119. Genocide, Gaza, and Global Justice — with Professor William Schabas

In this landmark episode, Professor William Schabas — one of the world’s foremost experts on international criminal law and the legal architect behind much of our modern understanding of genocide — joins The Voices of War to unpack the explosive legal and political debates surrounding Israel’s war in Gaza.

🔥 With over 20 books and 400 articles to his name, Schabas walks us through:

• What legally constitutes genocide under the 1948 Convention

• How intent is proven in international courts

• Why the ICJ is now handling four major genocide cases

• Why Gaza meets the threshold for genocide, in his legal opinion

• The unprecedented global response — and 50+ states intervening

• Western double standards: Ukraine vs Gaza

• Whether states like the US and Germany could be complicit

• The future of the Genocide Convention in a multipolar world

📚 This is the definitive episode on the politics of accountability and the contested meaning of genocide in a rapidly shifting global order.

🎥 Full video episode: https://youtu.be/OhHavUpazyc 🌐 More: https://www.thevoicesofwar.com 📬 Substack: https://thevoicesofwar.substack.com