Israel - Palestine Question Under International Law

March 09, 2005

March 9, 2005

Four law professors. One enduring question. Join us to learn more.
Presented by McGeorge International Law Society and Middle Eastern/South Asian Association

professor omar m. dajaniOmar M. Dajani

  • Political advisor to United Nations Special Envoy Terje Roed-Larson from 2001 to 2003, Professor Dajani was intimately involved in a range of multilateral initiatives to foster peace in the region, including the Middle East Roadmap.
  • Proficient in Arabic, Professor Dajani played a lead role in marshalling and organizing international efforts to support Palestinian legal and political reforms, and represented the U.N. in donor groups supporting Palestinian elections, the development of rule of law, and civil society mobilization.
  • Prior to joining the U.N., he was Senior Legal Advisor to the Palestinian negotiating team where he gained unique experience in preparing and negotiating complex agreements covering a variety of contested matters including borders, security, law enforcement, trade and financial issues in peace talks with Israel.

professor barry feinsteinBarry Feinstein

  • Dr. Feinstein is a Senior Lecturer in International Law at the School of Law, Netanya Academic College, Netanya, Israel and a Senior Fellow at the Strategic Dialogue Center, Netanya Academic College.
  • He has participated in international conferences devoted to improving relations between Israel and the Palestinians, including co-chairing (together with a Palestinian colleague) the session on The Peace Process and Neighboring Countries at an international conference on Permanent Status Issues held in Rhodes, Greece; chairing a session (comprised of a Palestinian, Israelis, and an Egyptian) at an international conference on Palestinians, Egyptians, Jordanians and Israelis: Linkage, Co-operation or an Economic Severance; and speaking at an international workshop on Israel-Palestinian Relations After the Arafat Era.
  • Publications of Dr. Feinstein deal, among other things, with issues concerning the enhancement of relations between Israelis and Palestinians and the promotion of and progress toward a genuine and durable peace between them through the development of viable economic cooperation.
  • Served as Assistant to the Israel Ambassador to the U.N. in New York.

professor brian k. landsbergBrian K. Landsberg

  • Professor Landsberg has taught at the Institute on International Legal Studies in Salzburg.
  • In 1993, Professor Landsberg accepted a Clinton administration appointment as No. 2 post in the Justice Department's Civil Rights Division as Acting Deputy Assistant Attorney General .
  • Professor Landsberg worked for the U.S. Department of Justice, Civil Rights Division, from 1964-1986.
  • Publication: Enforcing Civil Rights -- Race Discrimination and the Department of Justice (University Press of Kansas, 1997).
  • Editor in Chief, Major Acts of Congress (Macmillan Reference 2004).

professor stephen c. mccaffreyStephen C. McCaffrey

  • Professor McCaffrey, one of the world's foremost experts on international water resources law, is a former chairman of the International Law Commission.
  • Lead External Adviser on Water Law, British Department for International Development & Adam Smith Institute project to assist the Palestinian Authority Negotiations Affairs Department, August, 1999 - present)
  • Water Resources in the Middle East: Impact on Economics and Politics, in PROCEEDINGS, EIGHTIETH ANNUAL MEETING, AMERICAN SOCIETY OF INTERNATIONAL LAW, 9-12 April, 1986, p. 261 (1988).
  • Middle East Water Problems: The Jordan River, in The Scarcity of Water: Emerging Legal and Policy Responses, Edward H.P. Brans, Esther J. de Haan, André Nollkaemper & Jan Rinzema eds., p. 158 (1997).

Dean Elizabeth Rindskopf Parker, Moderator

Time: 4:00 - 6:00 p.m.

Location: campus - Muddox Building, Seminar Rooms 9 & 10, Reception to follow in Room 12