Introduction Students’ protests and encampments at various universities in the US and other States around the world have brought renewed necessary attention to international academic cooperation with Palestinian and Israeli higher education institutions (HEIs). These on and off-campus protests are based on negative developments concerning basic human rights for Palestinians, including the right to education, that have been steadily deteriorating over decades in occupied Palestine, but whose violations by Israeli authorities have escalated after the indiscriminate Hamas attacks of 7 October 2023. The catastrophic effects of this 7-month escalation, resulting in major loss of lives and injuries and material destruction…
The Rosalyn Higgins Prize is an annual prize which awards EUR 1.000 of Brill book vouchers and a one-year LPICT subscription to the author of the best article on the law and practice of the International Court of Justice, either focusing solely on the ICJ or with the ICJ as one of the dispute settlement mechanisms under consideration. The winning article will also be published in LPICT and made freely available online for ninety days to maximize its dissemination. Deadline: 15 May 2024 More information HERE.
The Institute for Information Law at the University of Amsterdam announces the 11th edition of the Annual IViR Summer Course on Privacy Law and Policy. The course will extend over a five-day period from July 1 to 5, 2024, at de Burcht, a historic building in the center of Amsterdam. This year the summer course will focus on the rules which apply to data-driven digital technologies and AI in both the EU and the US. Think of the requisite data to train machine learning algorithms, algorithms which personalize content for users and prediction algorithms which can affect people in various…
Introduction Will there be an end to the carnage unleashed by the Israeli government and army on the Palestinian people in the Gaza strip, especially after 7 October 2023? And, how can that noble humanitarian aim be achieved as soon as possible, given the mass killing and maiming, the massive destruction of infrastructure, and the denial of basic human dignity of Palestinians in Gaza and across the occupied Palestinian territories has intensified during the last almost six months, while the oppressive policies and actions by the Israeli governments have been ongoing for decades? In this blog, I have tried to…
Introduction This blogpost provides a general international law analysis concerning issues of academic boycott and relevant legal obligations of States and of universities concerning the dire situation of higher education institutions (HEIs) in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (oPt), due to measures taken by Israeli authorities[see also Gentian Zyberi, World’s higher education institutions need to react to the mass atrocities committed by the IDF in Gaza, 5 May 2024]. First, I provide some context about the escalation of the armed conflict in Gaza since October 2023 and more generally the HEIs situation in the oPt. Then, the focus turns to analyzing…
Some context concerning the latest escalation of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict since 7 October 2023 The indiscriminate attacks launched by Hamas militants on 7 October 2023, resulting in about 1,200 Israelis killed and several thousands’ wounded (also in following days), with about 240 persons forcefully detained and taken back to the Gaza Strip, including children and elderly persons, took the world by surprise. What rightfully and immediately followed was the condemnation of these attacks by Heads of States and Governments, many emphasizing Israel’s right to defend itself without making any qualifications. Since then, due to military action by the Israeli army,…
