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William Schabas

William Schabas

International-law scholar · Canada / United Kingdom (Middlesex University)

Academic — peer-reviewed

Among the most-cited legal scholars on genocide; author of 'Genocide in International Law.'

Financing

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University-based academic.

Institutional alignment

From a family of Holocaust survivors. Appointed chair of the UN's 2014 Gaza Commission of Inquiry; academic posts in Canada and the UK.

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Disclosures & conflicts

Resigned as chair of the UN Gaza Commission of Inquiry in 2015 after Israel cited a paid 2012 legal consultancy for the Palestine Liberation Organization; he denied bias. Has since argued publicly that Israel's conduct in Gaza meets the genocide threshold — a contested legal position.

Credibility & caveats

A leading legal authority whose textbooks are standard references. On the Israel–Palestine question specifically, his views are contested and the conflict-of-interest episode is part of the public record — readers should weigh both his expertise and the criticism.

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