Genocide Observed, Justice Denied: Genospectra Institute Issues Historic Indictment of UN’s Genocide Prevention Office
PRESS RELEASE
PRESS RELEASE
Date: May 14, 2025
From: The Genospectra Institute
To: Global Public, Journalists, Scholars, Human Rights Advocates
The Genospectra Institute has released a landmark 60-page forensic indictment of the United Nations Office on Genocide Prevention and the Responsibility to Protect (OSAPG), charging it with institutional complicity in the genocide of Palestinians across the Occupied Palestinian Territory.
Titled "Genocide Observed, Justice Denied: OSAPG’s Institutional Complicity in the Erasure of Palestine," the statement documents the agency’s 17-month silence, refusal to apply its own 14 risk indicators, and failure to name the crime—even after the International Court of Justice ruled in January 2024 that Israel’s actions in Gaza plausibly constitute genocide.
Key Findings:
Over 702,000 Palestinians have died (or are dying)—140,400 from direct violence and over 561,000 from famine, deprivation, and medical collapse—according to conservative estimates grounded in The Lancet’s 4:1 excess mortality and capture recapture models.
All 14 UN genocide risk factors are present in Gaza and across the Occupied Palestinian Territory.
OSAPG remained silent for 13 months after the ICJ ruling and issued only a vague, euphemistic statement that never mentioned “genocide,” “Israel,” or “Palestine.”
The Office ignored hate speech, refused to name apartheid or settler-colonialism, and selectively applied its prevention frameworks based on political convenience and donor pressure.
The statement calls for the immediate dismantling or overhaul of OSAPG, the official recognition of the Gaza genocide, and a series of reparative demands, including recognition of the Palestinian right of return, support for BDS, and the creation of an independent survivor-led oversight body.
“This is not a procedural lapse. It is a betrayal of mandate,” the Genospectra Institute writes. “You were told. You remained silent. And through that silence, genocide was made normal.”
The full document includes legal analysis, a comparative case study, a detailed timeline of international complicity, and a closing reckoning addressed directly to OSAPG. It has already been submitted to international bodies, legal archives, and partner institutions as a historical record.
Read the full statement here: Genocide Observed, Justice Denied: OSAPG’s Institutional Complicity in the Erasure of Palestine
Correction: A typo appears on page 1 of the PDF. The IPC famine classification referenced should read May 2025, not March 2024. As of that report, some areas of Gaza had entered Phase 5 (famine), and 100% of the population was experiencing acute food insecurity. This correction is reflected in the updated PDF version of the statement.
About the Genospectra Institute
The Genospectra Institute is an abolitionist, survivor-led research body dedicated to deconstructing systems of genocide through legal, historical, and decolonial frameworks. Its foundational theorem, Genospectra: Framework Theorem for Deconstructing the Genocide Spectrum, underpins this submission.
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