The Canada Files obtained documents from The Legal Centre for Palestine (LCP) and has discovered that they and Hameed Law (HL) are investigating the actions of Canadian special forces in occupied Palestine. This comes as a Notice of Intent to Prosecute has been issued against Canada by HL for aiding and abetting war crimes and crimes against humanity in Palestine, particularly in Gaza.
The Legal Centre for Palestine is supporting HL’s notice of Intent to Prosecute and ongoing investigation, to see if Canada’s actions may amount to aiding and abetting war crimes and crimes against humanity up to and including genocide.
The Canada Files contacted a Board Director of The Legal Centre for Palestine (LCP), who did not want to disclose said identity, out of fear of reprisal by multiple law firms, including the Board Director’s own employer, and the government. The Board Director detailed the subjects of the investigation by the law firm, including Canada’s statements of support for Israel’s bombing campaign, Canada’s tacit approval of Canada Armed Forces (CAF) and regular citizens joining the IDF as de-facto mercenaries, Canada’s intervention in Operation Prosperity Guardian, and even JTF-2 special forces involvement in operations in Gaza.
Canada is a signatory to the 1948 Genocide Convention. This convention is mentioned in providing the definition to genocide in the Crimes Against Humanity and War Crimes Act of 2000. According to the 1948 Genocide Convention, there is no distinction between the enabling/supporting of the genocide and actually participating in it (pages 2-3). They’re both treated as the same crime.
That definition is codified in the Crimes Against Humanity and War Crimes Act of 2000. According to the LCP Board Director, the joint LCP and HL legal team, acting on behalf of families that have suffered under the Gaza genocide, including a client who lost all 76 members of his extended family, will be investigating whether Canada is complicit in crimes against humanity in supporting Israel. The most serious crime being investigated, of course, will be genocide.
The full extent of the hypocrisy of the “rules based” white supremacist order is being tested by the institutions that NATO has set up. These institutions are now being used against them. What’s significant is that Canada is now on the cusp of being exposed. After causing a genocide in Rwanda and Yugoslavia, and spuriously convicting the victims, Canada’s role in supporting the genocide against the Palestinians could be exposed over the following years, either through its own domestic laws or international law. (more...)
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