Professor Nicolas Boeglin at ‘Jerusalem: Legalising the Occupation’ conference

Address by Professor Nicolas Boeglin at MEMO’s ‘Jerusalem: Legalising the Occupation‘ conference held in London on March 3, 2018.

Professor Nicolas Boeglin is a Project Officer at the Inter-American Institute for Human Rights and a Consultant in international law for different international and regional institutions.

Jerusalem’s Legal Status

Israel’s claim to legitimacy is based primarily on UN Partition Resolution 181 which states that Jerusalem should be an international city. As such, Israel has no sovereign rights over the western or eastern sectors of the city.