UPDATED: as of 1PM today, the link below no longer works. Looks like U of T pulled the announcement off their website!
Howwever, the Arab Canadian Lawyers Association still has the announcement on its site.
ORIGINAL POST:
Believe it or not, this is an actual event taking place at the University of Toronto on October 28:
From Olive Groves to Courtrooms:
Redressing Israel’s Settlement Policies in Canadian Courts
Bil’in Village Council v. Green Park InternationalThe Arab Canadian Lawyers Association, in collaboration with U of T Faculty of Law’s International Human Rights Program, is pleased to present a public lecture by:
Maysa Zorob, Dylan Smith and John Reynolds from the Legal Research and Advocacy Unit, Al Haq and Mark Arnold, Lawyer Representing the Palestinian Village of Bil’in
Tuesday, October 28, 2008
University of Toronto, Faculty of Law, Flavelle House, 78 Queen’s Park, Room BLH
Doors: 6:00 pm; Opening Remarks 6:45; Lecture 7:00
No RSVP requiredHaving exhausted the limited remedies in Israel, the villagers of Bil’in have brought their peaceful struggle for justice to Canada. With the assistance of Mark Arnold, a Toronto-based lawyer, its Israeli counsel, and Al-Haq, a Palestinian human rights organization, the village of Bil’in has filed a lawsuit in Quebec against Green Mount International Inc. and Green Park International Inc. — companies accused of violating international, Canadian and Quebec law by building settlements on Israeli occupied Palestinian land.