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  • Perspectives on the 1967 Six Day War: John Quigley on refugee rights

    July 16th, 2007 | International Law | | Comments »

    CKUT radio produced a retrospective on the 1967 Naksa (setback) for the 40th anniversary that aired on June 7, 2007. This is part four of that program.

    CKUTs Samaa Elibyari interviews Prof. John Quigley, who speaks on the international right of refugees. He is a Professor of International Law (Ohio State University) and author of the book - The Case for Palestine: An International Law Perspective.

    For more information, visit:
    ckut.ca
    moritzlaw.osu.edu/faculty/bios.php?ID=42 (Prof. Quigley’s page at Ohio State Univ.’s site)

     
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    International Legal Solutions for War Crimes and Human Rights Violations

    February 6th, 2007 | International Law | | Comments »

    The Experience in Latin America and its Relation to the Situation in Palestine

    On Feb 6 2007, the Alternative Information Center (AIC) and the Israeli Committee Against House Demolitions (ICAHD), jointly hosted a lecture by Judge Juan Guzman at the Ambassador Hotel in East Jerusalem. Judge Guzman is a retired Chilean judge who became internationally famous for being the first judge to prosecute former Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet on human rights charges, after Pinochet’s return to Chile following more than a year of house arrest in London, England. He spoke together with Israeli Human Rights Lawyer, Lea Tsemel on “International Legal Solutions for War Crimes and Human Rights Violations: The Experience in Latin America and its Relation to the Situation in Palestine.”

    For more information, visit:
    www.alternativenews.org
    www.icahd.org

     
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    Jamil Dakwar of Human Rights Watch on the ICJ ruling on Israel’s Apartheid Wall

    July 11th, 2004 | International Law | | Comments »

    George Cadman speaks with Jamil Dakwar about the recent decision at the Hague regarding the Wall that Israel is constructing in the West Bank. Jamil Dakwar is a research fellow at Human Rights Watch and formerly a senior staff attorney at Adalah, one of Israel’s leading human rights organizations.

    The International Court of Justice ruled on Friday, July 9th, 2004 that the “separation fence” contravenes international law, that it must be dismantled, and that compensation must be paid to the Palestinian owners of property confiscated for its construction.

    For more information, visit:
    www.freakradio.org
    www.hrw.org
    www.adalah.org
    www.icj-cij.org/icjwww/ipresscom/ipress2004/ipresscom2004-28_mwp_20040709.htm (ICJ ruling on the Wall)

     
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