The ICJ Ruling: Britain, Palestine and the International Rule of Law
Key information
- Date
- Time
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5:30 pm to 7:00 pm
- Venue
- Paul Webley Wing (PWW), Senate House, SOAS
- Room
- Alumni Lecture Theatre (SALT)
About this event
In this first event in the British Palestinian Committee's Greenlighting Genocide policy roundtable series, leading international law scholars will discuss the recent ICJ ruling.
The series of panel discussions aims to dissect and scrutinise the different dimensions of Britain's role in supporting what leading experts have described as Israel’s genocidal war on Gaza. By convening experts, scholars, and policymakers, this panel series seeks to critically examine and discuss Britain's political, economic, and military complicity in the sustained emergency in Palestine; while advancing policy approaches that support the protection of the Palestinian people and the realisation of their inalienable rights.
Image credit: UN Photo/Andrea Brizzi (via Flickr)
About the speakers
Dr Nimer Sultany is Reader in Public Law at SOAS. He serves as the Editor-In-Chief of the Palestine Yearbook of International Law. He has published extensively on constitutional theory, comparative constitutionalism, and Israeli jurisprudence. His book Law and Revolution: Legitimacy and Constitutionalism After the Arab Spring (OUP, 2017) won the 2018 Book Prize awarded by the International Society of Public Law and the 2018 Peter Birks Prize for Outstanding Legal Scholarship from the Society of Legal Scholars.
Dr Thomas MacManus is Senior Lecturer in State Crime and Acting Director of the International State Crime Initiative (ISCI) at Queen Mary University of London. He has a BA (Hons) in Law and Accounting (University of Limerick), an LLM (with distinction) in International Law (University of Westminster) and a PhD in Law and Criminology (King’s College London). Dr MacManus is admitted as an Attorney-at-Law (New York State) and Solicitor (Ireland). He is Editor-in-Chief of State Crime journal and Associate Editor of the International Journal of Human Rights.
Dr Michelle Staggs Kelsall is a Senior Lecturer in Law and Co-Director of the Centre for Human Rights Law at SOAS University of London. She came to SOAS with over a decade of experience conducting applied research in West Africa and Southeast Asia, for multiple research centres, and working for the United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights where she obtained a respected reputation as an authoritative expert on human rights in the Asia-Pacific region. Law and Law in Context. Dr. Kelsall is also the Co-Founder of ATLAS (Acting Together: Law, Advice, Support) a global network of international lawyers committed to empowering, supporting and connecting women pursuing careers in international law.
Registration
This event is free to attend, but registration is required. Please note that seating is on a first-come, first-served basis.
Organisers
- British Palestinian Committee
- Centre for Palestine Studies, SOAS
- International State Crime Initiative