Shadi Sakran

The Legal Consequences of Limited Statehood

Palestine in Multilateral Frameworks

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Produktbeschreibung

This book analyses Palestine's acceptance as a State in multilateral frameworks and its legal consequences.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales)
• Seitenzahl: 230
• Erscheinungstermin: 13. Dezember 2021
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 12mm
• Gewicht: 331g
• ISBN-13: 9781032239446
• ISBN-10: 1032239441
• Artikelnr.: 62996889

Autorenporträt

Shadi Sakran is an attorney admitted in Israel and currently a post-doctoral researcher at the Graduate School of International Cooperation Studies (GSICS), Kobe University, Japan.

Inhaltsangabe

Table of Contents
Acknowledgments
Acronyms
Table of International Instruments
Table of International Documents
Chapter 1
Limited Statehood in Multilateral Frameworks
1. General introduction
2. Why Palestine?
3. Research questions
4. Objectives and structure of the Book
5. The statehood question of Palestine?
Bibliography
Part 1 (Chapters 2-4)
Palestine in International Organizations
Chapter 2
Preliminary Examinations on Admissions to International Organizations
1. Admissions to international organizations
2. Rejection of implicit statehood
3. Rejection of collective recognition
4. Concluding observations
Bibliography
Chapter 3
Palestine in the UN: The Status of the Non-Member Observer State and its
Consequences
1. Introduction
2. Historical background: Palestine's status in the UN until Resolution
67/19
3. Does UN General Assembly Resolution 67/19 create a fully-fledged State
of Palestine?
3.1. First argument: the term "State" may be taken to mean a fully-fledged
State
3.2. Second argument: treating Palestine as an observer State may be
binding upon all UN Member States
3.3. Third argument: those who voted for Resolution 67/19 must treat
Palestine as a State
4. The consequences of the non-member observer State-status of Palestine
5. Conclusion
Bibliography
Chapter 4
Palestine in One of the Specialized Agencies of the UN: Palestine's
Admission to UNESCO and its Consequences
1. Introduction
2. Three hypotheses for the UNESCO admission clause
3. State in the UNESCO admission clause
3.1. The interpretation of the term "State" in the UNESCO admission clause
3.2. The practice of UNESCO in admitting Member States within the scope of
Article II(2) of UNESCO's Constitution
4. The admission of Palestine as a Member State by UNESCO
4.1. Palestine's commitment and ability to carry out the functions of
UNESCO
4.2. Voting record on Palestine's admission to UNESCO
4.3. Concluding observations
5. The consequences of Palestine's admission to UNESCO
5.1. Palestine's relationship with opposing Member States after its
admission
5.2. Palestine's accession to UNESCO Treaties and their significant
consequences
5.3. The entrance ticket of Palestine to Vienna Formula treaties
5.4. Political consequences of Palestine's admission to UNESCO
6. Conclusion
Bibliography
Part 2 (Chapters 5-6)
Palestine in Multilateral Treaties
Chapter 5
Palestine's Accession to Multilateral Treaties: The Circumvention of the
Statehood Question by the Depositary
1. Introduction
2. Depositaries' acceptance of the Palestinian instruments of accession
3. Multilateral treaties deposited with the UN Secretary-General
3.1. The "Vienna" clause:
3.2. All/Any States clause:
3.3. Concluding observations
4. Multilateral treaties deposited with national Governments
4.1. The Geneva Conventions and their Additional Protocols
4.2. The Hague Conventions and the Permanent Court of Arbitration
4.2.1. The "subsequent agreement" for accession to the 1907 Hague
Convention for the Pacific Settlement
4.2.2. The role of the depositary: absence of institutional guidelines
4.2.3. The PCA Council has no Authority to suspend Palestine's accession
4.2.4. Concluding observations
4.3. Multiple national Governments as depositaries: The NPT and BWC
5. Conclusion
Bibliography
Chapter 6
Consequences of Palestine's Accession to Multilateral Treaties: Legal
Relationships, Dispute Settlements and Functions of a Limited State
1. Introduction
2. Consequences for different groups of State Parties
2.1. Consequences for "silent States": silence may be seen as an
acquiescence
2.2. Consequences of "purported" accessions for opposing States
3. Dispute settlements: Palestine against the United States and Israel
3.1. Palestine at the gates of the ICJ: Palestine against the United States
3.2. Palestine's inter-State complaint against the State of Israel
4. Acting like a State
4.1. Substantive functions
4.2. Procedural functions
4.2.1. Submitting national reports
4.2.2. Participating in treaties' conferences
5. Conclusion
Bibliography
Chapter 7
The Challenges for Palestine's Participation as a State in Multilateral
Frameworks: Imbalance, Occupation, and the Perceived Threat to the Peace
Process
1. Introduction
2. Imbalanced participation in multilateral frameworks
2.1. Disadvantages compared to a formal State
2.2. Advantages compared to a formal State
3. Palestine as occupied territory
3.1. The requisite of effective control
3.2. Difficulties in implementing treaties' provisions as a result of the
occupation
4. Perceived threat to the peace process in the Middle East
5. Concluding observations
Bibliography
Chapter 8
Conclusion
1. Limited Statehood
2. The limited statehood of Palestine in multilateral frameworks
3. The legal consequences of limited statehood and the circumvention of the
statehood question of Palestine
3.1. Confirmation of the general findings: observer State does not imply
statehood
3.2. Limited Statehood of Palestine in international organizations
3.3. Limited Statehood of Palestine in multilateral treaties
4. Legal consequences of limited statehood of Palestine in multilateral
frameworks
4.1. The contrast of what Palestine could do before and after its admission
or accession
4.1.1. Palestine's international legal capacity
4.1.2. Asserting sovereign rights over the Palestinian territory
4.1.3. Settling disputes in the international arena
4.2. Palestine's legal relationships with different groups of State Parties
5. Final remarks: abandoning the traditional requisites of statehood?
Bibliography
Annex (1): List of Tables
Table (1): Countries Who Recognized Palestine as a State
Table (2): Voting Record of UN General Assembly Resolution 67/19
Table (3): Voting Record of the Executive Board on the Request of the
Admission of Palestine to UNESCO
Table (4): Voting Record of the General Conference on the Request of the
Admission of Palestine to UNESCO
Table (5): Countries Who Joined UNESCO Before their UN Admission
Table (6): Multilateral Treaties Deposited with the Director-General of
UNESCO that were Acceded to by Palestine
Table (7): Multilateral Treaties Deposited with the UN Secretary-General
that were Acceded to by Palestine
Table (8): Multilateral Treaties Deposited with National Governments that
were Acceded to by Palestine
Table (9): Instruments of Accession, Ratification and Succession Deposited
with the Three Depositories of the NPT
Annex (2): Maps of Palestine
Map (1): Plan of Partition
Map (2): City of Jerusalem