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Azeezah Kanji

Azeezah Kanji (JD, LLM) is a legal academic and journalist, whose work focuses on anti-colonial and anti-racist perspectives on international law, constitutional law, and the "war on terror." Her opinion writing has appeared regularly in Canadian and international media, including Al Jazeera English, Haaretz, Jacobin, and the Toronto Star.
  • Policy Brief | Abolition & Solidarity
Genociders International: Upholding the “Right to Colonize” in Palestine
by Azeezah Kanji
  • June 26, 2024
  • Policy Brief | Abolition & Solidarity
The Genocidal “Civilized” vs the Erased Colonized: Gaza at the International Court of Justice
by Azeezah Kanji
  • January 23, 2024
  • Policy Brief | Abolition & Solidarity
The “Civilized World” and its Genocides: Gaza’s Colonial Precedents  
by Azeezah Kanji
  • November 23, 2023
  • Policy Brief | Abolition & Solidarity
The Architecture of Anti-Palestinian Elimination: Legal Fallacies, False Analogies, and Inverted Realities
by Azeezah Kanji
  • October 25, 2023
  • Policy Brief | Abolition & Solidarity
Settler Moves to Innocence: A Transnational Legal Glossary
by Azeezah Kanji
  • April 12, 2023
  • Policy Brief | Abolition & Solidarity
Canada 2030: Drone Colony?
by Azeezah Kanji
  • January 24, 2023
  • Policy Brief | Treaties, Rights and Title
“Journacide” and the Settler Colonial Assault on Reality
by Azeezah Kanji
  • May 25, 2022
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  • Policy Brief | Abolition & Solidarity
Canada and Israel: Partners in the “Settler Colonial Contract”
by Azeezah Kanji
  • May 21, 2021
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  • Policy Brief | Abolition & Solidarity
A How-To Guide for the Settler Colonial Present: From Canada to Palestine to Kashmir
by Azeezah Kanji
  • August 5, 2020
  • Policy Brief | Social Policy
The House of Commons, Jagmeet Singh & The Disappearing Trick of Canadian Racism
by Azeezah Kanji
  • July 2, 2020
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