Webinar
Wednesday 2 July 2025
15:30 CET
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In January 2024, the ICJ affirmed the plausibility of genocide in Gaza. Following the Court’s provisional measures, a series of reports from UN independent mechanisms and leading international organizations further confirmed that genocide is occurring. In July 2024, the ICJ ruled that Israel’s occupation of Palestine is illegal in its entirety, finding that Israel has violated multiple peremptory norms of international law—including the prohibitions against aggression, racial discrimination, and apartheid, as well as the Palestinian people’s right to self-determination. The Court also highlighted the catastrophic consequences of economic activities that facilitate the illegal occupation, calling on states to prevent such exploitation and facilitation.

Despite the urgency and clear legal grounds for invoking state and corporate responsibility, states, corporations and global markets have been reluctant to fulfill their obligations. This disregard for international legal obligations has placed international law on a knife’s edge, according to UN Experts. This expert panel will examine the obligations and responsibilities of businesses operating within this colonial war economy, and examine the consequences of infringements.

Key questions include:

– What do the ICJ’s decisions mean for corporations?

– What are the parameters of corporate responsibility under the business and human rights framework?

– What legal risks do corporations face?

– How can corporations be held accountable?

Speakers:
– Dr. Gamze Erdem Türkelli, Associate Research Professor at the University of Antwerp
– Dr. Tara Van Ho, Associate Professor, University of St Mary’s Law School
– Dr. Shahd Hammouri, Lecturer at Kent Law School
– Dr. Wesam Ahmed, Al-Haq for Applied International Law

Chair:
Dr. Chiara Macchi, Assistant Professor of Law at Wageningen University

Co-organizer:
Dr. Anil Yilmaz, Senior Lecturer at University of Essex

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