U.K. SOUTHAMPTON UNIVERSITY LAW SCHOOL GEARS UP FOR ANOTHER BASH ISRAEL CONFERENCE
http://www.southampton.ac.uk/law/news/events/2014/04/09_conference_international_law_and_the_state_of_israel.page
Conference: International Law and the State of Israel: Legitimacy, Responsibility and Exceptionalism
17 – 19 April 2015
This conference will be the first of its kind and constitutes a ground-breaking historical event on the road towards justice and enduring peace in historic Palestine. It is unique because it concerns the legitimacy in International Law of the Jewish state of Israel. Rather than focusing on Israeli actions in the 1967 Occupied Territories, the conference will focus on exploring themes of Legitimacy, Responsibility and Exceptionalism; all of which are posed by Israel’s very nature.
The conference aims to explore the relatedness of the suffering and injustice in Palestine to the foundation and protection of a state of such nature and asks what role International Law should play in the situation.
The conference will take place over a whole weekend and will involve leading thinkers: scholars from law, politics, philosophy, theology, anthropology, cultural studies history and other connected disciplines.
The key speakers and various panels will diagnose the legal position with regard to the nature of Israel thus enabling a much needed platform for scholarly debate and disagreement.
For further information and to register please visit our conference website.
Venue
Physics Building, Lecture Theatre A
University of Southampton
Highfield
Southampton SO17 1BJ
United Kingdom
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