Georgetown University in Qatar will host the Reimagining Palestine conference, September 20 - 22, 2024. Some of the world’s leading academics and practitioners will gather for a thought-provoking exploration of such pressing, forward-looking questions as the future of Gaza and how to make it livable again, pathways toward a viable Palestinian political future, and the regional implications of the current moment. This conference aims to advance academic discourse on Palestine, meaningfully engaging participants in dialogue that challenges the status quo and envisions new possibilities for justice and peace. 

Center for Constitutional Rights Senior Staff Attorney Diala Shamas will join the session, “Gaza Now”, which will explore the devastating impact of the ongoing war on Gaza, focusing on effective advocacy for ending the suffering and upholding the protection and dignity of Palestinian lives. The discussion will reference international humanitarian law and established United Nations guidelines and court rulings, such as the International Court of Justice’s order for “immediate and effective measures” to protect Palestinians in Gaza from the risk of genocide.

Speakers:

• Diala Shamas, Senior Staff Attorney Center for Constitutional Rights
• Jehad Abusalim, Executive Director of Institute for Palestine Studies 
• Safwan M. Masri, Dean of Georgetown University in Qatar
• Ghassan Abu Sittah, Associate Professor of Surgery
• Tareq Baconi, writer and author of Hamas Contained: The Rise and Pacification of Palestinian Resistance (Stanford University Press, 2018)
• Noura Erakat, human rights attorney and Professor of Africana Studies and the Program of Criminal Justice at Rutgers University