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  • International conference: Re-envisioning Israel/Palesti ne. Democracy and Governance Hosted by : The Middle East Project, Democracy and Governance programme, HSRC: Theme 1: International Law of Occupation Revisited Theme chair: John Dugard, Extraordinary Professor at the Centre for Human Rights, University of Pretoria, and former Special Rapporteur on the Question of Palestine for the United Nations Commission on Human Rights The fortieth anniversary of Israel's 1967 occupation of the West Bank, East Jerusalem, and the Gaza Strip, coupled with Israel`s continued failure to comply with international law, has suggested to some legal scholars that the fundamental character of the occupation may require re-assessment. This theme invites papers exploring whether features of other international law regimes, such as apartheid and colonialism, are manifest in Israeli policy and what this analysis implies legally for the conflict and the international community. Proposals developing theory about how frameworks of IHL and IHRL may evolve or co-exist are also welcome. Participants will be invited to engage with the HSRC's
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  • A new beginning for Iraq? | Jonathan Steele | Comment is free | guardian.co.uk: ffrom the page: ".. Many Americans still find it hard to understand why Iraqis usually refer to the US presence as an occupation... Time magazine this week described the sight of US tanks and armoured vehicles rumbling down Baghdad's streets as "a persistent and painful reminder of Iraq's dependency on foreigners for its security" . Iraqis saw things differently. The US invaded and dismantled Iraq's defeated army. In six years the main achievement has been to reconstitute, albeit with better training and now under largely Shia leadership, the very army that they should never have disbanded in the first place. As Maliki put it in an interview with Le Monde a fortnight ago, "a great vacuum was created after the armed intervention by foreigners in 2003". ... a majority of Iraqis feel US and other foreign forces "have done a bad job"... The hope is that as the US relaxes its grip on the country, Iraq's political and religious communities will feel motivated to come together...&qu ot;
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