Columbia University published Claudia Laurel Bell’s Masters Thesis entitled: “A Postcolonial Analysis of the Genocide Convention With Reference to the Lived Experiences of the Palestinian People Under Settler Colonial Rule.” The researcher discusses the suffering of native people under colonial rule and the multitude of human rights abuses throughout history, despite the creation of international laws that sought to prevent and punish the mistreatment of vulnerable people. Besides, she aims to prove that international human rights law has failed to sufficiently account for abuses that continue to be perpetrated against native peoples and that it has contributed to their marginalization. Furthermore, the researcher works to prove that the “Genocide Convention,” specifically, was constructed following the vested interests of colonial powers. She also refers to the experiences that the Palestinian people experienced under Israeli colonialism, and considers that settlers’ colonization of them is genocide in its essence. Consequently, she considers that if international human rights law is to effectively protect vulnerable communities from human rights abuses, such as genocide, it needs to be consistently evaluated and reconsidered from a multitude of perspectives. To check the paper, click here