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30 Oct Fourth Annual Symposium on Pop Culture and International Law: Understanding the Nakba through Arab Drama – Documentation and Symbolism in al-Taghreba al-Falastinya
...the series’ enormous popularity and wide critical acclaim resulted from the fact that it represented the first comprehensive dramatisation of the Nakba, with the explicit aim of documenting and (thereby) preserving Palestinian collective memory by retelling the Nakba story – or stories – from a distinctly Palestinian perspective. This perspective was all the more authentic because the events and characters of the series were based on the Palestinian writer, Walid Saif’s, own family history and the series’ artistic vision was inspired by the director, Hatem Ali’s, own life experiences as...
10 Jun Gendered Starvation in Armed Conflict: What International Law Fails to See
[ Dr. Nafees Ahmad holds a Ph.D. in International Refugee Law and Human Right), and is an Associate Professor at the Faculty of Legal Studies, South Asian University, New Delhi. Saif Ali is an advocate at the Delhi High Court, New Delhi and holds a BALLB, and LL.M (International Law).] The expression “gendered starvation” illustrates how intentional or methodical denial of food, water, and other necessities during armed conflicts excessively impacts people depending on their gender, frequently making the harm experienced by women, girls and other disadvantaged groups even worse....20 Jul Weekend Roundup: July 13-19, 2013
...of the underlying socio-economic conditions. Chelsea Purvis pleaded for more engagement with African human rights law. The Emerging Voices symposium will take a one week break to make space for a symposium on the two lead articles in the latest issue of the American Journal of International Law, starting on Monday. In a guest post, Ozan Varol argued why the Egyptian military’s ouster of President Morsi was not a democratic coup. Kevin updated us on the latest twist in Libya’s efforts to avoid handing over Saif to the ICC. At...22 Mar Libya Ignores the ICC
...authority of the Court is to be respected, its orders and requests must be complied with. Further latitude would simply enable Libya to perpetuate its tactics of delay, obfuscation and prevarication and its consistent attempts to mislead the Chamber and the Registry as to its true intentions. Libya’s intentions and actions are very clear. None of this is remotely surprising, of course. But it puts the lie to Libya’s constant claims in Saif’s case to be cooperating fully with the Court. Libya only cooperates when it gets what it wants....08 Jun Weekend Roundup: June 1-7, 2013
This week on Opinio Juris, Kevin analyzed the ICC’s Pre-Trial Chamber’s rejection of Libya’s admissibility challenge. He examined the PTC’s analysis of Libya’s inability to prosecute, and expressed surprise that Libya’s failure to provide Saif with defence counsel was evidence of its “inability” instead of “unwillingness”. If you find yourself in Johannesburg next week, you can hear more from Kevin on the admissibility challenge during a lunchtime lecture at the Open Society Initiative for Southern Africa. In other ICC news, Jennifer Trahan argued that Germany’s ratification of the Kampala Amendment...