Political Science 3201F/G Chapter Notes -Plaintext, Lex Specialis, Erga Omnes
1 May 2013
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Legal consequences in the occupied palestinian territory orakhelashvili. This contribution examines the court"s treatment of the points of substantive international law applicable to the construction of the wall and the ensuing legal consequences. The wall is designed, according to israel, to prevent the terrorist threat against civilians and to separate some parts of the occupied palestinian territory from the rest of it. This contribution will examine the findings of the court on the points of substantive law; then the court"s treatment of the wall"s legal consequences will be focused upon. The court affirmed the relevance of jus ad bellum in terms of the legality of the wall. The court affirmed that this norm is part of customary law. The wall incorporated illegal israeli settlements that form the subject of negotiations between. The opinion is also specific in its treatment of the practical implications of the palestinians" right to self-determination, as opposed to the mere existence and applicability of such right.
