Under the editorship of Nimer Sultany, the peer-reviewed Volume 23 of the Palestine Yearbook of International Law includes a special focus on international criminal law and Palestine as well as articles on Palestine and human rights discourse, and Sahrawi and Palestinian liberation in light of the international law of nationalism. It also includes essays on the criminalization of BDS in France in light of EU law, and on law and childhood in Palestine. . The Yearbook is an unparalleled reference work of general international law, in particular as related to Palestine and the Palestinian people. Published in cooperation with the Birzeit University Institute of Law, the Yearbook is a valuable resource for anyone seeking well-researched and timely information about Palestine and critical approaches to international law. Contributors include Omar Yousef Shehabi, Luisa Giannini, Michelle Staggs Kelsall, Sara Razai, Lama Karame, Diana Buttu, and Lori Allen.
Nimer Sultany, is Reader in Public Law at the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London. His publications include Law and Revolution: Legitimacy and Constitutionalism After the Arab Spring (OUP 2017).
Contents
List of Contributors
Introduction Nimer Sultany
Foreword
The Question of Palestine as a Litmus Test – On Human Rights and Root Causes Nimer Sultany
Part 1: Articles
No Alternative to Despair? Sahrawis, Palestinians and the International Law of Nationalism Omar Yousef Shehabi
Non-protection in the Name of International Law: The Principle of Self-Determination and the Palestine Situation at the International Criminal Court Luisa Giannini
Between False Messiah and Symbolic Politics: The International Criminal Court and the “Situation in the State of Palestine” Michelle Staggs Kelsall
Part 2: Case Commentaries
The Palestine Exception to Free Speech: The Criminalization of Boycott, Divestment, & Sanctions in France Sara Razai
Part 3: Review Essays
Law and Childhood as Vectors of Oppression: The Case of Palestine: Review Essay of Hedi Viterbo, Problematizing Law, Rights, and Childhood in Israel/Palestine (2021) Lama Karamé
Part 4: Book Reviews
Francesca P. Albanese and Lex Takkenberg, Palestine Refugees in International Law (2nd ed., 2020) Diana Buttu
Lynn Welchman, Al-Haq: A Global History of the First Palestinian Human Rights Organization (2021) Lori Allen