ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Mohamed M. El Zeidy

Mohamed M. El Zeidy, (Ph.D. and LL.M. Ireland) is the Senior Legal Advisor to the President of the Kosovo Specialist Chambers and former Legal Officer at the International Criminal Court. He served as a judge, senior public prosecutor and currently a Counselor at the State Lawsuits Authority, Egyptian Ministry of Justice.

POSTS BY Mohamed M. El Zeidy

16 October 2024

Mohamed M. El Zeidy

The Findings of the ICJ Advisory Opinion on the Oslo Accords and the Amici Curiae Proceedings before the ICC in the Situation of Palestine

This article focuses on the legal findings of the ICJ concerning the Oslo II Accord, and argues in favour of its relevance in deciding the jurisdictional question raised by the UK before the International Criminal Court (ICC). It also addresses whether invoking this question through a procedure of an amicus curiae during the warrant of arrest stage fits neatly within the ICC’s procedural regime, and it concludes that it does not. Continue reading >>