Palestine
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From Kosovo to Palestine: The Geopolitics of Selective Recognition
Recognition is one of the most decisive yet contentious acts in international law. It determines who participates in the international system as a legitimate sovereign state. In theory, the criteria for statehood are well-defined under the Montevideo Convention of 1933, which lists a permanent population, defined territory, effective government, and capacity to enter relations with…
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The Unequal Architecture of Recognition: A Critical Study of the Politics of Recognition in Sudan and Palestine amid Genocide
The notion of formal recognition within the international system is viewed as a formal acknowledgement for an entity to qualify as a state. Sudan and Palestine demonstrate contrasting dimensions of the recognition politics. Sudan is fully recognised as a sovereign state, and the state recognition remains largely unaffected despite extensive documentation of atrocities in the…
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Recognition of Palestine: UK, Australia, Canada, and Lady Macbeth’s Atonement | Tanzeel Islam Khan, VL Desk
“DOCTOR:What is it she does now? Look, how she rubs her hands. GENTLEWOMAN:It is an accustomed action with her to seem thus washing her hands.I have known her continue in this a quarter of an hour. LADY MACBETH:Yet here’s a spot. DOCTOR:Hark, she speaks. I will set down what comes from her,to satisfy my remembrance…
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Gaza and the Global Crisis of International Law: A Legal Reckoning in an Age of Strategic Hypocrisy | Faisal Kutty writes for Virtuosity Legal
The carnage in Gaza has not only shattered lives and landscapes but also exposed a seismic crisis in the global legal order. Far from being a remote regional conflict, Israel’s war on Gaza has become a crucible for testing the very foundations of international law, humanitarian norms, and Western political credibility. The legal implications are…