Is There a Court for Gaza? A Test Bench for International Justice /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Meloni, Chantal (Editor), Tognoni, Gianni (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: The Hague : T.M.C. Asser Press : Imprint: T.M.C. Asser Press, 2012.
• Subjects: Law.; Law > Philosophy.; International law.; Mediation.; Dispute resolution (Law).; Conflict management.; Dispute Resolution, Mediation, Arbitration.; Sources and Subjects of International Law, International Organizations.; Fundamentals of Law.

“This volume asks: ‘Is There a Court for Gaza?’ The answer is a resounding yes. Indeed, there are at least two courts capable of addressing the armed conflict in Gaza that took place in December 2008 and January 2009: the International Court of Justice and the International Criminal Court. But neith...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction
• Selected materials from the International Conference ´Is There a Court for Gaza?´ 22 May 2009, Lelio Basso International Foundation, Rome
• The Goldstone Report and the Goldstone Retreat: Truths told by law and reviled by geopolitics
• The follow-up to the Goldstone Report and its legal impact in Israel and beyond
• Initial reactions to the Goldstone Report and reflections on Israeli accountability
• Investigating the investigations: A comment on the UN Committee of Experts Monitoring of the ‘Goldstone Process’
• The Importance of Fact-Finding Missions under International Humanitarian Law
• Why Statehood now: A reflection on the ICC´s Impact on Palestine´s Engagement with International Law
• The Effects of Palestine’s Recognition of the International Criminal Court’s Jurisdiction
• The Palestine Declaration to the International Criminal Court: The Statehood Issue
• Is Palestine a “State”? A Response to Professor John Quigley’s Article
• Palestine Statehood: a Rejoinder to Professor Robert Weston Ash
• ICC Jurisdiction over Acts Committed in the Gaza Strip: Article 12(3) of the ICC Statute and Non-state Entities
• In Defence of Functional Interpretation of Article 12(3); a Response to Yaël Ronen
• Note on the Legal Effects of Palestine’s Declaration under Article 12(3) of the ICC Statute
• The Russell Tribunal on Palestine
• International (In)Justice and Palestine.