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Security, Rights and Law: The Israeli High Court of Justice and Israeli Settlements in the Occupied West Bank

Security, Rights and Law: The Israeli High Court of Justice and Israeli Settlements in the Occupied West Bank

Author: Rouba Al-Salem
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 9781138095106
Published In: December 2018
Format: Hardback
Jurisdiction: U.K. ? Disclaimer:
Countri(es) stated herein are used as reference only

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This book examines how the Israeli High Court of Justice has interpreted and applied international law principles in adjudicating petitions filed by Palestinians. The research focuses on HCJ judgments that have been rendered since the outbreak of the Second Intifada (2000) in relation to petitions challenging the legality of measures implemented by Israeli government and military authorities for the professed need of enhancing the security of Israeli settlements and settlers in the occupied West Bank. It discusses to what extent the HCJ provides a venue for an effective domestic remedy for alleged violations of the Palestinians’ internationally protected rights. It further analyses the judgements of the Court seeking to demonstrate why it appears to show a preference for invoking principles of Israeli administrative and constitutional law, thereby promoting the domestic rather than international Rule of Law. Although the jurisprudence of the HCJ has often been hailed as that of an ‘activist’ court, the analysis of petitions adjudicated by the Court between 2000 and 2014, illustrates why its approach is ill-suited to a situation of prolonged military occupation. Finally, the book evaluates what impact the Court’s adjudication, reasoning and interpretation has on the normative coherence of the international law of belligerent occupation.

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