International human rights lawyer and Jerusalem Center Scholar-in-Residence Justus R. Weiner (z"l) researched the status of human rights in the wake of the Israeli‑Palestinian peace process.
Gaza
Amnesia International: Forgetting the Real Culprits in Gaza
Global Law Forum, Jerusalem Center, January 19, 2010.
Free Lunch for Hamas
with Avi Sutton, Global Law Forum, Jerusalem Center, January 1, 2010.
The Gaza War of 2009: Applying International Humanitarian Law to Israel and Hamas
with Avi Bell, San Diego International Law Journal, Vol. 11:5, 2009. pdf
Legal Implications of Safe Passage: Reconciling a Viable Palestinian State with Israeli Security Requirements
with Diana Morrison, Connecticut Journal of International Law, Vol. 22, No. 2, Fall 2007. pdf
Terrorism
The War on American Diplomacy: Isis, Al-Qaeda, and Taliban’s Sustained Attacks on Peaceful U.S. Missions Abroad
Diplomatic Immunity: Terror Attacks Against Israeli Embassies
Israel Journal of Foreign Affairs, Vol. 6, No. 2, 2012. pdf
Terrorism: Israel’s Legal Response
Syracuse Journal of International Law and Commerce, Vol. 14, 1997. pdf
Counter-Terrorism
Book Review of A High Price: The Triumphs and Failures of Israeli Counterterrorism by Daniel Byman
Jewish Political Studies Review, Vol. 24, No. 1–2, 2012. pdf
From Gaza to Pakistan: Targeted Killing and International Law
Jewish Political Studies Review, Vol. 34, No. 3–4, 2011. pdf
Israel’s Security Barrier: An International Comparative Analysis and Legal Evaluation
with Dr. Barry Feinstein, George Washington International and Comparative Law Journal, Vol. 37, No. 2, p.312, 2005. pdf
Israel’s Expulsion of Islamic Militants to Southern Lebanon
Columbia Human Rights Law Review, Vol. 26, p.357, 1995. pdf
Israel’s Struggle Against Islamic Terrorism: Lessons from the Expulsion of Hamas Militants to Southern Lebanon
Jerusalem Letter, No. 306, December 15, 1994. pdf
Christians
Palestinian Crimes against Christian Arabs and Their Manipulation against Israel
Jerusalem Viewpoints, No. 72, September 2008.
Christians Flee Growing Islamic Fundamentalism in the Holy Land
Jerusalem Issue Brief, Vol. 6, No. 14, December 7, 2006.
Palestinian Christians: Equal Citizens or Oppressed Minority in a Future Palestinian State
Oregon Review of International Law, Vol. 7, p.26, 2005.
Palestinian Christians: A Minority’s Plea for Rights Silenced by the Politics of Peace
The Journal of Human Rights , Vol. 4, No. 3, p.363, 2005. pdf
Palestinian Christians: Silent Victims of a Zero-Sum Game
Mediterranean Journal of Human Rights, Vol. 8, No. 2, p.383, (Faculty of Law, University of Malta, 2004).
Human Rights Trends in the Emerging Palestinian State: Problems Encountered by Muslim Converts to Christianity
Michigan State Journal of International Law, Vol. 8, No. 3 539, 1999. pdf
Video: Reasons for Christian Emigration from the Palestinian Areas: Exposing the Anti-Israeli Slant
Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs, 2010.
Palestinian Children
Children on the Frontlines: Palestinian and Pakistani Child Abuse
Global Law Forum, Jerusalem Center, January 1, 2010.
Will the Next Generation of Palestinians Make Peace with Israel
Jerusalem Viewpoints No. 537, December 2005.
Child Abuse: The New Islamic Cult of Martyrdom
Faultlines, Vol. 16, p. 63, (Institute for Conflict Management in New Delhi, India, 2005).
Palestinian Children and the New Cult of Martyrdom
Harvard Israel Review, Vol. 3, Summer 2003.
The Use of Palestinian Children in the Al-Aqsa Intifada: A Legal and Political Analysis
Temple Journal of International and Comparative Law, Vol. 16, No. 1, p.43, 2002.
The Recruitment of Children in Current Palestinian Strategy
Jerusalem Issue Brief, Vol. 2, No. 8, October 1, 2002.
The Use of Palestinian Children in the Al-Aqsa Intifada
Jerusalem Viewpoints No. 441, November 1, 2000.
Prisoner Release
Leave No Man Behind: The United States and Israel Face Risks in Their Prisoner Release Policies
Fletcher Forum of World Affairs, Vol. 39:1, Winter 2015. pdf
Hizbullah’s Triumph: The Long-Term Implications of Prisoner Exchanges
Jerusalem Viewpoints, No .565, July 2008.
Peace Process
Wye River Memorandum: A Transition to Peace?
Hastings International and Comparative Law Review, Vol. 24, No. 1, Fall 2000, (University of California, 2000). pdf
Co-existence Without Conflict: the Implementation of Legal Structures for Israeli-Palestinian Cooperation Pursuant to the Interim Peace Agreements
Brooklyn Journal of International Law, Vol. 26, Iss. 2, p.591, 2000. pdf
Israel-Arab Peace Negotiations: A Long and Winding Road
Jerusalem Letter, No. 413, September 1, 1999. pdf
The Hebron Agreement’s Note For the Record: A Pandora’s Box of Legal and Political Obstacles
Jerusalem Letter/Viewpoints, February 1998. pdf
The Hebron Protocol: The End of the Beginning or the Beginning of the End of the Israeli Palestinian Peace Process
Boston University International Law Journal, Vol. 15, p.375, 1997. pdf
The Palestinian Refugees’ “Right to Return” and the Peace Process
Boston College International and Comparative Law Review, Vol. XX, No. 1, Winter 1997. pdf
An Analysis of the Oslo II Agreement in Light of the Expectations of Shimon Peres and Mahmoud Abbas
Michigan Journal of International Law, Vol. 17, p.667, 1996. pdf
The Peace Process and the “Right of Return”
Survey of Arab Affairs, May 15, 1996. pdf
Peace and Its Discontents: Israeli and Palestinians Intellectuals Who Reject the Current Peace Process
Cornell Journal of International Law, Vol. 29, p.101, 1996.
Critical Analysis of the Cairo Agreement
Wisconsin International Law Journal, Vol. 14, No. 1, 1995. pdf
Hard Facts Meet Soft Love – The Israel-PLO Declaration of Principles and the Prospects for Peace: A Response to Katherine W. Meighan
Virginia Journal of International Law, Vol. 35, No.4, Summer 1995. pdf
Human Rights in Limbo During the Interim Period of the Israel-Palestinian Peace Process: Review, Analysis and Implications
New York University Journal of International Law and Politics, Vol. 27, p.761, 1995. pdf
Incitement
Hamas' Determination to Perpetuate the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict: The Critical Role of Hate Indoctrination
with Noam Weissman, Jerusalem Viewpoints, No. 545, 1 August 2006.
Peacekeeping
The Temporary International Presence in Hebron: A Unique Approach to Peacekeeping
Wisconsin International Law Journal, Vol. 16, p.281, 1997. pdf
Jerusalem
Is Jerusalem Being “Judaized”?
Jewish Political Studies Review, Vol. 15, No. 1–2, p.177, 2003. pdf
The Palestinian Boycott of Jerusalem’s Municipal Political Process: Consequences for the Level of Public Services and Infrastructure
Jerusalem Issue Brief, Vol. 2, No. 21, March 23, 2003.
Illegal Construction
The NGOs, Demolition of Illegal Building in Jerusalem, and International Law
Jewish Political Studies Review, Vol. 17, No. 1–2, p.47, 2005. pdf
The Global Epidemic of Illegal Building and Demolitions: Implications for Jerusalem
Jerusalem Viewpoints, No. 498, 15 May 2003.
Universal Jurisdiction
Freedom of Speech
The Threat to Freedom of Speech about Israel: Campus Shout-Downs and the Spirit of the First Amendment
Jewish Political Studies Review, Vol. 25. No. 1–2, p.6, 2013. pdf
Freedom of Movement
Freedom of Migration: Legal Standards and State Practice
Still Moving: Recent Jewish Migration in Comparative Perspective, Daniel J Elazar, Morton Weinfeld, eds., (Transaction Publishers, 2000). pdf
Jewish Settlements
The Settlements in Judea and Samaria: A Legal View
Midstream, A Monthly Jewish Review, August/September 1986. pdf