1st Edition

Security, Rights and Law The Israeli High Court of Justice and Israeli Settlements in the Occupied West Bank

By Rouba Al-Salem Copyright 2019
278 Pages
by Routledge

278 Pages
by Routledge

278 Pages
by Routledge

Winner of the 2019 Francis Lieber Prize Recognizing an Exceptional Published Book in the Field of the Law of Armed Conflict This book examines how the Israeli High Court of Justice (HCJ) has interpreted and applied international law principles in adjudicating petitions filed by Palestinians. The research focuses on HCJ judgments that have been rendered since the outbreak of the Second... Read more

Preface; 



Acknowledgements; 



List of abbreviations; 



List of interviewees; 



Chapter I: Adjudicating Human Rights and Security in Occupied Territory: The Legal and Political Context; 



Chapter II: The HCJ’s Examination of Security-Related Measures challenging the Occupation’s Temporary Nature Requirement; 



Chapter III: Security and Welfare of the ‘Local Population’: Implications of the HCJ’s Adjudication for the Normative Principle that Occupation is a Form of ‘Trust’; 



Chapter IV: The HCJ’s Examination of Security-Related Measures in Light of the Requirement that Occupation does not Bestow Sovereignty; 



Chapter V: The HCJ and ‘Unauthorized Outposts’; 



Conclusion; 



Index

Biography

Rouba Al-Salem graduated with a PhD in international law from Université de Montréal. She has previously worked in human rights legal research, advocacy and training as it relates to the Middle East, both at the NGO and UN levels.