Co-sponsored by Middle East Studies Program, the Trans-Arab Research Institute, Arab Studies Institute, New Century College, and Global Programs
Operation Protective Edge:
Legal and Political Implications
of ICC Prosecution
October 20, 2014 4:00-6:30PM
George Mason University
Johnson Center, Room C
Featuring
- David J. Luban, Georgetown University
- Margaret deGuzman, Temple University
- George Bisharat, UC Berkeley
- Noura Erakat, George Mason University
- Kevin Jon Heller, SOAS, University of London
Israel’s offensive against the Gaza Strip, Operation Protective Edge, killed 2,104 Palestinians, including 495 children, forcibly displaced 250,000 Palestinians, rendered 100,000 homeless, destroyed 16,800 homes, destroyed Gaza’s sole power plant, among a litany of destruction. During the course of the 52-day operation, Israel targeted six UNRWA schools providing shelter to thousands of Palestinians. Hamas killed 64 Israeli soldiers and 5 civilians. The extent of the harm has raised significant questions around Israel’s culpability for war crimes and has increased pressure on the Palestinian leadership to accede to the Rome Statute to pursue International Criminal Court (ICC) prosecution. This panel will explore the relevant legal questions under international criminal law as well as the political issues related to ICC accession by Palestine.
This event will be live streamed. For more information visit mes.gmu.edu
