BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.0.5//EN TZID:America/Detroit X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/Detroit BEGIN:VEVENT UID:858@test.arabamerica.com DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150416T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150416T140000 DTSTAMP:20150402T232310Z URL:https://test.arabamerica.com/events/accountability-for-gaza/ SUMMARY:"Accountability for Gaza" DESCRIPTION:DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA\n\nThe Palestine Center invites you to a b riefing\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAccountability for Gaza: Updates on Domestic and Inte rnational Legal Efforts\nwith\nNadia Ben-Youssef\nLawyer &\; Human Righ ts Advocate - USA Representative for Adalah - The Legal Center for Arab Mi nority Rights in Israel\n\n&\;\nBrad Parker\nStaff Attorney &\; Inte rnational Advocacy Officer - Defense for Children International Palestine\ n\nThursday\, 16 April 2015\n1:00 - 2:00 p.m.\nThe Palestine Center\nThis event will present ongoing domestic and international efforts to achieve a ccountability for "Operation Protective Edge\," the massive Israeli milita ry offensive on Gaza in the summer of 2014 that killed over 2\,000 Palesti nians\, including over 500 children. The discussion will bring together hu man rights defenders from Adalah - The Legal Center for Arab Minority Rig hts in Israel\, and Defense for Children International Palestine to shar e key updates from the ground and provide insight into their engagement wi th international mechanisms. Nadia Ben-Youssef and Brad Parker will discus s their legal work on behalf of victims in Gaza\, highlight failures of do mestic accountability in Israel\, and share international advocacy strateg ies.\n\n\nNadia Ben-Youssef is a lawyer and human rights advocate serving as the first USA Representative for Adalah - The Legal Center for Arab Mi nority Rights in Israel. Her work aims to raise awareness of the instituti onal discrimination against Palestinian citizens Israel as well as violati ons promote compliance with international human rights and humanitarian la w. After four years in the Negev in southern Israel leading Adalah’s int ernational advocacy efforts on behalf of the Bedouin community\, she is no w developing Adalah's U.S. advocacy strategy to shape American discourse a nd influence American policy and practice towards a human rights-based app roach in Israel/Palestine. Nadia holds a BA in Sociology from Princeton Un iversity\, and J.D. from Boston College Law School.\n\nAdalah - The Legal Center for Arab Minority Rights in Israel is a legal center and an indepe ndent human rights organization based in Israel. Established in 1996\, Ada lah uses Israeli legal channels to protect and promote the rights of Pales tinian Arab citizens of Israel\, who make up 20% of the population\, as we ll as Palestinian residents of the Occupied Palestinian Territory. The org anization regularly brings cases to the Israeli Supreme Court\, and also e ngages in international advocacy at the UN\, EU and recently\, in the Unit ed States. For more information\, visit www.adalah.org/eng.\n\n\nBrad Par ker is a staff attorney and international advocacy officer at Defense for Children International Palestine. He specializes in issues of juvenile ju stice and grave violations against children during armed conflict\, and le ads DCI-Palestine's legal advocacy efforts on Palestinian children's right s. Parker regularly writes and speaks on the situation of Palestinian chil dren in the Occupied Palestinian Territory\, particularly issues involving detention\, ill-treatment and torture of child detainees within the Israe li military detention system and violations of international humanitarian law and international human rights law. He leads DCIP's US Program and is a graduate of the University of Vermont and received his J.D. from the Cit y University of New York School of Law.\n\nDefense for Children Internatio nal Palestine is an independent\, local Palestinian child rights organiza tion based in Ramallah dedicated to defending and promoting the rights of children living in the West Bank\, including East Jerusalem\, and the Gaza Strip. For over 20 years\, we have investigated\, documented and pursued accountability for grave human rights violations against children\; held I sraeli and Palestinian authorities accountable to universal human rights p rinciples\; and advocated at the international and national levels to adva nce access to justice and protection for children. We also provide direct legal aid to children in distress. For more information visit www.dci-pal estine.org.\n\n\n\n ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://test.arabamerica.com/wp-content/uploads/ 2015/04/ImageProxy-10.mvc_.jpeg CATEGORIES:Academic Lecture LOCATION:The Jerusalem Fund & Palestine Center\, 2425 Virginia Ave NW\, Was hington\, District of Columbia\, 20037\, United States GEO:38.8988618;-77.0525414 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=2425 Virginia Ave NW\, Wash ington\, District of Columbia\, 20037\, United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=100;X -TITLE=The Jerusalem Fund & Palestine Center:geo:38.8988618,-77.0525414 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Detroit X-LIC-LOCATION:America/Detroit BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20150308T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR