A little carried away? Perhaps.

My thoughts on the recent AIU Lecture Symposium and another uneventful night of studying for exams has resulted in a fun (that's debatable) mini-project as I ended up creating my own mock Security Council resolution referring Israel and Palestinian Human Rights violations to the International Criminal Court. Why? Well, first of all I have a feeling I will have to explain how Israel and the PA may be held accountable for violations of international law on my upcoming exam. Secondly, ...

West Bank student’s deportation upheld

BBC News - West Bank student Berlanty Azzim's deportation upheld Berlanty has a Gaza ID card. She went to the West Bank under a visitors permit but instead stayed for four years to study Business Management - which she would be finishing this coming month. At the end of October, she was stopped at an Israeli checkpoint, detained for six hours, then blindfolded, handcuffed and told she would be taken to a detention centre in the southern West Bank. When her blindfold was removed hours l...

Looking back on the AIU Symposium

Again, great thanks to Saul Takahashi for taking the time to conference with us last night and for helping shed some light on the real situation in the Occupied Palestinian Territories. Some points from the discussion: UN security agenda has proven itself a tool of most-powerful nations UN's actions have been not to stop Human Rights violations, but to establish accountability following conflict resolutions through Tribunals, the ICC, etc. With Palestine there has been no movement...

EVENT: AIU Lecture Symposium 2009

For those of you in Japan on December 3, 2009, my International Institutions and Law class will be hosting a lecture and discussion regarding Human Rights violations in the occupied Palestinian territories. The Lecture Symposium will run for an hour and a half, and will be an excellent opportunity to learn about a conflict situation that has continued to plague the middle east for over fifty years. We will be joined by Saul Takahashi, Deputy Head of Office of the United Nations Office of t...