Early online Genocide as a bioethical crisis: Healthcare, reproduction and the findings of the UN commission of inquiry

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Published: 2025-09-29
DOI: https://doi.org/10.7196/SAJBL.2025.v18i4.4236
Keywords:
Genocide, International Law, Healthcare, Starvation as a Weapon, Bioethics

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S Soni
School of Law, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Pietermaritzburg, South Africa
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6678-6008

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SAJBL Vol. 18 No. 2

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Scientific letters/short reports
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Author Biography

S Soni, School of Law, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Pietermaritzburg, South Africa

Dr Sheetal Soni is a Senior Lecturer in the School of Law at the University of KwaZulu-Natal. Her teaching and research interests span international law, bioethics, and health law, with a particular focus on reproductive rights and emerging technologies. She has published and presented widely on issues of health law, international law, and bioethics, and serves on several national and international expert panels.

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Early online: Genocide as a bioethical crisis: Healthcare, reproduction and the findings of the UN commission of inquiry. (2025). South African Journal of Bioethics and Law, 18(2), e4236. https://doi.org/10.7196/SAJBL.2025.v18i4.4236

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1. United Nations Independent International Commission of Inquiry. Legal analysis of the conduct of Israel in Gaza pursuant to the Genocide Convention. A/HRC/60/ CRP.3. Geneva: UN, 16 Sept 2025.

2. United Nations. Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide, 1948.

3. International Court of Justice. Application of the Genocide Convention (South Africa v Israel), Order on Provisional Measures, 26 Jan 2024.

4. International Criminal Court. Rome Statute, 1998.

5. Amnesty International. Nowhere safe: Unlawful Israeli strikes in Gaza. London:

Amnesty International, November 2023.

6. Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights. Press

briefings and situation updates on Gaza, 2023 - 2025.

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