The South Africa v. Israel Case at the World Court: A Guide for the Perplexed
In-person at BAI and online via Zoom.
Were you bewildered when you heard that South Africa had alleged that Israel’s actions in Gaza violate the Genocide Convention? Befuddled when the World Court found the claims plausible and entered an order against Israel? Is it possible that some media accounts of this case are not entirely complete or not entirely accurate? Come learn about the Court and its judges, what the Court said and did not say – and why you should care.
BAI member Jeff Dunoff is the Laura H. Carnell Professor of Law at Temple University School of Law. He is co-author of a leading international law textbook and writes widely on international courts, international regulatory regimes, and international organizations. Among other activities, he has served as a visiting professor or visiting fellow at Harvard Law School, Princeton University’s School for Public and International Affairs, Cambridge University, Université de Paris 1 (Panthéon-Sorbonne), Humboldt University (Berlin), University of Rome (La Sapienza), European University Institute (Florence), and Hebrew University of Jerusalem, and serves on the editorial boards of several journals. Before joining the Temple faculty, he clerked for a federal judge and practiced international law in Washington, D.C.
