This is the central question of a Briefing Paper that thinc. released on 25 June 2020. In the Paper, the authors, Prof. Gregory Rose, Dr. Cynthia Day Wallace, Dr. Matthijs de Blois and Mr. Andrew Tucker examine the question vis-a-vis four different principles of international law, and arrive at a clear and decisive conclusion. There…
Fundamental to the rule of law is equal treatment and non-arbitrary, fair application of law. Instead, the International Criminal Court (ICC) exemplifies UN politicisation of international law principles and bureaucratic corruption of the rule of law, at extravagant cost. Read more.
Yesterday the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court issued her reply to the many submissions made to the Court by legal academics and others, including seven States, concerning the question whether ‘Palestine’ exists as a state. On our reading, Ms. Bensouda fails to seriously engage with those arguments, preferring instead to re-assert her expansive position.
On 25 April 2020 we commemorate and celebrate the Centenary of the San Remo Resolution. Why is the San Remo Resolution so important? In April 1920, the Principal Allied Powers of World War I convened at Villa Devachan in San Remo, Italy, to resolve some outstanding issues pertaining to the 1919 Paris Peace Conference. One…
The thinc. Summer School 2020 will be postponed due to COVID-19.
Today, an Application to submit written Observations regarding the Jurisdiction of the International Criminal Court (ICC) to investigate alleged war crimes in the “State of Palestine” was filed to the ICC in The Hague.
The lawfare against Israel has many faces. Next to the case pending before the International Court of Justice (ICJ) (Palestine vs. USA) and the investigation started by the Prosecutor at the International Criminal Court (ICC), a communication has been submitted by Palestine against Israel to the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD). In…
Building on the successful Summer School 2019, thinc. will again organise a two-weeks Summer School for International Law and International Relations students, graduates and practitioners under the title International Law and the Israel-Palestine Conflict Sunday 21 June – Friday 3 July 2020 Jerusalem – Israel Check this site or send an e-mail to ss20@thinc.info for…
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