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19 May The Right to Health in the Occupied Palestinian Territory during the COVID-19 Pandemic
...Authority and Hamas, as the de facto authority in the Gaza Strip, are to cooperate with Israel to tackle the COVID-19 pandemic. The State of Palestine fully retains its obligations under the ICESCR, including with regard to the right to health, in areas where it exercises authority. As highlighted by the ESCR Committee, States should prioritize “minimum core obligations imposed by the Covenant” and “adopt appropriate regulatory measures to ensure that healthcare resources in both the public and the private sectors are mobilized and shared among the whole population to ensure a comprehensive, coordinated health-care response...26 Nov Rafah Crossing
Palestine moved one step closer to peace with the opening of the Rafah crossing to Egypt. With no international airport open, the Rafah checkpoint is the international gateway into Gaza. President Abbas was celebrating yesterday at the opening ceremony: “I think every Palestinian now has his passport ready in his pocket. Let them come to cross at this terminal whenever they want.” Or as one border crosser put it, “Today is a day of happiness for every Palestinian, the suffering is coming to an end…” The most prophetic words came...
08 Mar A Short-Term Option for Addressing Misinformation during Public Health Emergencies: Online Nudging and the Human Right to Freedom of Thought
...the International Criminal Court and its jurisdiction over the situation in Palestine. Kevin Jon Heller has pointed out the ways in which this story is ‘simply false’. Although both are concerning, the first example is but one of many highlighting the problems that arise when social media is involved in the dissemination of information. However, the use of social media has become a widespread and engrained part of many societies, meaning it now has a number of roles (for example, promoting health equity). These roles have become more pressing in...
16 Dec Gaza, Genocide, and the UN General Assembly (Part 2)
...would ‘illogically…prohibit all parties owed an obligation from reacting to the most serious and systematic violations of peremptory norms that international law has recognised as being most grave’. In the case of atrocity crimes, including genocide, it is argued that collective sanctions is a proportionate measure. Conclusion The UNGA is to be commended for taking the leading role in coordinating member state action since 7th October 2023. But the UNGA could do more to protect lives on the ground by recognising the continuation of genocide in Palestine and acting accordingly....05 May We Should Try This in the U.S. (Minus Donald Trump, Of Course)
...our own,” he said backstage during the filming of the latest episode of his show which has whittled 1,200 potential presidents to 16. He added: “There are a lot of people who say we don’t have leaders, so we need to prove to them that there are a lot of leaders in Palestine. We want to teach the people that democracy is possible whenever we want”. Contestants are filmed taking on tasks – being an ambassador to a European country for a day, running a major corporation, taking questions from...
09 May Race, Nationality and the True Color of International Criminal Justice
...lives.” And yet justice was experienced differently in the two tribunals as analyzed above. The establishment of the ICC did not remove focus from the prioritization of white lives as the court’s largest and most efficient investigation has been in Ukraine, where the court also conducted an unprecedented campaign to raise funds to support the investigation. However, the ICC paved the way for a period when international justice became very committed to prosecuting Africans. Despite having a docket made up exclusively of Africans, when accused of having an African bias,...04 Jan Weekly News Wrap: January 4, 2016
...Sudan have agreed on which firms will carry out studies on the potential impact of Ethiopia’s Grand Renaissance Dam on the flow of the Nile, their foreign and water ministers said. Middle East and Northern Africa Saudi Arabia cut ties with Iran on Sunday, responding to the storming of its embassy in Tehran in an escalating row between the rival Middle East powers over Riyadh’s execution of a Shi’ite Muslim cleric. An agreement signed last year making the Vatican’s de facto recognition of Palestine in 2012 official has come into...24 Jun A Brief Note on Arrest Warrants and Summonses at the ICC
Note: I serve as Special Adviser to the ICC Prosecutor on War Crimes. Twitter is awash with commentary about tweets issued by the Registry that explain the difference between arrest warrants and summonses. Many people have speculated that perhaps the tweets are related to the Palestine situation. Any such speculation is unwarranted, as the tweets are part of a long-scheduled series explaining how the ICC works and are not connected to any situation or any specific judicial development. Given the speculation, however, it is worth explaining how arrest warrants and...11 Jun An Open Letter to the Israeli Government Condemning Annexation [Final Update]
...Israel, Office of the Attorney General, The International Criminal Court’s Lack of Jurisdiction over the So-Called “Situation in Palestine” §49 (Dec. 20, 2019). [2] For instance, concerning the legality of the West Bank Wall/Security Barrier, Israel claimed –indirectly before the International Court of Justice and directly in its own Supreme Court – that the route of the Wall is strictly based on security considerations, and is not designed to determine borders. Indeed, as ruled by the Israeli Supreme Court, sitting as the High Court of Justice, “the military commander is...