Brazil's president has compared the Gaza war to the holocaust. But what is the definition of genocide?
Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva has accused Israel of committing "genocide" against Palestinian civilians in the Gaza Strip and compared its actions to Adolf Hitler's campaign to exterminate Jews during World War Two. Lula told reporters in the Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa, where he was attending an African Union summit, that what is happening in the Gaza Strip "isn't a war, it's a genocide".
Juliette McIntyre, lecturer of law at the University of South Australia, said allegations and evidence of genocide have to be put before a court for examination. Multiple sources can be used to prove a crime, including statements from public officials, information from non-government organisations, social media posts, information from other states and reports from refugees or people who fled the conflict.
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