【ライブ配信イベント】榎本珠良准教授｜Countering Discrimination and Intimidation in Peace and Disarmament – Supporting Advocates for Palestine –

2024年2月10日（土）午後10時～11時 オンラインライブ配信イベント
Countering Discrimination and Intimidation in Peace and Disarmament – Supporting Advocates for Palestine –

[日時] 2024年2月10日（土）日本時間 午後10時～午後11時（※日本時間表記に訂正がありました）　※5AM-6AM(PST); 1PM-2PM(UTC)

[形式] YouTubeでのライブ配信

[言語] 英語（通訳なし）

[参加費] 無料

[参加方法]
YouTubeでのライブ配信です。事前登録は一切必要ありません。
2月10日（土）日本時間午後10時に以下YouTubeにアクセスいただくだけでご視聴いただけます。
https://www.youtube.com/@EthicsInTechnology/streams

[賛同組織]
ノンバイオレンス・インターナショナル東南アジア（NISEA）、ノーエシックスインビッグテク（No Ethics In Big Tech）、「武器と市民社会」研究会、武器取引反対ネットワーク（NAJAT）、明治学院大学国際平和研究所（PRIME）、JSPS科研費21K13250「人道的軍備管理」における差別的思考の分析と超克

[詳細]　「武器と市民社会」研究会Website

[背景情報]
2023年10月以降のパレスチナとイスラエルの状況については、イスラエルが標的選定を人口知能（AI）が補助するようなシステムなどを広範に使用していることから、「初のAI戦争」とも呼ばれており、かつ多数の民間人の犠牲がもたらされています。
この状況のなかで、AIの軍事利用の問題を扱うNGOキャンペーンである「キラーロボット反対キャンペーン」（SKR）の国際事務局では、イスラエルによる占領やAIを用いた兵器の使用を伴う国際人道法違反行為を批判したOusman Noor氏が解雇されました。また、SKRのイギリス・キャンペーン事務局長のSahdya Darr氏は、イスラエルによる占領やAIを用いた兵器の使用を伴う国際人道法違反行為を重要問題として扱うべきだと主張しましたが、イギリス・キャンペーンのメンバーはそうした活動をしようとせず、Darr氏はこれに抗議して退任しました。

そして、Noor氏やDarr氏を支持する人びと（多くが、両氏と同様に有色人種の人びと）に対して、SRKの運営委員会メンバー団体関係者（多くが、欧米NGOの白人の人びと）らは、「平和的ではない」などと否定する発言をしたり、脅迫ともいえる行為を行ったりしているとのことです。さらに、Noor氏の解雇を決定したSKR運営委員会のメンバーである日本のNGO（難民を助ける会）も、他の日本のSKR加盟団体（ヒューマンライツ・ナウなど）も、この状況を前にSKR内で概して沈黙しているとのことです。

このイベントでは、Noor氏やDarr氏、そしてSKR内で声をあげている有色人種あるいはグローバルサウスのNGO関係者らが、現在のSKRの問題や「人道的軍縮」NGOキャンペーンに蔓延している欧米中心主義・人種主義について討論し、今後のこの業界のあるべき姿を考えます。

[趣旨]
NGO campaigns working in peace and disarmament are plagued by Western-centric and racist structures. The response to Israel’s genocide in Gaza by several Western led NGOs, including through discrimination, intimidation, and silencing of human rights advocates speaking up for Palestine, exemplifies the deep-rooted prejudice held towards the legitimate views and aspirations of non-white and Global Majority states and stakeholders.
This seminar examines these practices in light of the events at Stop Killer Robots, a coalition of 250+ civil society organizations across 70+ states, led by world leading peace and disarmament NGOs. In October 2023, leaders of the campaign dismissed Ousman Noor as Government Relations Manager, after he spoke up against apartheid, ethnic cleansing, and occupation in Palestine, while coalition members calling for accountability and transparency have since been ignored.

[登壇者紹介]
Dr. Tamara Enomoto is Associate Professor at Meiji Gakuin University, Japan. From 2003 and 2015, she worked as a policy officer on humanitarian and arms control issues at Oxfam. She has authored and edited books including The Arms Trade Treaty: The Self, Sovereignty, and Arms Transfer Control (2020 in Japanese), Weapon Taboos: Genealogies of Pariah Weapons (2020 in Japanese), and Bouncing Back: Critical Reflections on the Resilience Concept in Japan and South Africa (2022 in English).

Mr. Ousman Noor: Ousman studied law at SOAS: University of London, and social anthropology at the University of Oxford. He worked as a human rights barrister (lawyer) in London for 9 years, specializing in refugee and detention law, and taught as a Senior Teaching Fellow at SOAS. For 3+ years, Ihe was Government Relations Manager at Stop Killer Robots, a coalition of 250+ NGOs from 70+ countries. Following a personal Tweet calling for an end to occupation, apartheid and ethnic cleansing in Palestine, his employment was terminated.

Ms. Sahdya Darr: Sahdya was UK Campaign to Stop Killer Robots Coalition Coordinator from June-December 2023 until she resigned because of the silence and inaction of the UK and global Stop Killer Robots campaigns on Gaza. Since 2020, she has worked at the intersection of technology and society (migration, warfare, education). Sahdya is deeply invested in ‘how’ we do the work of building a better world and always has abolitionist and organiser Mariam Kaba’s ‘questions I regularly ask myself when I’m outraged about injustice’ in her mind.

Mr. Vahid Razavi: Founded Ethics In Technology 11 years ago and now knows better and he is the Founder of No Ethics In Big Tech, is the author of two books, The Age of Nepotism and Ethics in Tech and Lack Thereof. As a lifelong activist and humanitarian, he has produced hundreds of videos on various social issues, including Ethics In Technology, Silicon Valley, regional politics, poverty, war, and social injustice.

Mr. Fred Lubang: Fred is the Regional Representative of Nonviolence International Southeast and served on various advisory boards of various global disarmament campaigns. Concurrently, he is also the National Coordinator of the Philippine Campaign to Ban Landmines and has led the implementation of one of the peace agreements on clearing explosive remnants of war in the Bangsamoro. Fred was awarded the 2022 Sean MacBride Peace Award for his “unflagging work and commitment” to humanitarian disarmament. He is now working on his PhD dissertation on ‘a decoloniality framework for humanitarian disarmament’ at the Centre for Peace and Conflict Studies in Cambodia.

European Legal Support Centre: The ELSC is the first and only independent organization defending and empowering the Palestine solidarity movement in Europe through legal means. It provides free legal advice and assistance to associations, human rights NGOs, groups and individuals advocating for Palestinian rights in mainland Europe and the UK.