Description of Event
As the unprecedented events unfolding in occupied Gaza demonstrate, the Palestine problem persists with no end in sight. This talk will examine one of the root causes that has brought us to where we are today: Israel’s 56-year occupation of the occupied Palestinian territory (OPT) otherwise known as the occupied State of Palestine. International law posits that occupation of enemy territory is meant to be temporary and that the occupying power may not, by virtue of its occupation, rightfully claim sovereignty over such territory. For over half a century Israel has systematically and forcibly altered the status of occupied Palestine, with the aim of annexing, de jure or de facto, most or all of it. During this time, while the UN has focused on the legality of Israel's discrete violations of humanitarian and human rights law, scant attention has been paid to the legality of its occupation regime as a whole. By what rationale can it be said that Israel's prolonged occupation of Palestine remains legal? What role does the UN have in this matter? Join us to consider this and other related questions with Professor Ardi Imseis.
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This event is co-sponsored by Indigenous Legal Studies, Allard Law faculty and Middle East Studies, UBC.
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