National Lawyers Guild Emory Chapter

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On behalf of the Emory Chapter of the National Lawyers Guild (NLG):

NLG is an organization that advocates for the end of the occupation of Palestine. Yesterday, Emory Law School’s Center for International and Comparative Law and two student organizations co-hosted a former colonel from the Israeli Defense Force at a lecture-style event filled with propaganda videos and substantially lacking in a legal-focus. There should be no place in Emory Law for such a blatant and crude distortion of international law, particularly denying Palestinians of Gaza - who have suffered under this brutal occupation and crippling blockade - the application of international human rights law, the right to self-determination, and the right of return.

Inviting a member of an occupying force that is being investigated for committing war crimes to lecture at the law school is incredibly harmful, to Palestinian students and to the community overall. We call on Emory Law to issue an apology to the community for hosting this speaker, and we request the Center for International and Comparative Law co-host a lecture with NLG and the Middle Eastern Law Student Association (MELSA) on the international human rights violations committed against Palestinians since 1948. We cannot ignore apartheid and we cannot be complacent to the continued injustices faced by Palestinians and all other marginalized communities.

In solidarity,

Emory Chapter of the National Lawyers Guild

Executive Board