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Items by Ihsan Faruk Kılavuz
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Tangible steps are needed if international law is to be respected and enforced
After months of gathering evidence, the chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC), is seeking arrest warrants for top Israeli and Hamas leaders on allegations of war crimes. Karim Khan announced that his office has “reasonable grounds” to believe that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defence Minister...
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Has the two-state solution been jeopardised?
While Israel’s onslaught on Gaza continues in all its horror, attention has once again turned to what settlements could end the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Despite various ideas being put forward by different actors, global powers have traditionally championed the two-state solution. Establishing two separate states—one for Israelis and one for Palestinians living side...
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Nicaragua's ICJ genocide case exposes Germany’s amoral stance
The International Court of Justice will once again hold hearings on the Israeli genocide in Gaza on 8 and 9 April. This time, the judges in The Hague will hear arguments in Nicaragua’s case against Germany. The chickens appear to be coming home to roost for Germany, which has...
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The ‘Made in Israel’ right to self-defence
In the past, many critics of Israel described the country as above the law but, until recently, Israeli leaders resorted to double speak about achieving a political solution to the conflict. Israel has a long track record of picking and choosing international legal norms to legitimise and justify its military...