International legal frameworks and their im/possibilities: The dispossession of Palestinian Bedouin communities in the West Bank
The lecture will explore the international legal frameworks governing the West Bank/East Jerusalem, as a starting point to assess the forced displacement of Palestinian Bedouins, the takeover of their land by Israeli settlers supported by the state apparatus, and how the system of impunity for international law violations drives a humanitarian and political disaster for these communities.
It will be followed by “We Will Remain”, a 30-minutes documentary that intimately portrays the threatened Palestinian Bedouin communities scattered across the Jerusalem desert in the West Bank.
Speaker:
Alice Panepinto (Queen's University Belfast)
She is a Reader in Law at Queen's University Belfast. Alice researches international law and human rights with a regional interest in the Middle East. She is the author of "Truth and Transitional Justice: Localising the International Legal Framework in Muslim Majority Legal Systems" (Hart, 2022) and lead editor of "Ending Impunity for International Law Violations: Palestinian Bedouins and the Risk of Forced Displacement" (Hart, 2025).
Organization by:
Francesco Chiodelli (Università di Torino)
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