CPAC - Friday, May 24, 2024 - 03:00 p.m. (ET) - Segment #13

prejudice will be before the court in its final decision. The court concludes on the basis of the aforementioned consideration that the circumstances of the case required to modify its decision set out in its order of march 28th, 2024. The court recalls that, in accordance with article 75, a request for provisional measures has been made, it has the power under its statute to indicate measures that are not in whole or in part other than those requested. In the present case, having considered the terms of the provisional measures requested by south africa and the circumstances of the case, the court finds that the measures indicated need not be identical to those requested. The court considers that in conformity with obligations under the genocide convention, israel must immediately halt its military offensive and any other action in the rafah -- which may inflict on the palestinian group in gaza conditions of life that could bring about its physical destruction in whole or in part. I court recalls that, in its order of january 26th, 2024, it ordered israel in the area to, and I quote, "take effective measures to prevent the destruction and ensure the preservation of evidence related to allegations of acts within the scope of article 2 and article 3 of the genocide convention." in the present circumstances, the court is also of the view that in order to preserve evidence related to allegations of acts falling within the scope of article 2 and article 3 of the genocide convention, israel must take effective measures to ensure the you be I am peeledded access to the gaza strip of any commission of inquiry, fact-finding mission or other investigative body mandated by the united nations to investigate allegations of genocide. The court also considers that the catastrophic situation in gaza confirmed the need for the immediate and effective implementation of the measures indicated in its orders of january 26th 2024. And march 28th, 2024. Throughout the gaza strip including in rafah. In these circumstances, the court finds it necessary to reaffirm the measures indicated in those orders. In so doing, the court wishes to emphasize that the measure indicated in paragraph 51-2-of a of its order of march 28th, 2024, requiring, "the unhindered provision at scale by all concerned of urgently needed basic services and humanitarian assistance." -- [ Indiscernible ] that the respondent maintain open land crossing points and in particular the rafah crossing. In view of the specific provision and measures, it has decided to indicate the court considers that israel must submit a report to the report court on all measures taken to get affect to this order within one month from the date of this order. The report -- [ Indiscernible ] will then be communicated to africa, which has give the opportunity to submit to the court its comments there on. The court recalls that illustrates orders on provisional measures under article 41 of the statute have binding effect and thus create international legal obligations for any party to whom the provisional measures are addressed. The court underlined that the present order is without prejudice to any findings concerning the respondents' compliance with the orders of january 26th, 2024 and march 28th, 2024. In its orders of january 26th, 2024 and march 28th, 2024, the court expressed its grave concern over the fate of the hostages abducted during the attacks in israel on october 7th, 2023.

and held since then by hamas and other armed groups and called for their immediate and unconditional release. The court finds it deeply troubling that many of these hostages remain in captivity and reiterate its call for that immediate and unconditional release. I shall now read out the operative part of the order. For these reasons, the court by 13 votes to 2 reaffirms the provisional measures indicated in its orders of 26 january, 2024 and march 28th, 2024 which should be immediately and effectively implemented. To indicate the following provisional measures: the state of israel shall in conformity with its obligations under the convention on the prevention and punishment of the crime of genocide and in view of the worsening conditioning of life faced by civilians in rafah, a by 13 votes to 2, immediately hold its halt its military offensive and any other measures which may inflict on the palestinian group in gaza conditions of live that would bring about its physical destruction in whole or in part. By 13 votes to 2, maintain open the rafah crossing for unhindered provision at scale of urgently-needed basic services and humanitarian assistance. By 13 votes to 2, take effective measures to ensure the unimpeded access to the gaza strip of any commission of inquiry, fact-finding mission or other investigative body mandated by competent ordinants of the united nations to investigate allegations of genocide. 3, by 13 votes to 2, decides that the state of israel shall submit a report to the court on all measures taken to give effect to this order within one month as from the date of this order. >> Andrew: all right. You've been watching our "headline politics" coverage here on cpac. That's going to be all for this edition. I'm andrew thomson in ottawa. For all of us, thanks for watching, enter we'll see you next [Music. [ ]

>>> I'm allison mcfarland a director here and director of policy and global affairs at ubc. Before we begin this evening, I want to acknowledge first that all of us are gathered here today on the traditional, ancestral and unceded lands of the musqueam peoples. And I also want to take a moment this evening to acknowledge that this evening like numerous others we've had in these great walls is only possible because of the extraordinary vision and the heart and the great generosity of phil lind who sadly passed away last year. Phil, you have our heart felt gratitude for sharing your intellectual curiosity and making these events possible. And on behalf of everyone gathered here and the ubc community, we thank you. So it's my great pleasure then to kick off the third talk and this year's series on popular culture and political life in united states. In these conversations we explore how artistic expression and popular culture contributes to our understanding of political life in the U.S. we began the decision with-- and followed up with sue laka jawad and jean baptiste. Though our guests speak to american political landscapes, there's much of course that we can learn here in canada from their experiences. Before I introduce our moderator and speaker tonight, let me do a bit of housekeeping housekeeping. We're going to be taking audience questions in the latter part of the event. Through slido. You simply visit slido.com on your phone or computer. And enter the code #lindslido to input your question. And you should feel free to submit your questions or to upvote a question that you see listed. And that you'd like to hear be asked by our mod ralter and lastly just a reminder to sienls your cell phones before we begin. And so with that, I'm really excited to introduce our moderator and our speaker for tonight's event. One of our own, dr. Christopher patterson who is an award winning author and associate prepro feser in the social justice institute here at ubc. His publishing record ranges from the critically acclaimed transitive cultures, anglophone literature of the trans specific to his first novel. Sant, an anti-travel novel. Which was adapt into a video game. His forthcoming book domesticating brown, movements of racial imagination, will be published next year. And now I'm very excited to introduce our keynote speaker for tonight. Dr. Viet thanh nguyen. Known for bold, elegance and fiercely honest writing, dr. Nguyen won the po pulitzer prize and the dayton literary peace prize for his new novel the sympathizer which has been adapted into an hbo mini series that will premier next month. He's also written a collection of short stories in the refugees brought together fellow refugee writers with the displaced. And was a finalist for the national book award with nothing ever dies, vietnam, and the memory of war. He was named a mcarthur fellow. The genius grant in 2017, is a culture critic at large for the los angeles times. And is the arrow arnold chair of english and a professor at the university of southern california. So please join me in welcoming dr. Nguyen. [ applause ] >> Hello, good evening. Thank you so much for that introduction allison. And good evening vancouver. In the university of british columbia. Such a pleasure to be here. For the first time for me, but also such a pleasure to return to canada. Especially as canada is home to some of my collaborators in this hbo tv series of the sympathizer. What that means is if you haven't read the sympathizer, you never have to read the sympathizer. Just watch it on tv. But it was really important for know collaborate with people who are not americans in the making of this tv series. So the producer who optioned the series is from toronto. Our co-show runner and head writer don mckeller is a canadian film maker. Sandra oh of course is in it, she's canadian. And we have a couple of actors, fred whitencon and xie

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