Canada's Foreign Policy Legacy: A Nuremberg Principles Assessment
With Justin Trudeau set to resign as prime minister of Canada, and a federal election on the horizon, now is a crucial moment to reflect on Canada’s post-WWII leadership and its often-overlooked record under the lens of international law. Academic Noam Chomsky argued that if the Nuremberg Principles were applied, every post-WWII U.S. president would [...]
UNIFIL says IDF violated international law by attacking UN property
The United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) stated on Friday that Israel’s deliberate military actions to destroy their property are in violation of international law, following the destruction of a fence and concrete structure in Ras Naqoura, southern Lebanon. UNIFIL noted that Israel is responsible for securing the safety of UN personnel, property and [...]
The Coordinator of Government Activities in the Territories (COGAT), a unit in the Israeli Ministry of Defense, announced on Thursday that the Erez Crossing would be reopened for workers to leave the Gaza Strip area. Whether the border reopening would be continued is subject to an assessment of the situation, COGAT added. Palestinian demonstrations have [...]
Transcending Global Realpolitik: President Joe Biden’s Overriding Foreign Policy Challenge
Abstract: Regarding American foreign policy, US President Joseph Biden has now correctly embarked upon a plan to reverse derelictions of his White House predecessor. As many Trump-inflicted harms were grievous and potentially catastrophic, this plan is commendable. At the same time, even in the most optimistic historical narratives, American foreign policy has always been shaped [...]
Implicit Threats of Violence: The American President's "Trump Card"
“Whoever can conquer the street will one day conquer the state, for every form of power politics and any dictatorship-run state has its roots in the street.” – Joseph Goebbels, Third Reich Minister of Propaganda “I have the support of the police, the support of the military, the support of the Bikers for Trump. I [...]
UN rights chief calls on Israel to address use of excessive force
Following a month of violent clashes between the Palestinian protesters and the Israeli military, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein on Friday urged the Israeli government to address its military's use of excessive deadly force...
Here's the international legal news we covered this week: David Kaye , the UN Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of the right to freedom of opinion and expression urged Spain on Friday not to...
UN experts urge impartial investigation into Israeli Land Day killings
UN human rights experts on Friday urged the international community to conduct an independent and impartial investigation into the killings by Israeli security forces of at least 16 Palestinian protesters near the Gaza fence. Palestinian protestors assembled in...
JURIST Guest Columnist Solon Solomon, former member of the Knesset Legal Department, says that the procedures governing UN state admission must be duly adhered to when determining the issue of Palestinian statehood...The recent decision by the International Criminal Court (ICC)...
Israel Supreme Court orders watershed removal of West Bank settlement
The Supreme Court of Israel on Tuesday issued for the first time an order for the Israeli government to dismantle an illegal outpost in the West Bank. The order calls for Migron, the largest outpost...
