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03 Nov

[Dr Jeremie M. Bracka is an international human rights law scholar and transitional justice expert at RMIT University’s School of Law (Melbourne). He previously worked at the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda and is the author of Transitional Justice for Israel/Palestine? (Springer, 2022)] The International Court of Justice (ICJ) is witnessing a striking rise in genocide litigation, as global armed conflicts find their way to The Hague. On 19 September 2025, Brazil submitted its formal intervention in South Africa’s case against Israel, a move that further amplifies the Court’s growing...
03.11.25 | |

01 Dec

This week on Opinio Juris, Kevin Jon Heller wrote about Niger’s offer to extradite Saadi Gaddafi to the ICC, should this be requested. Kevin also discussed the conditions attached by the UK for a vote in favour of Palestine’s “non-member state” bid in the UN General Assembly. The requirement that the Palestinian authority does not apply for ICC or ICJ membership most likely proved to be a dealbreaker, as the UK ultimately abstained. Following the vote, Kevin argued that Palestine can accept the ICC’s jurisdiction retroactively by making a simple...
01.12.12 | |

24 Oct

Introduction Of all the questions I’ve been asked concerning the latest round of violence in the Israel/Palestine situation, the most common is whether Israel’s actions in Gaza amount to the war crime of collective punishment. Because of my role as a Special Advisor to the ICC Prosecutor, it would be inappropriate for me to address that question; there is, of course, an open OTP investigation into the situation in Palestine. But I thought it might be useful to provide readers with a short history of the war crime itself, because...
24.10.23 | |

28 Nov

...products would be used to commit international crimes. For the last two years, despite attempts at censorship or one-sided narratives, evidence of war crimes and atrocities in Gaza has been documented and shared on mainstream and social media, and there have been multiple briefings at the United Nations and domestic-level governmental bodies. In addition, the International Criminal Court (ICC) has an ongoing investigation of the situation in Palestine and the International Court of Justice (ICJ) has held lengthy hearings, examined voluminous amounts of evidence, and issued preliminary measures. Notably, in...
28.11.25 | |

08 Dec

...For detailed submission guidelines and process, please click here. JGLR Special Issue on Palestine and International Law: The student-run law review in Indonesia, Juris Gentium Law Review (JGLR), is opening its doors to any interested students, of any level of study, to publish their research findings in the form of articles, case commentaries, book reviews, or article reviews for its Palestine and International Law Special Issue. The submission deadline is January 15, 2025. JGLR is also pleased to announce the Dr. Saeed Al-Dahshan Prize, an award of USD 200 in...
08.12.24 | |

30 Nov

As expected, the UN General Assembly Resolution granting non-member state status to Palestine passed on Thursday. Israel’s UN ambassador has called it a “reward for terrorism“. This article compares the votes of the European nations on Palestine’s UNESCO membership last year, and this year’s vote, and concludes that European support shifted towards the Palestinian authority. Private Bradley Manning took the stand today at the third day of the hearings in the Wikileaks case. UN Secretary-General Ban-Ki Moon has recommended that the UN approve an African Union mission to enforce the...
30.11.12 | |

20 Apr

...pages) to opiniojurisblog@gmail.com by 30 April 2025. Event Lecture – The Notion of an Illegal Occupation in the ICJ’s 2024 Palestine Advisory Opinion: The Chair of International Law, European Law and Public Law at Technische Universität Dresden is pleased to host a public lecture by Prof. Marko Milanović on “The Notion of an Illegal Occupation in the ICJ’s 2024 Palestine Advisory Opinion”. The event will take place on 24 April 2025 at 18:30, in HSZ/401/H (Hörsaalzentrum, Bergstraße 64, Dresden). All are warmly invited to attend. Further details are available here....
20.04.25 | |

30 Jul

...to make tough compromises to reach a peace deal. Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas made comments before negotiations began that no Israeli settler or border force could remain in Palestine and all settlements built in Palestine are illegal. Foreign Policy discusses the “Unsettled Question,” about exactly how many Jews have settled in the West Bank. China has ruled out the possibility of a proposed summit with Japan. European Union foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton met ousted Egyptian president Mohamed Mursi late on Monday and held two hours of “in depth” discussions....
30.07.13 | |

09 Jan

...challenge to the international legal order. It furthermore poses a dangerous threat to the rules-based international order established following the end of World War II and to the principles of the United Nations Charter. The signed ceasefire could offer a unique window of opportunity for a long-term political process if it is also supported by the UN and if all member states fulfill their international obligations consistently with the UN Charter and international law. There shall be no other Israel–Palestine war in the future. This situation cannot be permitted to...
09.01.26 | |

30 Mar

...features Martin Mits (ECtHR Judge) and Cathryn Costello (Hertie School and University of Oxford) as speakers, and Mariagiulia Giuffrè (Reader at Edge Hill University) as a discussant. The full programme of the event and registration are available on the Event page here. The webinar series is directed by Ksenija Turković and organised by Paolo Lobba (ECtHR/Bologna University) and Triestino Mariniello (Liverpool John Moores University). ‘The Long Walk to Justice: Palestine, Israel and the ICC’ Webinar: Nottingham Law School is pleased to invite you to this event about Palestine, Israel, and...
30.03.21 | |

09 Apr

...openly pro-Palestine Ivy Leaguers. And so, “wait a minute!”, the white Progressive mind thinks, “I am also pro-Palestine Ivy Leaguer!” There is thus something very self-serving brewing just barely under the surface of the urgency with which this fight for US democracy is taking shape – and it is worth exploring further. As the white Progressive elites claw themselves to the bulwarks of due process and fundamental rights and declare that the battle for the soul of America has begun, they also seem to ignore that for many others, the...
09.04.25 | |

16 Jul

...Indeed, there was not even discussion as far as I know of the obligation to deport that has been asserted in our discussions here. So there appears to be alot of flexbility in this rule. But lets say the others are right: the remedy is to reverse the illegal situation in all of its particulars, to ‘67. Let us play out the implications. From ’49-67, part of historic Palestine was occupied by Jordan. There was not much international pressure on Jordan to reverse this illegal situation, let alone to return...
16.07.09 | |