Abstract

This article takes a critical look at the United Nations’ commitment to the international rule of law through an examination of its position on occupied Palestine post 1967. Occupation of enemy territory is meant to be temporary, and the occupying power may not rightfully claim sovereignty over such territory. Since 1967, Israel has systematically and forcibly altered the status of occupied Palestine, with the aim of annexing, de jure or de facto, most or all of it. While the UN has focused on the legality of Israel’s discrete violations of humanitarian and human rights law, it has paid scant attention to the legality of Israel’s occupation regime as a whole. By what rationale can it be said that Israel’s prolonged occupation of Palestine remains legal? This article argues that the occupation has become illegal for its systematic violation of at least three jus cogens norms. Although an increasing number of commentators have subscribed to this view, little attention has been paid to its relevant international legal consequences which dictate a paradigm shift away from negotiations as the condition precedent for ending the occupation, as unanimously affirmed by the international community through the UN.

中文翻译：

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谈判非法：关于联合国与巴勒斯坦的非法占领，1967-2020年

摘要

本文通过审查联合国在1967年后在巴勒斯坦被占领土上的立场，来批判性地看待联合国对国际法治的承诺。占领敌方领土只是暂时的，占领国未必有理由要求主权这样的领土。自1967年以来，以色列已系统地和强制性地改变了被占领巴勒斯坦的地位，目的是在法律上或事实上事实上吞并所有或全部巴勒斯坦。联合国在关注以色列离散违反人道主义法和人权法的合法性的同时，却很少关注整个以色列占领制度的合法性。凭什么理由可以说以色列对巴勒斯坦的长期占领仍然是合法的？本文认为，该占领已因其系统地侵犯了至少三个国家而成为非法强制法规范。尽管越来越多的评论员赞成这一观点，但国际社会通过联合国一致确认，其相关的国际法律后果很少引起关注，这些后果决定了从谈判中转移范式是结束占领的先决条件。 。