Christchurch Call Advisory Network’s Public Statement Marking One Year of War in Gaza and Further Regional Escalation
Date: 2024-10-16
The Christchurch Call Advisory Network (CCAN), comprising not-for-profit organizations, including CPN-PREV, along with individuals from civil society, academia, and the technical community, recently issued a public statement on the war in Gaza : “One year on from the terrorist attack of October 7, the devastating war in Gaza continues to terrorize civilians. Now, with the further escalation in Lebanon and Israel, an even greater regional war looms. In this urgent context, CCAN again calls to attention the myriad of actions and behaviors by parties to the conflict, governments, tech companies, and others that are inconsistent with the commitments of the Christchurch Call. While not all parties to the conflict are Call signatories, signatories to the Call should not only adhere to the Call commitments, but take a stand against actions inconsistent with the Call […]”
Furthermore, Dia Kayyali, a founding co-chair of the Christchurch Call Advisory Network and current core committee member, published a personal statement on the situation in Gaza, which we found enlightening and worth sharing : “Today, companies that are signatories to the Christchurch Call have helped automate the silencing and mass killing of Palestinians, and now Lebanese people. Israel, Hamas, Hezbollah, and Lebanon are not parties to the Christchurch Call. However, the United States, Meta, Amazon, Microsoft, and Google, and many countries that host offices of these companies ARE Christchurch Call signatories, and they have continued to take actions that contravene the Call’s underlying commitment to human rights.”