Date/Time
Date(s) - October 1, 2018
7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Location
MAC Islamic Centre
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A Palestinian International Human Rights Lawyer’s Perspective.
Hear what is happening currently on the ground in Palestine from respected international human rights lawyer, Jonathan Kuttab.
Palestine is at a watershed moment. The Deal of the Century, the move of the US Embassy to Jerusalem and the ending of UNRWA funding by the Trump Administration, are a few of the currents issues that speak of a final solution to the Palestinian problem.
25 years post-Oslo, a two state solution is no longer feasible. This being the case what is the solution to the Palestinian problem.
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Co hosted by Solidarity for Palestinian Human Rights-University of British Columbia.
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Jonathan Kuttab:
Jonathan Kuttab is a leading human rights lawyer. After a graduating with his Doctor of Jurisprudence (JD) from Virgina Law School, and practicing a couple years on Wall Street, Jonathan returned home to Palestine.
In 1979, Jonathan cofounded Al Haq, the first international human rights legal organization in Palestine. Later he co-founded the Palestinian Center for the Study of Non-Violence (now Violence International) and also founded the Mandela Institute for Prisoners.
Jonathan is a Palestinian Christian, who is past chair of the Bethlehem Bible College serves on the board of the Sabeel Ecumenical Theology Center in Jerusalem and is a leader in the establishment of Christ at the Checkpoint conference. Jonathan was part of the 1994 legal team for the Cairo agreement that resulted in the Oslo II Accord.
Jonathan was visiting scholar at Osgoode Law School at York University in Toronto in the Fall of 2017, and is a founding director of Just Peace Advocates/Mouvement pour une Paix Juste, a Canadian based international law human rights not-for-profit.
Jonathan is a resident of East Jerusalem, and is a partner of Kuttab, Khoury and Hanna Law Firm in East Jerusalem.