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List of contents
Preface;
Acknowledgements;
List of abbreviations;
List of interviewees;
Chapter I: Adjudicating Human Rights and Security in Occupied Territory: The Legal and Political Context;
Chapter II: The HCJ’s Examination of Security-Related Measures challenging the Occupation’s Temporary Nature Requirement;
Chapter III: Security and Welfare of the ‘Local Population’: Implications of the HCJ’s Adjudication for the Normative Principle that Occupation is a Form of ‘Trust’;
Chapter IV: The HCJ’s Examination of Security-Related Measures in Light of the Requirement that Occupation does not Bestow Sovereignty;
Chapter V: The HCJ and ‘Unauthorized Outposts’;
Conclusion;
Index
About the author
Rouba Al-Salem graduated with a PhD in international law from Université de Montréal. She has previously worked in human rights legal research, advocacy and training as it relates to the Middle East, both at the NGO and UN levels.
Summary
This book examines how the Israeli High Court of Justice has interpreted and applied international law principles in adjudicating petitions filed by Palestinians challenging the legality of Israeli authority measures for the professed need of enhancing the security of Israeli settlements and settlers in the occupied West Bank.
