The cost of peace: Assessing the Palestinian-Israeli accords

Middle East Report

Volumn , Issue 211, 1999, Pages 10-15

  Cavanaugh, Kathleen ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONFLICT MANAGEMENT; LEGISLATION; PEACE PROCESS;

ISRAEL; PALESTINE;

EID: 0032852915     PISSN: 08992851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3013326     Document Type: Article

References (12)

1. See discussion of this in Ann-Marie Slaughter's "Pushing the Limits of Liberal Peace: Ethnic Conflict and the Ideal Polity" in International Law and Ethnic Conflict, David Wippman, ed. (Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 1998).
2. The Fourth Geneva Convention is a case in point. Compliance with the Convention is, in principle, "ensured" by the Contracting Parties. In practice, except in those cases where national security interests can clearly be identified, the international community is reluctant to impose punitive measures.
3. It should be noted that the 1998 Belfast Agreement in Northern Ireland is a recent case in which it is clear that international law did inform the process, and where questions of competing self-determination claims and international human rights norms were addressed. However, the Northern Irish case is unique in this regard.
4. The Agreed Minutes states: "The withdrawal of the military government will not prevent Israel from exercising the powers and responsibilities not transferred to the Council."
5. See a paper issued by the Israeli Foreign Ministry, "Israel's Settlements: Their Conformity with International Law," December 1996, point 3.
6. Ibid.
7. Ibid.
8. See policy paper issued by LAW, "Apartheid, Bantustans, Cantonization - The ABC of Oslo," undated.
9. Emma Playfair, "Playing on Principle," in International Law and the Administration of Occupied Territories, Emma Playfair, ed. (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1992).
10. Ibid., p 238.
11. Unsurprisingly, Israel has rejected the resolutions and has stated that it will not attend the proceedings. As Israel's attendance at the conference is not required, it is unlikely this will affect the proceedings.
12. The Hague Regulations are part of international humanitarian law. What is important to note, however, is that these Regulations have been viewed by the international community, including Israel, as international customary law.