STUDY GUIDE *** INTERNATIONAL LAW *** (see below)
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** UNDER CONSTRUCTION ** essays on INTERNATIONAL LAW & ISRAELI POLICY |
on INTERNATIONAL LAW (sortable on KEYWORD, NAME & DATE) |
of relevant INTERNATIONAL LAW |
STUDY GUIDES: |
STUDY GUIDE : International Law & Israel
Relevant Major Legal Principles of International Law |
Relevant Major Principles of International Law :
GENERAL PRINCIPLES OF INTERNATIONAL LAW |
| 10. Member-nations of the United Nations are required to respect the resolutions of the Security Council, which are legally binding, and enforceable by economic or military means, as the Council decides (related International Laws, Israeli violations, and references). |
INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS LAW (applies during peacetime within countries, and the territories they control) |
| 11. RACISM, APARTHEID, ETHNIC CLEANSING & GENOCIDE -- Apartheid, Ethnic Cleansing and Genocide involve the massive, systematic, and intentional violation of the human rights of a specific group of people based on a racist criteria (criteria based on a characteristic of the people such as race, nationality, ethnicity, religion, etc.) In this section, these terms are defined and compared legally as per international law (related International Laws, Israeli violations, and references). |
| 16. RESPECT FOR THE FAMILY -- One of the basic principles of International Human Rights Law is respect for the family, family unity, and the safety and special needs of women and children (related International Laws, Israeli violations, and references). |
INTERNATIONAL HUMANITARIAN LAW (applies during wartime and to military occupations) |
| 1. Acquisition of Territory by Military Conquest is Illegal, and gaining sovereignty via military occupation is illegal. The only legal reason for a military action or occupation is self-defense, and it is generally thought that legal occupations would be only short-term because they would only be for the purpose of self-defense (related International Laws, Israeli violations, and references). |
| 2. Parties to military conflict and their armed forces are required to allow civilians to return to their homes following the end of fighting no matter what their reasons for leaving (related International Laws, Israeli violations, and references). |
| 3. It is Illegal for Occupant to Significantly Change Local Laws (related International Laws, Israeli violations, and references). |
| 4. Military forces and occupation forces are required to respect religious, educational and cultural institutions, and to allow ministers of religion to preach and give religious counsel to civilians, POW's, etc. (related International Laws, Israeli violations, and references). |
| 5. PROPORTIONALITY - An Important Legal Principle for measuring the Legality of a Military Action (related International Laws, Israeli violations, and references). |
| 6. Collective Punishment is illegal because Civilians are Punished who were not Directly Responsible for the Crime (related International Laws, Israeli violations, and references). |
| 7. The Occupant Must Strike a Balance Between Securing its own Military Safety and Public Order vs. Doing Only That Which Benefits the Native People, but the Latter is the More Important (related International Laws, Israeli violations, and references). | 8. The Occupant is Required to Respect the Self-Determination Needs of the Native People except where it Significantly Jeopardizes its own Safety (related International Laws, Israeli violations, and references). |
| 9. The Occupant is Required to Respect the Human Rights of the Native People except where it Significantly Jeopardizes its own Safety (related International Laws, Israeli violations, and references). |
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