Summary
The court at The Hague whose July 2004 Advisory Opinion, Legal Consequences of the Construction of a Wall in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, Makdisi treats as authoritative on the wall and on the applicability of the Geneva Conventions (Palestine Inside Out: An Everyday Occupation, PDF p.47, p.60, p.68).
Details
- The opinion “also unanimously reaffirmed the applicability of the Geneva Conventions to the Israeli-occupied territories” and held that the Oslo agreements had not altered the territories’ occupied status (PDF p.60).
- “The Court is of the opinion that the construction of the wall and its associated régime impede the liberty of movement of the inhabitants of the Occupied Palestinian Territory” (quoted PDF p.68).
- Makdisi adopts the Court’s terminology, “wall”, for the barrier (PDF p.55).
Related pages
Palestine Inside Out: An Everyday Occupation, Separation wall, John Dugard