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01 May Guest Post: Landmark French Ruling on West Bank Construction and International Law
...indeed built for that purpose, and here I'm afraid there is no clear answer. East Jerusalem Palestinians ride it freely (and they make much use of it), but since Israel annexed East Jerusalem and separated it almost completely from the West Bank, it doesn't service Palestinians at large. If there was freedom of movement from the West Bank to Jerusalem, I guess Israel would have a strong case. Daniel Accepting this decision, I presume the war crime over which the ICC has jurisdiction could only be committed by government officials...03 Oct Two Questions from the al-Awlaki Killing
...in general international law even though they had long been numerically preponderant in Palestine, owning most of the land, and even reaching high political office under the Turks. This is because at that time self-determination was, at best, a political principle. It did not exist as an independent legal right, which all peoples could invoke. However, the Arabs were represented at the Paris Peace Conference. Emir Feisal was given a right of audience by the Great Powers and in his speech before them he did assert a claim to Palestine.18...07 May CUNY Embarrasses Itself over Playwright Tony Kushner (Updated)
...either. [insert here] delenda est KJH, if I do wish you wrote less about Israel and Palestine it is because I get much more out of your writing about, eg, the ICC. As it happens I consider BDS to be an abomination, insofar as bad ideas go. I didn't think this of the divestment of interests in South Africa but I don't actually see the logical link, unless it is to highlight the absurdity of choosing Israel for 'BDS'. But I am reassured to hear that you do oppose any...26 Jun Are Security Council acts relevant to the formation of Customary International Law?
...parties concerned, that were considered tantamount to legally binding treaties. For example, the minority protection plan contained in resolution 181(II) placed fundamental rights under UN guarantee and was cited in the GA request and the ICJ advisory opinion as a relevant resolution that was the source of the UN's permanent or on-going responsibility for the question of Palestine. It was included in a catalog of minority treaties and instruments published by the Secretary General in 1950. The plan for Palestine was the only instrument that wasn’t deemed to be affected...13 Sep So Much for Academic Freedom at the University of Sydney
...its marketing strategy." (p. 19) -- Israel has no "colonial mandate". The claim of a right to build settlements in the West Bank is based on the prior document controlling Palestine, i.e. the Mandate, which existed BEFORE Israel. (Does Salaita know this?) Israel's origin was not "colonial". The Jews in Mandatory Palestine were governed by Britain, just as the Arabs were; the Jews were not agents of the Brits. Israel "prevents an indigenous population from accessing even the most basic rights of citizenship." (p. 22) No it doesn't; Israeli Arabs...04 Mar Tracking State Reactions to Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine: A Resource for Research
...February 25th, Myanmar’s Junta stated that Russia’s invasion was “justified”, which coded it green. On March 2nd, though, Myanmar voted in favour of Resolution A/ES-11/L.1 – a full 180° turn – which coded it red. I decided to keep the latest intervention as the “final” one, but left the green colouring in the February 25th statement, to mark the extreme discrepancy. I tracked statements by 197 sovereign entities (193 UN Member states, plus Kosovo, Taiwan, Palestine and the Holy See). Of these, 143 (72.59%) considered Russia’s invasion an act...
07 May On the Refusal to Call a Spade a Spade
[Nimer Sultany is a Reader in Public Law at SOAS University of London and the Editor-in-Chief of the Palestine Yearbook of International Law.] In a recent lecture at the Imperial War Museums, the prominent lawyer and author Philippe Sands makes several problematic and surprising claims concerning South Africa v. Israel, the genocide case before the International Court of Justice (ICJ). Sands, who represents Palestine in the ICJ case on the legality of the occupation, claims in this lecture that he no longer thinks that genocide is a useful concept anymore....
01 Nov Fourth Annual Symposium on Pop Culture and International Law: Mafalda and the World – A Timeless Critique from a Twailer
...world would only look to where they point. And these heavyweights did not point to Palestine. Similarly to today, where condemnation of Israeli actions came at first from ‘lightweight’ and ‘middle weight’ countries but not from ‘heavyweight’ ones. It is the latter the ones that are hindering stopping the atrocities committed, it is the latter the ones that are erasing Palestinian voices. As a ‘lightweight’ country, Palestine’s voice does not matter. Mafalda has a complicated relationship with the United Nations. She lives in this ‘double consciousness’, Mafalda wants a seat...11 Apr Events and Announcements: 11 April 2021
Events Webinar on Palestine, Israel and the ICC: The Nottingham Law School (NLS) Centre for Rights and Justice is pleased to announce a webinar on ‘The Long Walk to Justice: Palestine, Israel and the International Criminal Court’ on 12 April 2021 from 4:00 pm – 6:00 pm. The webinar will host the contributions of Prof Richard Falk, former UN special rapporteur on the situation in the occupied territories, and of world-leading voices (of both scholars and practitioners) involved in the international legal debate surrounding this pressing issue (Prof. Chantal Meloni,...
12 Jan How Does ‘Matter’ Matter In International Conflict and Security? An Examination of the Importance of Mosques
...genocide against Uighur Muslims, thousands of mosques have been destroyed or converted to other uses, part of China’s attempt to “re-educate” the Muslim community and remove their ability to learn, gather, and pray at the mosques. The most volatile and ongoing conflict involving mosques is in Palestine, where Israeli forces and Jewish citizens frequently attack the Al-Aqsa Mosque, the third holiest site in Islam, terrorizing civilians as they gather to pray, chanting “Mohammed is dead,” and calling for the destruction of the mosque. In one such attack, timed to occur...