Paul Eden

Palestinian Statehood: Trapped between Rhetoric and Realpolitik

The article considers the legal aspects of the Palestinian application for full membership of the United Nations (UN) in September 2011 as well as the the admission of Palestine to UNESCO as a full member in October 2011. The article also addresses the 2009 Palestinian declaration recognising the jurisdiction of the International Criminal Court (ICC). The admission of Palestine as a non-member observer State by an overwhelming vote of the UN General Assembly is considered in a postscript not included in this pre-publication version of the article.

The Practices of Apartheid as a War Crime: A Critical Analysis

The human suffering caused by the political ideology of apartheid in South Africa during the Apartheid era (1948-1994) prompted worldwide condemnation and a variety of diplomatic and legal responses. Amongst these responses was the attempt to have apartheid recognised both as a crime against humanity in the 1973 Apartheid Convention as well as a war crime in Article 85(4)(c) of Additional Protocol I. This article examines the origins, nature and current status of the practices of apartheid as a war crime and its possible application to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.