Omer Shatz
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Omer Shatz is a French-Israeli human rights lawyer.[1][2]
Shatz was born in 1980 or 1981 (age 45–46).[1] He obtained a Master's degree in law at Yale Law School.[3][1]
Lawyer and academic
Shatz was a senior associate at Shearman & Sterling LLP in France.[3]
As of December 2024[update], Shatz was a lecturer in international law at Sciences Po in Paris.[2][3] Shatz taught at the American University of Paris in 2025[4] and was appointed as a research at the Central European University Law Clinic Project for 2023–2026.[3]
Prediction of Gaza genocide
In 2010, during a case against Yoav Gallant in the Supreme Court of Israel, Shatz and his legal colleagues stated a prediction to the judges, "We know you will reject this case, but if you don't intervene, one day, in 10 years or so, this will reach the Hague".[1] Shatz himself predicted, "You will see, in ten years, there'll be a genocide" ("French: Vous verrez, dans dix ans, il y aura un génocide).[2]