Palestine membership in the United Nations
Subtitle: legal and practical implications
By: edited by Mutaz Qafisheh
Publisher: Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Published: 2013
Place of publication: Newcastle upon Tyne, UK
Language: eng
Number of pages: 453
ISBN-13: 9781443846561
Subjects: International status; United Nations and non-member nations; Self-determination, National; Palestine; Arab-Israeli conflict; Politics and government; 21st century; Congresses
Other titles: Palestine membership in the UN
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Foreword / Richard Falk; title: Introduction / Mutaz M. Qafisheh; title: part 1. Significance of the membership of Palestine in the United Nations. Palestine Liberation Organization legal brief in support of recognition of the State of Palestine / Saeb Erikat; title: Palestine, UN membership, and popular representation: international legal challenges and strategic options / Guy S. Goodwin-Gill; title: Citizens of the State of Palestine and the future of Palestinian refugees: legal and political scenarios / Mutaz M. Qafisheh; title: Recognition of Palestinian statehood: an interest for all / Winston P. Nagan, Aitza M. Haddad; title: The de jure State of Palestine under belligerent occupation: application for admission to the United Nations / Basheer Al-Zoughbi; title: part 2. Specific implications of Palestine's UN membership. The human rights obligations of the State of Palestine: the case of the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights / Mutaz M. Qafisheh.; title: Legal implications of the membership of a Palestinian state in the UN on civilians in the light of international humanitarian law / Floriana Fabbri, Jacopo Terrosi; title: Tell it to the judge: Palestine's UN bid and the International Criminal Court / Valentina Azarov; title: Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails in light of the Third Geneva Convention: from jails to prisoner of war camps / Magdalena A. Pulido; title: The status of Jerusalem after the admission of Palestine to the United Nations / John Quigley; title: Water claims of an independent Palestine in practice: reconciling conflicting water claims in the region / Valentin Jeutner; title: Palestinian membership of the World Trade Organization: breaking international trade barriers / Nael Sayed-Ahmad; title: part 3. The State of Palestine: past and future. The Palestinian citizen vs. the Palestinian national: past and present / Lauren Banko.; title: Palestinian independence vs. the independence of Namibia and the American foreign policy / Winston P. Nagan, Aitza M. Haddad; title: Palestine membership in the United Nations: opportunities to create a justice system that never was / David F. Chavkin; title: Thirteen theses on a constitution for a Federal Republic of Palestine / Uri Davis; title: A non modest proposal for resolving the Palestine-Israel conflict: the divide and share approach / Said Zeedani.