10 No. 67 JUSTICE community, as trustees of international human rights law, must be called to account for these breaches and avoid becoming a bystander community to these ongoing violations of international humanitarian and criminal law. Second, Israel should appoint a Special Envoy to combat antisemitism, so that it can become part of the community of nations that have themselves designated such Special Envoys, and thereby make appropriate recommendations. In conclusion, we must see it as our individual and collective responsibility to speak on behalf of those who cannot be heard, to bear witness on behalf of those who cannot testify, to act on behalf of those who are putting not only their livelihood but their lives on the line. This is what the pursuit of justice is all about. This is what “tzedek, tzedek tirdof” is all about. This is the mandate and mission so compellingly undertaken by the IJL. n Irwin Cotler is an Emeritus Professor of Law at McGill University, International Chair of the Raoul Wallenberg Center for Human Rights, former Minister of Justice and AttorneyGeneral of Canada, and International Legal Counsel to Prisoners of Conscience. He has also been recently appointed as Canada’s first ever Special Envoy for Preserving Holocaust Remembrance and Combatting Antisemitism.
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