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Palestine/IsraelInternational LawICC Cases Against Israel and Hamas: A Preliminary Assessment
May 24, 2024Susan Akram John QuigleyThe Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC), Karim A.A. Khan, announced on May 20 that his office had applied for arrest warrants against both Isr…
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Palestine/IsraelInternational LawIs International Law Still Relevant after the Carnage in Gaza?
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Palestine/IsraelJustice, Equality, and Human RightsIsraeli Non-Compliance with ICJ Provisional Orders
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Palestine/IsraelInternational LawThe ICJ Case on Israeli Occupation: A Report
Mar 4, 2024Jonathan KuttabOn February 19, the International Court of Justice (ICJ) began public hearings on the issue referred to it by the General Assembly of the United Nations, by vi…
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Palestine/IsraelUS Foreign PolicyCongress Works to Give More Aid to Israel, None for UNRWA
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Palestine/IsraelJustice, Equality, and Human RightsSouth Africa’s Case against Israel for Genocide in Gaza at the ICJ: Challenges and Prospects
Jan 22, 2024Arab Center for Research and Policy StudiesNearly three months into Israeli’s relentless war on Gaza, which had, at that time, resulted in about 100,000 Palestinians martyred, wounded, or missing, on 29…
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International Law and International BodiesGaza and the Crime of Genocide: Legal and Political Dimensions of Accountability
Jan 18, 2024Experts discuss the crime of genocide and Israel's war on Gaza and shed light on legal definitions and avenues for accountability, as well as the political pro…
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Palestine/IsraelInternational LawThe Case for Prosecuting Israel for Genocide in Gaza
Dec 14, 2023Jonathan KuttabThe current Israeli war on Gaza has given rise to questions about whether it is possible to invoke the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime…
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Palestine/IsraelInternational LawHumanitarian Intervention and the Responsibility to Protect in Palestine
Nov 20, 2023Arab Center for Research and Policy Studies (ACRPS)The credibility and effectiveness of humanitarian intervention has long been a topic of contention in both international law and international relations, espec…
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Palestine/IsraelInternational LawIsrael, Gaza, and the Laws of War
Oct 27, 2023Jonathan KuttabAddressing his troops as they amass to attack the Gaza Strip, Israel’s Minister of Defense Yoav Gallant publicly announced that the new Israeli war cabinet, wh…
