Palestine
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Toward an International Register of Damage for the Occupation of Palestinian Territory
The International Court of Justice’s Advisory Opinion on the Legal Consequences of the Policies and Practices of Israel in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, finding Israel’s…
International Court of Justice’s Call on All States to End Israel’s Occupation and Find a Path to Peace
President of the Open Society Foundations, Binaifer Nowrojee, discusses implications of ICJ ruling on Israeli occupation of Palestinian territory.
A Synopsis of ICJ Finding Israel’s Occupation of Palestinian Territory in Violation of International Law
Israel must end its occupation of Palestinian territory, the International Court of Justice said in an advisory opinion.
Sweeping ICC Sanctions Bill Would Harm Victims, U.S. Interests
After months of warnings, the International Criminal Court (ICC) prosecutor announced on May 20 that he was seeking arrest warrants against top Israeli officials and Hamas commanders…
We Charge Genocide: Redux
What we can name and render cognizable and what we must un-remember and forcefully forget is deeply connected to the numerous atrocities embedded in the international order.
The International Criminal Court’s Jurisdiction in Palestine and the ‘Oslo Accords Issue’
Under the Rome Statute, the Court has and may exercise jurisdiction over any adult person accused of committing war crimes or crimes against humanity on the territory of a State…
ICC Arrest Warrant Requests in the Palestine Situation and Complementarity Anxieties: Why a new notification to Israel beforehand was not needed
(Editor’s Note: This article is part of our new symposium on the ICC and the Israel-Hamas war.) The Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) Karim Khan’s recent…
The Prosecutor’s Circumvention of Article 18 Complementarity? A Flaw in the ICC’s Palestine Investigation
"Bypassing Article 18 complementarity might jeopardize the legitimacy of the legal process undertaken by the Court in the eyes of certain constituencies"
Gaza Arrest Warrants: Assessing Starvation as a Method of Warfare and Associated Starvation Crimes
The ICC Prosecutor's charges related to starvation in Gaza resemble patterns of previous starvation crimes over the past eight years.
Report of the Independent Task Force on National Security Memorandum-20 Regarding Israel
It is our hope the Task Force's work facilitates drafting efforts currently under way within the administration to meet the reporting requirements of NSM-20, resulting in the overdue…
Arms Transfers to Israel: Knowledge and Risk of Violations of International Law
About the legal assessment States providing material support to Israel in the form of arms must undertake.
National Security at the United Nations This Week (Apr. 8-12)
The latest developments at the United Nations at the intersection of national security, human rights, and the rule of law.