Monthly archive November, 2017

The Pathology of a Legal System: Israel’s Military Justice System and International Law

‘International law is not designed to protect and grant rights to saboteurs and criminals. The defendants have no right except to stand trial in court, and be tried in accordance with the law and with the facts established by the evidence, in proceedings with the requirements of ethics and International Law…’[1]   1. Introduction Despite...

Enforcing Illegality: Israel’s Military Justice in the West Bank

1. Introduction The present article presents a critical overview of the main legal questions which arise from the Israeli military justice system in the West Bank. It commences from the inception of the system, focusing on the domestic Israeli approach to its juridical configuration and the manner in which this informed the interpretation of international...

The Israeli military justice system and international law

Introduced by Mariagiulia Giuffré, Peter Langford, Triestino Mariniello *   Military occupation exists within, and is regulated by, a substantive body of norms of international law. The questions of international law which arise from state military occupation are of enduring significance in relation to the form and extent of the legal regulation of this state...