The Notion of an Illegal Occupation in the ICJ’s <i>Palestine</i> Advisory Opinion
Journal: International and Comparative Law Quarterly
Year: 2025

Abstract In its Advisory Opinion on the Legal Consequences arising from the Policies and Practices of Israel in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem , the International Court of Justice (ICJ) ruled not only that Israeli policies and practices in the occupied territory systematically violated international law, but also that Israel’s ‘continued presence’ (i.e. occupation) as such had become illegal, so that Israel was required to withdraw from the Occupied Palestinian Terr