As Bad as it Gets for the Palestinian People: Aggression, genocide, apartheid, denial of self-determination, and other violations resulting from the existence and actions of Israel.
We are very honoured to host Ralph Wilde, Professor of International Law, UCL Faculty of Laws, and chair, Professor Izzat Darwazeh, UCL, for a talk on the aggression, genocide, apartheid and other racism, denial of self-determination, crimes against humanity, war crimes and torture perpetrated against the Palestinian people through the existence and actions of Israel.
The event is open to the general public as well as UCL students, staff and alumni.
Places are limited and pre-registration is required via the ‘book tickets’ button on this page.
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Location:
Denys Holland Lecture Theatre, UCL Faculty of Laws, Endsleigh Gardens, London WC1H 0EG.
Ralph Wilde is Professor of International Law at UCL. He has served on the Executive bodies of the American and European Societies of International Law and the International Law Association, and held visiting posts at Al Quds University in Palestine, Georgetown-Qatar, Harvard, NYU and Yale, and was the Peace Fellow at the Åland Islands Peace Institute. His OUP book on international territorial administration and international trusteeship over people was awarded the book prize of the American Society of International Law; his publications on international law and the Palestinian people include articles in the Palestine Yearbook of International Law and the Journal of the History of International Law. He served as a legal advisor on international law to the PLO during the peace negotiations with Israel, and to the Palestinian human rights NGOs Al-Haq and the Jerusalem Human Rights Consortium; as Counsel before the International Criminal Court concerning Palestine for the Palestine Independent Commission on Human Rights and the Arab League; and as Counsel before the International Court of Justice for the Arab League in the 2024 Advisory Opinion case on the illegality of Israel’s presence in the occupied Palestinian territory (OPT), for Bolivia in the 2025 Advisory Opinion case on Israel’s duties to the UN and States in the OPT, and for the Gaza-based Palestine Centre for Human Rights NGO in the current South Africa v Israel case concerning the Genocide Convention.