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06 Jul Victor Kattan on Palestinian Statehood
...the 1903 Royal Commission on Alien Immigration and the Alien’s Act 1905. The book contains the most detailed legal analysis of the 1915-6 Hussein-McMahon correspondence, as well as the Balfour Declaration, and takes a closer look at the travaux préparatoires that formed the British Mandate of Palestine. It places the violent reaction of the Palestine Arabs to mass Jewish immigration in the context of Zionism, highlighting the findings of several British commissions of inquiry which recommended that Britain abandon its policy. The book also revisits the controversies over the question...
22 Feb The ICC Takes Time Limits Seriously! (If You’re Palestinian)
22 October 2019, ICC-02/17-95. The AC should have sanctioned the ECLJ for submitting a backdated document — I assume in the hope that no one would notice. Instead, the AC granted the ECLJ’s request to appear in the Afghanistan situation. So, to recap: in the Afghanistan situation, the AC does not apply Reg. 33(2) when it is ignored by a state and is knowingly violated by an ultra-right pro-Israel organization. In the Palestine situation, the PTC applies Reg. 33(2) inconsistently and in a manner that excludes — and only excludes...
04 Aug Is Genocide Happening in Gaza?
...e.g., Krstić, Appeal Judgement [33-34]). However, in the case of Israel’s conduct in Gaza, both statements of intent and a pattern of genocidal conduct are evident. Since October 2023, Israeli civilian and military leadership, as well as prominent community members such as journalists and soldiers, have made express statements about the intention to deny Palestinians necessities of life, erase Palestine from the map, and destroy Palestinians. Dehumanising statements are also made, such as referring to ‘human animals’ or ‘monsters’. Such statements and the broader narrative around Palestine has significantly impacted...
02 Aug Reflecting on Genocidal Intent in the ICJ Case
...It wasn't Palestine who killed +1500 civilians in 2014, 539 of them chidlren, with total impunity. It wasn't Palestine who blackmailed the former ICC prosecutor to prevent the investigation of those crimes. It wasn't Palestine who threatened Khan, who prevents the entering of journalist in Gaza, who is starving, maiming and injuring two million people, half of them children, and killing 40,000, who is on trial at the ICJ accused of a plausible genocide. Hamas must be held accountable at an international court regarding its crimes on October 7th. Israel...09 Oct 50 States Now Recognize Kosovo’s Independence
is. While it is true that the State of Palestine is recognized by over 100, it is misleading to make numerical comparisons between the State of Palestine and Kosovo when it comes to the recognition of their statehood. As you know very well the 50 states that recognized Kosovo make up 70.24% of the global GDP. Moreover, besides being recognized by 22 out of 26 and 27 member states of NATO and EU, respectively, Kosovo is recognized by 7 out of 8 member states of G8. In a nutshell, Kosovo...
07 May Unbreakable Bond: Tracing the Ties Between African and Palestinian Anti-Colonial Struggles (Call for Submissions)
A forthcoming symposium coordinated by Mohsen al Attar and Nciko wa Nciko African peoples and states have long stood in solidarity with the liberation struggle of Palestinians. Following each proclamation of independence across the continent, African leaders demanded the same for Palestine, a place that encapsulated anti-colonial resistance to Western (racial) imperialism. As Nelson Mandela powerfully declared: ‘our freedom is incomplete without the freedom of the Palestinians.’ Likewise, Sankara was unforgiving: “Lastly, I speak out in indignation as I think of the Palestinians, whom this most inhuman humanity has replaced...23 Jun Events and Announcements: 23 June 2024
...the Centre for Evidence & Criminal Justice Studies in Northumbria University will jointly host a symposium on ‘The Situation in Palestine- Emerging Domestic and International Jurisprudence’. This event reflects on international and domestic developments to defend Palestinian rights. This symposium brings together leading practitioners and scholars of international law who have been at the forefront of pursuing and analysing this emerging jurisprudence. We will reflect critically on the situation in Palestine today and the possibilities and limits of these various legal initiatives in different judicial arenas. The event’s keynote speakers will be...
21 Aug Peace in the Middle East is Still About “Land for Peace”
...vision of “a region where two democratic States, Israel and Palestine, live side by side in peace within secure and recognized borders”. The most recent is resolution 2334 (2016), which was adopted during the presidency of Barack Obama, in which the council reaffirmed that “the establishment by Israel of settlements in the Palestinian territory occupied since 1967, including East Jerusalem, has no legal validity and constitutes a flagrant violation under international law and a major obstacle to the achievement of the two-State solution and a just, lasting and comprehensive peace”....
25 Feb The Nature and Implications of Israeli Occupation of the Palestinian Territory: Part I
...obligations towards the Palestinian Territory must be assessed going forward. Israeli Belligerent Occupation of the Palestinian Territories 1967-1994 Israel first established effective control over the West Bank, the Gaza Strip, and East Jerusalem—then widely referred to as the “Palestinian territories”—during the 1967 “Six Day War,” an IAC between Israel and several Arab States, including Egypt and Jordan. Much as today, the international legal status of those territories was ambiguous in 1967. The Palestinian territories constituted those parts of the former Mandate of Palestine that lay outside the 1949 armistice lines...