In this episode we talked to Dr Rana Mostafa, an Assistant Professor of Public International Law at Alexandria University about the ICC's recent arrest warrants, how that will impact South Africa's case at the ICJ, the threshold for genocide, and Egypt's declaration for intervention.  Dr. Mostafa's EJILTalk article that we discuss is available here: https://www.ejiltalk.org/the-attainability-of-the-evidentiary-standard-for-genocidal-intent-in-gaza ..read more

In this episode, we talked to Douglas Guilfoyle, Professor of Law at the University of New South Wales about ICC arrest warrants, immunity, and how national courts may handle the ICC's arrest warrants. Professor Guilfoyle's article on ICC arrest warrants can be found here: https://lieber.westpoint.edu/what-happens-icc-issues-warrants-senior-hamas-israeli-leaders/ His brilliant lectures on international criminal law can be found here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLqf6ZP49vgYBtcTpvSMpQhuEw-0rS3XwY ..read more

In this episode, we talk to Samuel Moyn, Professor of Law and History at Yale, about US college protests over Gaza, liberalism and zionism, and how war law can enable conflict ..read more

In this episode, we discuss whether a genocide is taking place in Gaza, the role of international institutions, and what the future of international law will be ..read more

In this episode of @War, we talked to Leila Hatoum, a political economist and MENA expert, about the recent Pak-Iran strikes, the attacks of/on the Houthis, and the role of the Arab world in the Palestine crisis ..read more

Ayesha Malik and Hennie Strydom talk about South Africa's case against Israel at the International Court of Justice, and what we should expect from the the ICJ's preliminary orders  ..read more

Ayesha Malik sits down with Dr. Marco Longobardo to discuss his book The Use of Armed Force in Occupied Territory, and the right to resistance, the right to self-determination, the classification of the conflict, how to apply human rights law in occupied territory, and what we can expect from the upcoming Advisory Opinion.  ..read more

In this episode, we sat down with Saroop Ijaz, Senior Legal Counsel for Human Rights Watch, about apartheid in Israel and Palestine, HRW's report 'A Threshold Crossed' and the key factors involved in making that determination.  ..read more

Ayesha Malik and Zarrar Khuhro talk about how narratives around this conflict have changed over the decades, the conflation of anti-Zionism, the international community's reaction, and whether international law remains relevant.  ..read more

Ayesha Malik and Dr. Ahmad Siddiqi talk about the roots of the conflict, the various phases of Israeli policy towards the Palestinian population, whether the Palestinians were actually offered statehood five times, why Hamas has acted now and why Israel's response has been what it is, and finally what the international community can do ..read more