International Law and the Question of Palestine

This reading group examines the different histories and configurations of the emergence, (attempted) erasures and persistence of the question of Palestine in and for international law, including the role of corporations therein. Inter alia it explores the politics, histories and constitutive effects of different international legal concepts; the tactical and/or strategic possibilities and limits of mobilising different laws and institutions in liberatory struggles; the complicities of and potentiality to exercise global solidarities in and through institutions (including Universities); and the obligations and ethos of scholarship and scholars in the midst of genocide. 

The readings include international institutional reports, legal scholarship, international adjudicatory jurisprudence, historical scholarship, and postcolonial literature – with a specific focus on the work of Palestinian scholars and jurists.

Haris Jamil, Michael Bader, and Adil Hasan Khan are convening the reading group.

The Group will commence on 31 May 2024. Find the Reading List here. Relevant texts and more information will be shared with registered participants one week in advance. 

If you're interested in attending, please email Haris (h.jamil@unimelb.edu.au) or Michael (m.bader@unimelb.edu.au).

Poster Commemorating the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People. Source: The Palestinian Museum Digital Library