ICC Prosecutor Decides that He Can’t Decide on the Statehood of Palestine. Is He Right? On Tuesday, the Office of the Prosecutor at the International Criminal Court issued a statement denying the Prosecutor’s competence to decide on Palestine’s acceptance of ICC jurisdiction. The ICC Prosecutor indicated in his statement that he could not take …
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Palestine, Statehood and the Challenges of Representation Guy Goodwin-Gill is a Senior Research Fellow at All Souls College, Oxford and Professor of International Refugee Law, University of Oxford. Previously, he was Professor of Asylum Law at the University of Amsterdam and Legal Adviser in the Office of United Nations High Commissioner …
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U.S. Cutting Off UNESCO Funding After Palestine Vote PARIS — Palestine became a full member of UNESCO on Monday in a highly divisive breakthrough that will cost the agency a fifth of its budget and that the U.S. and other opponents say could harm renewed Mideast peace efforts. Soon after …
Leer »Are Extraterritorial Armed Conflicts with Non-State Groups International or Non-International?
Are Extraterritorial Armed Conflicts with Non-State Groups International or Non-International? From time to time we have had discussions on this blog about the classification of extraterritorial or transnational conflicts between States and non-State groups. In other words, when States use force abroad against non-State groups, does this lead to an armed conflict …
Leer »A Tale of Two Closures: Comments on the Palmer Report Concerning the May 2010 Flotilla Incident
A Tale of Two Closures: Comments on the Palmer Report Concerning the May 2010 Flotilla IncidentTamar Feldman is an attorney and director of the Legal Department at Gisha – Legal Center for Freedom of Movement. She would like to convey her deepest gratitude to Sari Bashi and Yoni Eshpar for …
Leer »The Palmer Report on the Mavi Marmara Incident and the Legality of Israel’s Blockade of the Gaza Strip
The Palmer Report on the Mavi Marmara Incident and the Legality of Israel’s Blockade of the Gaza StripOverall, the Palmer Report is of high quality and merits close attention. I would strongly urge those interested to read, at the least, the very concise summary of its findings at pages 1-6, …
Leer »Report of the Secretary-General’s Panel of Inquiry on the 31 May 2010 Flotilla Incident
Report of the Secretary-General’s Panel of Inquiry on the 31 May 2010 Flotilla Incident July 2011 Sir Geoffrey Palmer, Chair President Alvaro Uribe, Vice-Chair Mr. Joseph Ciechanover Itzhar Mr. Süleyman Özdem Sanberk TEXTO COMPLETO INFORME EN PDF 1 Summary On 31 May 2010 at 4.26 a.m. a flotilla …
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El desafío para la ONU es el cambio Las preguntas que surgen son: ¿Cuál es el propósito de las Naciones Unidas hoy? ¿Para qué sirve la ONU? Por David Smith* Hace unos días, el director periodístico de un antiguo y prestigioso diario de Argentina me hizo una pregunta muy concreta: …
Leer »Israel-Palestine Liberation Organisation, Declaration of Principles on Interim Self-Government
The Government of the State of Israel and the P.L.O. team (in the Jordanian-Palestinian delegation to the Middle East Peace Conference) (the “Palestinian Delegation”), representing the Palestinian people, agree that it is time to put an end to decades of confrontation and conflict, recognize their mutual legitimate and political rights, …
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1. LETTER FROM YASSER ARAFAT TO PRIME MINISTER RABIN: September 9, 1993 Yitzhak RabinPrime Minister of Israel Mr. Prime Minister, The signing of the Declaration of Principles marks a new era in the history of the Middle East. In firm conviction thereof, I would like to confirm the following PLO …
Leer »PROTOCOL ON FURTHER TRANSFER OF POWERS AND RESPONSIBILITIES August 27, 1995
It is hereby agreed between the Government of the State of Israel and the Palestine Liberation Organization (hereinafter “the PLO), the representative of the Palestinian people as follows: Article I – Further Transfer of Powers and Responsibilities Israel shall transfer and the Palestinian Authority shall assume the authorities, powers and …
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The following are steps to facilitate implementation of the Interim Agreement on the West Bank and Gaza Strip of September 28, 1995 (the “Interim Agreement”) and other related agreements including the Note for the Record of January 17, 1997 (hereinafter referred to as “the prior agreements”) so that the Israeli …
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