Law Department Lecture Series: Palestinian Right of Return
Private Location (rsvp to display) 34 Details The Law Department and The Center of Migration and Refugee Studies at the American University in Cairo cordially invite you to a panel on Palestinian Right of Return
The American University in Cairo
Ibrahim Awad is at present Professor of Practice in Global Affairs and Director, Center for Migration and Refugee Studies, School of Global Affairs and Public Policy, at the American University in Cairo. He holds a BA degree in political science from Cairo University and a Ph.D degree in political science from the Graduate Institute of International Studies, University of Geneva, Switzerland. He has worked for the League of Arab States, the United Nations and the International Labour Organization, holding positions of Secretary of the Commission, UN-ESCWA, Director, ILO Sub-regional Office for North Africa and Director, ILO International Migration Programme. He cu
Shuhada Street in Hebron/al-Khalil (Photo: gettingoffthearmchair.wordpress.com)
At the end of 2008, Israel went to war on the Gaza Strip on a scale not seen in Palestine for decades. The Israeli military’s International Law Department had spent months prior crafting ‘legal advice that allowed for large numbers of civilian casualties’. This heralded the starting point of formal Palestinian interaction with the International Criminal Court, with an initial failed attempt by the Palestinian authorities to trigger ICC jurisdiction over crimes committed in occupied Palestine. It would be a long twelve years before eventually, in February and March 2021, the ICC’s Pre-Trial Chamber ruled that the Court does indeed have jurisdiction and the Prosecutor confirmed that an investigation will now proceed. Through these years, the Office of the Prosecutor often appeared at pains to draw out the wrangling over the preliminary question of whether it could accept jurisdictio
When everything surrounding is so grey and gloomy due to the pandemic, publication of the book, Bangladesh and International Law (Routledge 2021) edited by Professor Mohammad Shahabuddin, brought some colors of joy, pride and excitement among the Bangladeshi law scholars who takes some sort of interest in international law. At least, for sure it was a moment to celebrate for those who have contributed to the project. The book also came at the time when Bangladesh is celebrating its 50
th anniversary of its independence, the very birth of which in 1971 had challenged, disrupted and reshaped many conventional doctrines of international law in a Cold War era; making the publication of this book with what we call a perfect timing ! It gives me pleasure to write few words about the book, about which the editor passionately tweeted, A collection of international law stories of suffering, solidarity, resilience, resistance, and success from the Global South fascinating enough to fo
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Asian Yearbook of International Law is a major internationally-refereed yearbook dedicated to international legal issues as seen primarily from an Asian perspective. It is published under the auspices of the Foundation for the Development of International Law in Asia (DILA) in collaboration with DILA-Korea, the Secretariat of DILA, in South Korea. When it was launched, the
Yearbook was the first publication of its kind, edited by a team of leading international law scholars from across Asia. It provides a forum for the publication of articles in the field of international law and other Asian international legal topics.