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Beyond occupation : apartheid, colonialism and international law in the occupied Palestinian territories /
A damning analysis of Israel's evasion of international law.
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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London :
Pluto Press,
2012.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Intro; Title page; Copyright page; Contents; Preface; 1 Sources of Law and Key Concepts; EXPLORING COLONIALISM AND APARTHEID AS MATTERS OF INTERNATIONAL LAW; SCOPE OF THE STUDY; State versus individual responsibility; Scope of empirical evidence; INTERNATIONAL LAW IN OCCUPIED TERRITORY; International humanitarian law; Defining 'belligerent occupation'; General provisions of the Fourth Geneva Convention; Human rights law; Prohibition of colonialism in international law; The right to self-determination in international law; The Declaration on Colonialism.
- The prohibition of apartheid in international lawThe legal authority of an ICJ advisory opinion; CONCLUSION; 2 The Legal Context in the Occupied Palestinian Territories; INTRODUCTION; THE PALESTINIAN PEOPLE'S RIGHT TO SELF-DETERMINATION; The question of Palestinian statehood; The right of the Palestinian people to self-determination; The legal status of the Palestinians as a people; The territorial substance of Palestinian self-determination; LEGAL STATUS OF THE OPT; The 'missing reversioner' argument; East Jerusalem: status as occupied territory; Legal implications of the Oslo Accords.
- The Oslo Accords and Palestinian governanceThe PA and PLO as 'authorities of the occupied territories'; Continuing occupation of the Gaza Strip; Israeli settlements in the OPT; Status of settlements under international humanitarian law; Legal status of the settlers; The jurisprudence of Israel's Supreme Court regarding settlements; Prolonged occupation; APPLICATION OF ISRAELI LAW IN THE OPT; Israeli laws governing settlements and settlers; Discriminatory application of Israeli civil legislation to Israeli settlers; Discrimination in the adjudication of rights.
- Application of military legislation to PalestiniansMilitary legislation applying to Palestinians; Enforcement by military courts; Inadmissibility of discrimination based on citizenship; CONCLUSION; 3 Review of Israeli Practices Relative to the Prohibition of Colonialism; INTRODUCTION; REVIEW OF ISRAEL'S PRACTICES IN THE OPT RELATIVE TO COLONIALISM; Violations of territorial integrity; Supplanting institutions of governance; Altering the laws in place in the occupied territory; Extraterritorial application of Israeli civil law to Jews in the OPT.
- Subjecting the local population to foreign administrationPreventing the local population from exercising political authority; Economic integration; Israeli practices breaching the prohibition on economic integration; Examples of integration: value-added tax and electricity grids; Violation of permanent sovereignty over natural resources; The right to water; Water rights and allocations in the OPT; Impact of the Oslo Accords on water allocation and control; Impact of the Wall on Palestinian access to water; Suppression of Palestinian culture.