thinc. Summer School 2019 – a big success!

NewsJuly 15, 2019

The first thinc. Summer School on International Law and the Israel-Palestine conflict took place from 25 June -…

Israel and the WHO, a complicated relationship

BlogJune 30, 2019

This blog explores the WHO’s endemic preoccupation with Israel that impairs the organization’s credibility, effectiveness and relevancy.

Jogászok Hágai Nyilatkozata az izraeli-palesztin konfliktusról

ReportsJune 10, 2019

thinc. is pleased to announce that a translation of ‘The Hague Statement of Jurists on the Israel-Palestine conflict’ is…

Jerusalem and the future of the Two-state Solution

ReportsMay 31, 2019

From 8 – 9 January 2019, a seminar has taken place in the House of Parliament of the…

Anti-BDS motion passed by German Federal Parliament

BlogMay 24, 2019

On Friday 17 May, the German Bundestag became the first national parliament in the European Union to adopt…

Trump’s ‘Deal of the Century’ and the ‘Two-state Solution’

BlogMay 21, 2019

The so-called ‘Two-state Solution’ appears to be up for grabs. Basically, the Two-state Solution says that the Palestinians…

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Jul152019

News

thinc. Summer School 2019 – a big success!

By Pieter Hoogendoorn

The first thinc. Summer School on International Law and the Israel-Palestine conflict took place from 25 June – 6 July in Jerusalem. It was a big success; 27 students and gruduates from Australia, Singapore, Israel, Switzerland and the Netherlands have spent twelve intense and delightful days in Israel.

Jun302019

Blog

Israel and the WHO, a complicated relationship

By Gabriele Kuchenbecker

This blog explores the WHO’s endemic preoccupation with Israel that impairs the organization’s credibility, effectiveness and relevancy.

Jun102019

Reports

Jogászok Hágai Nyilatkozata az izraeli-palesztin konfliktusról

By Pieter Hoogendoorn

thinc. is pleased to announce that a translation of ‘The Hague Statement of Jurists on the Israel-Palestine conflict’ is now available in Hungarian. Many thanks to Dr. István Mészáros and Dr. Dávid Surjányi. With this translation the Statement is now available in four languages with a global reach – English, Spanish, Norwegian and Hungarian. Additionally planned…

May312019

Reports

Jerusalem and the future of the Two-state Solution

By Pieter Hoogendoorn

From 8 – 9 January 2019, a seminar has taken place in the House of Parliament of the Czech Republic in Prague about the role and policies of the EU vis-a-vis the status of Jerusalem and the future of the Two-state Solution under international law. The Proceedings of the seminar are available from this site.

May242019

Blog

Anti-BDS motion passed by German Federal Parliament

By Gabriele Kuchenbecker

On Friday 17 May, the German Bundestag became the first national parliament in the European Union to adopt a motion denouncing the Boycott Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement for its anti-Semitic ‘pattern of argument and methods’.

May212019

Blog

Trump’s ‘Deal of the Century’ and the ‘Two-state Solution’

By Andrew Tucker

The so-called ‘Two-state Solution’ appears to be up for grabs. Basically, the Two-state Solution says that the Palestinians have a right to a state covering all of the so-called West Bank, including ‘East Jerusalem’ as their capital. Years of failed negotiations have given way to the growing sentiment that the two-state solution is simply no longer feasible.

May202019

Blog

‘Settlements’: International Criminal Court considers prosecuting Israeli leaders for war crimes

By Andrew Tucker

The Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) has for some time been looking into whether Israeli leaders are potentially guilty of war crimes, i.a. in relation to Israeli settlement policies. To open an investigation into the settlements issue, she needs to decide that ’Palestine‘ is a state for the purposes of the Rome Statute that governs the ICC.

May182019

Articles

US Recognition of Israeli Sovereignty over the Golan Heights – An International Law Perspective

By Matthijs de Blois

President Trump’s recent proclamation recognizing Israeli sovereignty over the Golan Heights has attracted much criticism. This criticism is often simplistic and unrealistic. The prohibition on the use of force to acquire territory is an important foundation of modern international law, but it does not mean that wars of aggression against a neighbouring state cannot have territorial consequences.

Apr82019

News

IDC student delegation visits The Hague

By Pieter Hoogendoorn

From 1- 4 April, a group of 20 students from the prestigious Abba Eban Center for International Diplomacy in Herzliya (Israel) visited Paris and the Netherlands. The Abba Eban Center is part of the Interdisciplinary Center (IDC) Herzliya – a private research university in Herzliya, Israel. The IDC is also known internationally for its conferences…

Mar152019

Blog

Wie wind zaait, zal storm oogsten.

By Matthijs de Blois

On 8 January 2019, the Netherlands Institute of International Relations – Clingendael – has sent a Policy Brief to the Permanent Committee of Foreign Affairs of the Dutch Parliament, entitled: ‘Wie wind zaait, zal storm oogsten: bezetting en de Staat Israël’. In this Policy Brief (December 2018), the authors claim that with regard to the…

Jan112019

Blog

The future of the Two-state Solution

By Pieter Hoogendoorn

On 13 September 2018, the 25th anniversary of the ‘Oslo Accords’ was passed. The Dutch government has always been a supporter of these accords. Unfortunately, the implementation of the Oslo Accords has stalled and the belief in the Two-state Solution is waning. Positions on both sides of the conflict harden and the situation among the…

Dec112018

Articles

The Legal Status of Jerusalem: Is Trump Right?

By Pieter Hoogendoorn

President Donald Trump’s decision to move the US embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem has been subject to intense international scrutiny. Amid the debate, what does the law suggest? Read here what Professor Gregory Rose of the School of Law at the University of Wollongong, Australia, already wrote about this question one year ago.

Nov262018

Seminars

Jerusalem and the future of the Two-state Solution

By Pieter Hoogendoorn

Jerusalem and the future of the Two-state Solution A seminar on the legal status of Jerusalem under international law and the future of the Two-state Solution, organized by the William Wilberforce Institute in the Czech Republic in cooperation with The Hague Initiative for International Cooperation (thinc.). 8-9 January 2019, House of Parliament, Prague In 2018, the…

Nov262018

Training programs

Summer School 2019

By Pieter Hoogendoorn

10 DAY SUMMER SCHOOL 2019 For INTERNATIONAL LAW and INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS Students, Graduates and Practitioners International Law and the Israel-Palestine Conflict Wednesday 26 June – Friday 5 July 2019 Jerusalem – Israel The Israel-Palestine conflict is perhaps the oldest and most complex conflict in the world. The State of Israel came…

Oct312018

Conferences

The Hague Conference 2019

By Pieter Hoogendoorn

Autumn 2019, The Hague. Based on the successful ‘The Hague Seminar’ (June 2017), thinc. plans to organise a conference about The status of Jerusalem under international law and the case Palestine vs the USA pending before the International Court of Justice concerning the relocation of the Embassy of the United States of America to the Holy…

Sep122018

Reports

Haag-uttalelsen fra jurister om den israelsk-palestinske konflikten

By Pieter Hoogendoorn

12 September 2018; thinc. is pleased to announce that on the eve of the 25th anniversary of the “Oslo Accords” the Senter mot antisemittisme (Center Against Anti-Semitism) in Oslo has issued a translation of ‘The Hague Statement of Jurists on the Israel-Palestine conflict’ in Norwegian. With this translation the Statement is now available in the…

Aug22018

Articles

The Status of Jerusalem

By Matthijs de Blois and Andrew Tucker

The status of Jerusalem is one of the main legal issues in the debate on Israel and its relationship to the Palestinian Arabs. The speech of the American President, Donald Trump, and the fierce reactions it provoked, as well as the recent resolutions of the UN General Assembly (GA) illustrate this. In order to address…

Jun122018

Books

Israel on Trial

By Matthijs de Blois and Andrew Tucker

In 2018, the State of Israel turned 70, but it has never been fully accepted as a member of the international community. Notwithstanding peace agreements with Egypt and Jordan, conflict between Israel and some of its neighbors in the region is looming. And peace between Israel and the Palestinians seems as far away as ever. Why?

Jan112018

Blog

The boy who cried wolf?

By Matthijs de Blois

The UNGA’s Emergency Special Session about Resolution A/RES/ES-10/19 on Jerusalem as Israel’s Capital. By Dr. Matthijs de Blois, Senior Fellow, thinc. On the 21st of December, 2017, the General Assembly (GA) of the United Nations (UN) again adopted a resolution on Jerusalem (A/RES/ES-10/19), within a month of its previous resolution on the 30th of November,…

Nov172017

Articles

Palestine, Uti Possidetis Juris, and the borders of Israel

By Avi Bell and Eugene Kontorovich

Israel’s borders and territorial scope are a source of seemingly endless debate. Remarkably, despite the intensity of the debates, little attention has been paid to the relevance of the doctrine of uti possidetis juris to resolving legal aspects of the border dispute. Uti possidetis juris is widely acknowledged as the doctrine of customary international law…

Nov162017

Agenda

Agenda 2018-2020

By Pieter Hoogendoorn

We have chosen one of the oldest powder kegs in the world, the conflict between Israel, the Palestinians and some nations in the region, as point of departure, because we see it as the most glaring case of the consistent and unabated misuse of law, and the pivot of worldwide political action. We are convinced…

Nov142017

Articles

A Report full of dynamite

By Matthijs de Blois

… this is how Dr. Matthijs de Blois, Senior fellow of thinc., characterises the report of the Special Rapporteur of the UN on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian territories, the Canadian law professor S. Michael Lynk. The Report has the clear objective to heighten the pressure of the “international community” on Israel.

Nov102017

Articles

The Hague Initiative for International Cooperation

By Andrew Tucker

Why it is important to study the position of Israel under international law. Every day, media around the world report on the “illegality” of Israeli settlements, and the obligations of Israel under international law to withdraw from the “occupied Palestinian territories”. Time again, Israeli presence in the “Palestinian territories” is claimed to be an “obstacle…

Jun262017

Seminars

Towards A New International Law Paradigm

By Pieter Hoogendoorn

The Hague Seminar ‘Towards A New International Law Paradigm For The Israel/Palestine Conflict’, 28-29 June 2017. The international legal framework applicable to the territorial status of “East Jerusalem” and the “West Bank” must be reviewed. This closed-door seminar is being organized to facilitate a discussion amongst experts from various nations of the legal status of…

thinc. Summer School 2019 – a big success!

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Jogászok Hágai Nyilatkozata az izraeli-palesztin konfliktusról

Jerusalem and the future of the Two-state Solution

Anti-BDS motion passed by German Federal Parliament

Trump’s ‘Deal of the Century’ and the ‘Two-state Solution’

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thinc. Summer School 2019 – a big success!

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Jerusalem and the future of the Two-state Solution

Anti-BDS motion passed by German Federal Parliament

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