We are pleased to welcome a new center for research of genocide in Israel. Ariel University in Israel has established a Center for the Study and Research of Genocide under the direction of Hilly Moodrick-Even Khan, a senior lecturer of public international law in the Department of Economics and Business Administration in the University.

In the Fall issue of Genocide Studies International, one will find a very significant article by Dr. Khan: How to Win a Genocide Case: Analyzing the Triple Strategy of the Advocates of the Rohingya in Myanmar, Vol. 14, No. 2, 109-132.  A sophisticated strategy is described where the Rohingya advocates chose to litigate the case in three different contexts, the International Court of Justice (ICJ), the International Criminal Court (ICC), and the Federal Court in Buenos Aires “each of them having the potential to support the other in imposing state responsibility and individual criminal liability for genocide in Myanmar” (p. 124).  Dr. Kahn concludes, “The Rohingya advocates proved themselves not only to be shrewd lawyers having come up with a sophisticated strategy for their case, but also to be wise public relations people…the condemnation and eradication of genocide is perhaps the greatest mission of humanity, the battle against genocide should be fought not only in the legal field but also in all possible media” (p.125).