{"id":123540,"date":"2023-10-20T18:28:32","date_gmt":"2023-10-20T16:28:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.justiceinfo.net\/?p=123540"},"modified":"2024-02-05T16:33:59","modified_gmt":"2024-02-05T15:33:59","slug":"bitter-law-in-palestine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.justiceinfo.net\/en\/123540-bitter-law-in-palestine.html","title":{"rendered":"Bitter law in Palestine"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court has been strongly criticized for his silence and lack of action on the Palestine situation. The contrast with his hyper activity and high-profile arrest warrants on Ukraine is striking. Our partners at Asymmetrical Haircuts talked to ICC prosecutor Karim Khan about the Palestine-Israeli situation more than a week after the attack of Hamas on Israeli soil, and the following bombardment of Gaza by the Israeli army. His deputy Nazhat Shameem Khan too spoke to them last August. Listen to what they said in their defense.
Can international law play a role? There is the ICC. And there is the International Court of Justice \u2013 which has already ruled in 2004 that the wall Israel built along the West Bank and the Israeli settlements in Palestinian territory were breaches of international law.
Two Palestinian scholars are additional guests of this podcast. They explain how the situation has affected them, and how it has led them for years to think critically about international law. \u201cWe\u2019re not held to the same standards of free speech and academic discourse than our colleagues are. It\u2019s hard to operate in a system of double standards,\u201d stressed Ata Hindi from Birzeit University and Tulane University in New Orleans. \u201cThroughout the history of international law the lens with which we\u2019ve looked at the Palestinian cause has been maimed with embedded racism,\u201d Shahd Hammouri of University of Kent said.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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