Palestine
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United States Intervention at the Meeting of the ICC’s Assembly of States Parties
The International Criminal Court’s Assembly of States Parties (ASP) is meeting this week in The Hague — its 14th session. On the agenda (and here) are a number of issues,…
The ICC Prosecutor should Reject Judges’ Decision in Mavi Marmara
The International Criminal Court (ICC) was established 13 years ago to prosecute, in the words of the Court’s Preamble, “the most serious crimes of concern to the international…
Reflections on the Israeli Report on the Gaza Conflict
During last year’s Operation Protective Edge, a fascinating data visualization published in Medium revealed the extent of political polarization on Israel and Gaza and the scarcity…
Guest Post: Israel’s Report on the 2014 Gaza Conflict
The Israeli government released its complete report on the 2014 Gaza Conflict (“Operation Protective Edge”) on Sunday (some chapters have been available online the past few…
Guest Post: Exploding Civilian Involvement and “The People’s Perspectives” Report
Last month, the Center for Civilians in Conflict (CIVIC) published first-hand views of civilians living in conflict-affected countries, something “largely absent” from discussions…
What Civilians Themselves Say about Targeting and their Participation in Conflict
“What I think is that there is no line at all … Civilians can turn into fighters at any time. Anybody can change from a fighter to a civilian, all in one day, all in one moment.”…
The Relationship Between Context and Proportionality: A Reply to Cohen and Shany
I am honored that Deans Amichai Cohen and Yuval Shany, both superb scholars that I hold in the highest regard, have responded to the Just Security post I wrote with my colleague…
Contextualizing Proportionality Analysis? A Response to Schmitt and Merriam on Israel’s Targeting Practices
In a recent post on this blog, Michael Schmitt and John Merriam discussed Israel’s compliance with international humanitarian law (IHL), based on their recent visit to Israel…
A Legal and Operational Assessment of Israel’s Targeting Practices
Over the course of 50 days in the summer of 2014, the Israeli Defense Forces conducted a high-intensity air and ground campaign against Hamas in the Gaza strip. Sparked by the…
Palestine Becomes Full Member of Int’l Crim Court, What’s Next? A Reader’s Guide
On April 1, Palestine becomes the 123rd full member of the International Criminal Court (ICC) as the statute now enters into force. Many commentators have speculated whether Palestine…
How an ICC Investigation into Israel Would Cause a Cut Off in US Aid to Palestine
Israel and the United States have condemned Palestine’s decision to join the International Criminal Court (ICC) and also grant the Court jurisdiction retroactive to June 2014,…
The Establishment of the International Criminal Tribunal for Palestine (Part II)
I ended Part I of this series yesterday by arguing that the Palestinians’ dualistic bid to join the International Criminal Court (ICC) amounts to lawfare, in that they are not…