Palestine – HABIB REHMAN

The EU’s double standards on Palestine and Ukraine – Go Health Pro

February 6, 2025 by admin

Alvaro Oleart and Juan Roch argue the EU’s “othering” of Palestine demonstrates clear double standards when compared to Europe’s treatment of Ukraine. Ursula von der Leyen promised a “geopolitical” European Commission in 2019. She did not disappoint. Beyond the impact of COVID-19, von der Leyen’s time in office has been marked by two acute crises: … Read more

CfP Interactions between International Organizations and the Private Sector; CfP Edinburgh Postgraduate Law Conference; ASIL – ESIL Workshop; CfI SheVotesAfrica; Protection of the Environment During Occupation Book Launch; ICL Year in Review; CfS UN ILC Prevention and Punishment of Crimes Against Humanity; Human Rights Violations in Palestine Talk; Sustainable Marine Governance in The Mediterranean School; CoE Role in Peace, Justice & Accountability in Ukraine – EJIL: Talk! – Go Health Pro

February 2, 2025 by admin

1. Call for Papers: Legal Aspects of Interactions between International Organizations and the Private Sector. The PRIVIGO project (“International Organizations between Mission and Market”), sponsored by the European Research Council and located at the Erik Castrén Institute, is organizing a workshop in Helsinki on 23 May 2025. The theme is Legal Aspects of Interactions between International Organizations and the Private Sector. They hope to attract specifically work that is empirical/doctrinal in nature, preferably involving international organizations that are not too often discussed in the literature, but they are open for a wide variety of possible papers on topics including Funding Rules and Practices, Sponsorship by or of the Private Sector, Legal Instruments Governing Relations between IOs and the Private Sector, Procurement Practices, Dispute Settlement between IOs and Private Parties, Participation of the Private Sector in IO Processes, or IOs and the Creation or Maintenance of Markets. Abstracts may relate to case-studies, particular histories, particular episodes, the role of particular entities or agents, doctrinal legal analysis, etc. Send an abstract of max. 500 words before 28 February, 12.00 pm CET, to jan.klabbers {at} helsinki(.)fi. They will offer economy travel as well as accommodation costs (up to two nights) to successful candidates. Abstracts from the world of IO practice are welcome.

2. Call for Papers: Edinburgh Postgraduate Law Conference (EPLC) 2025. The EPLC Committee has issued a call for papers for its annual law conference, titled ‘Reframing Narratives: Viewing Law in a Different Light’. The conference will be held on 11 – 12 June 2025 at the University of Edinburgh. Submissions from postgraduate students, early career researchers and legal practitioners from any discipline to engage with the conversation around confronting traditional legal narratives are welcomed. Abstracts not exceeding 500 words can be submitted via the application form – EPLC 2025 Application Form. The deadline for submissions is 28 February. Find more information here.

The Choice in Palestine v Israel – EJIL: Speak! – Go Well being Professional

September 5, 2024 by admin

On 22 August 2024, the UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD/the Committee) revealed the report of the advert hoc Conciliation Fee (the Fee) in Palestine v Israel. This marks the ultimate stage of the inter-State communications process initiated by Palestine in April 2018 beneath Article 11 of the Worldwide Conference on the Elimination of All Types of Racial Discrimination (ICERD), and the primary inter-State case to be accomplished earlier than a UN human rights treaty physique. The choice, nevertheless, should be thought of a missed alternative to have interaction intimately with Palestine’s arguments, notably on Article 3 and apartheid. This put up will think about the shortcomings within the determination and replicate on the place CERD may go from right here in relation to the scenario within the Occupied Palestinian Territory (OPT).

First, simply to notice the excellence between CERD and the Fee as set out in ICERD’s inter-State communications mechanism. Below Article 11, CERD decides on preliminary questions of jurisdiction and admissibility. If the case progresses, an advert hoc Conciliation Fee comprising 5 individuals is appointed and tasked with analyzing the problems of substance. As mentioned beforehand on this weblog, if the events to the dispute agree, then the Fee could be composed of any particular person (with some minor restrictions) together with exterior members. If not, the Fee is elected from amongst CERD members. In Palestine v Israel, there was no settlement between the events and so the Fee is comprised totally of CERD members. However it isn’t per se a CERD determination, somewhat a call of the Fee that’s then communicated (i.e. revealed) by CERD.

Obligations Erga Omnes, Norms of Jus Cogens and Authorized Penalties for “Different States” within the ICJ Palestine Advisory Opinion – EJIL: Speak! – Go Well being Professional

August 26, 2024 by admin

As appropriately identified on this weblog, the Advisory Opinion (AO) of 19 July 2024 issued by the Worldwide Courtroom of Justice (the Courtroom) on the Authorized Penalties arising from the Insurance policies and Practices of Israel within the Occupied Palestinian Territory, together with East Jerusalem has essential implications for third states. In its Decision of … Read more