The United Nations and the Question of Palestine - Rule by Law and the Structure of International Legal Subalternity

This book will be of interest to international lawyers, UN officials, policymakers, and scholars. It urges a critical examination of the UN's handling of the question of Palestine and how the organization can discharge its functions more effectively, in line with international law and justice.

List of contents

List of maps; Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgements; Table of Cases; Table of Treaties and International Instruments; List of Abbreviations; 1. Introduction; 2. The Interwar Period; 3. 1947: The UN Plan of Partition for Palestine; 4. 1948 and After: The UN and the Palestinian Refugees; 5. 1967 and After: The UN and the Occupied Palestinian Territory; 6. 2011 and After: Membership of Palestine in the UN; 7. Conclusion; Postscript.

About the author

Ardi Imseis is Assistant Professor, Faculty of Law, Queen's University. Previously, he was Legal Counsel and Senior Policy Advisor, United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (2002–2014), Editor-in-Chief of the Palestine Yearbook of International Law (2008–2019), and Human Rights Fellow, Columbia Law School (2001–2002). Imseis has provided testimony before the UN Security Council, Human Rights Council, and Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, among other international fora. His scholarship has appeared widely, including in the AJIL, EJIL, Harvard ILJ, and Oxford JLS.

Summary

This book will be of interest to international lawyers, UN officials, policymakers, and scholars. It urges a critical examination of the UN's handling of the question of Palestine and how the organization can discharge its functions more effectively, in line with international law and justice.

Foreword

The UN is the guardian of international law. But what does its handling of Palestine reveal about this lofty claim?

Product details

• Authors: Ardi Imseis, Ardi (Queen's University) Imseis, Imseis Ardi
• Publisher: Cambridge Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.03.2025
• EAN: 9781009074957
• ISBN: 978-1-009-07495-7
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 229 mm x 17 mm
• Weight: 505 g
• Illustrations: Worked examples or Exercises
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; United Nations, LAW / Legal History, POLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / General, LAW / International, LAW / Public, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / Middle Eastern, International Relations, Public International Law, Legal History, Palestine, Political, Socio-Economic & Strategic Groupings