Is there a court for Gaza?
Subtitle: a test bench for international justice
By: Chantal Meloni, Gianni Tognoni, editors
Publisher: T.M.C. Asser Press; Distributer for T.M.C. Asser Press by Springer
Published: 2012
Place of publication: The Hague; Berlin
Language: eng
Number of pages: 594
ISBN-13: 9789067048194
Subjects: Gaza War, 2008-2009; Destruction and pillage; International criminal law; Criminal jurisdiction
Description: This book examines the difficult combination of law and politics in international justice, in particular the uncertain status of Palestine at the UN level. It tackles the legal issue of whether international justice mechanisms can play a role in Gaza.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Introduction / Chantal Meloni and Gianni Tognoni; title: Part 1. International Conference 'Is There a Court for Gaza?' 22 May 2009, Rome; title: Selected Materials from the International Conference 'Is There a Court for Gaza?' 22 May 2009, Lelio Basso International Foundation, Rome / Chantal Meloni and Gianni Tognoni; title: Part 2. The UN Fact Finding Mission on the Gaza Conflict and Follow-up at the International and Domestic Level; title: The Goldstone Report and the Goldstone Retreat: Truths Told by Law and Reviled by Geopolitics / Richard Falk; title: The Follow up to the Goldstone Report and Its Legal Impact in Israel and Beyond / Sharon Weill; title: Initial Reactions to the Goldstone Report and Reflections on Israeli Accountability / Jennifer Barnette; title: Investigating the Investigations : a Comment on the UN Committee of Experts Monitoring of the 'Goldstone Process' / Daragh Murray; title: The Importance of Fact-Finding Missions Under International Humanitarian Law / Liesbeth Zegveld; title: Part 3. Gaza and the International Criminal Court The Legal Debate on the Admissibility of the Palestinian Declaration pursuant to Article 12(3) of the Rome Statute; title: Why Statehood Now : a Reflection on the ICC's Impact on Palestine's Engagement with International Law / Michael G. Kearney; title: The Effects of Palestine's Recognition of the International Criminal Court's Jurisdiction / Allain Pellet; title: The Palestine Declaration to the International Criminal Court : the Statehood Issue / John Quigley.; title: Is Palestine a "State"? A Response to Professor John Quigley's Article, "The Palestine Declaration to the International Criminal Court: The Statehood Issue" / Robert Weston Ash; title: Palestine Statehood : a Rejoinder to Professor Robert Weston Ash / John Quigley; title: ICC Jurisdiction Over Acts Committed in the Gaza Strip : Article 12(3) of the ICC Statute and Non-State Entities / Yaèel Ronen; title: In Defence of Functional Interpretation of Article 12(3): A Response to Yaèel Ronen / Yuval Shany; title: Note on the Legal Effects of Palestine's Declaration Under Article 12(3) of the ICC Statute /  Vera Gowlland-Debbas; title: Part 4. Non Judicial Responses : the Russell Tribunal on Palestine; title: The Russell Tribunal on Palestine / Frank Barat and Daniel Machover; title: International (In)Justice and Palestine / John Dugard.