We, the undersigned, are calling on the Irish government to uphold its responsibilities under the UN Genocide Convention and bring an immediate end to Israel’s unconscionable onslaught against the Palestinian people. 

Genocide studies scholars, UN human rights experts and international lawyers across the world have advised that there is clear evidence of genocide being committed against Palestinians.

Ireland is a party to the Genocide Convention, which imposes a legal obligation upon states to prevent genocide and act in the event that there is a serious risk of genocide.

It is time for Ireland to comply with this duty to prevent by imposing sanctions on Israel and calling for such sanctions to be adopted at EU level.