt: Nexus of Criminality  You might also be interested in our podcast of the ISCI Annual lecture 2011 by Noam Chomsky, Changing contours of world order.   Links Al Jazeera on shootings in Cairo in July 2013 Khaled Mohamed Saeed killed in Alexandria June 2110 - seen as the act that ;launched the revolution' the News piece on Jika 1 News piece on Jika 2

Noam Chomsky is a world renowned linguist and one of America's foremost social critics. He is Institute Professor in the Department of Linguistics and Philosophy at M.I.T. He is the author of numerous books for Pluto Press, including Pirates and Emperors Old and New, Fateful Triangle, The New Military Humanism: Lessons from Kosovo and Rogue States: The Rule of Force in World Affairs. In October 2011 Professor Chomsky visited King’s College London in order to promote the launch of International State Crime Initiative’s new journal, State Crime.  State Crime is the first peer-reviewed journal dedicated to state crime scholarship.