Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies Center on Democracy, Development, and the Rule of Law Stanford University


CDDRL News



July 22, 2004

Financial Times op-ed disputes legitimacy of court ruling that West Bank barrier must go

Op-ed: Financial Times on July 22, 2004

In an op-ed published July 22 in the Financial Times, CDDRL affiliated scholar Alan Isenberg asserts that the International Court of Justice -- which recently ruled that Israel's West Bank barrier violates international law and should be dismantled -- should not have issued any opinion on the matter, because the court lacks legitimate authority to rule on the issue.