A Turning Point or More of the Same? The ICJ Advisory Opinion on Palestine and Its Global Impact


Just Peace Advocates was pleased to be invited to join the Faculty for Palestine at University of Victoria for this critical and timely session.

Over 300 people registered with over 150 attending.

As the global spotlight shifted to the U.S. election and University campuses quieted for the summer with the end of student encampments, the landmark ruling by the International Court of Justice (ICJ – July 19, 2024) on the illegality of the occupation of Palestine received less attention than it deserves.

This ruling could significantly shape global politics, trade relations, investment decisions, and diplomacy of UN member states vis-à-vis the Israel-Palestine conflict. Our webinar sought to bring this crucial ruling back into focus, examining its implications for international human rights advocacy in Palestine, and the legal obligations of Canada and its institutions, including universities, to comply with international law.

Webinar, August 16, 2024.

Other resources regarding the International Court of Justice (ICJ) /World Court Advisory Opinion of July 19, 2024

Read: The ICJ Advisory Ruling

19 July 2024

Legal Consequences arising from the Policies and Practices of Israel in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem – The Court gives its Advisory Opinion and responds to the questions posed by the General Assembly

Watch the ruling


The ICJ, Israel’s Occupation and the Realization of Palestinian Rights, DAWN, By Michael Lynk, August 6, 2024

Michael Lynk served as the United Nations Special Rapporteur for human rights in the occupied Palestinian territory, from 2016 to 2022. He is a non-resident fellow at DAWN.

The ICJ Decision on Israel’s Occupation of the Palestinian Territories, originally in Arab Center Washington, By Jonathan Kuttab, July 26, 2024

Jonathan Kuttab is cofounder al Al-Haq, and on the board of Just Peace Advocates. He is a lawyer in Palestine, Israel and the US, and current executive director of Friends of Sabeel North America

Read the following informative piece by Sally Campbell, activist, retired lawyer/mediator.

This was published in a series of articles in the Island Grapevine, but reworked for Just Peace Advocates.


Other resources shared during the webinar

Canada’s response to the United Nations request to ICJ for Advisory Opinion, summer 2023

Canada’s historical voting at the UN from 1947 to present

Canada’s 2020 Bid for seat on the UNSC

Member state and civil society response to Canada’s recent UN Universal Periodic Review

Revoking Canadian charities

Military recruiting submission to AG and RCMP

ICJP Canada intent to prosecute to Canadian govt officials Nov 2023

What are Israeli settlements and why are they illegal under international law? Middle East Eye

The Canadian BDS Coalition & International BDS Allies—engaging in BDS

https://bdscoalition.ca