Tackles the legal issue whether international justice mechanisms - including the ICC - can play a role in the light of the alleged crimes committed during the military operation on Gaza (December 2008-January 2009)

Contributions from leading academics in the field of international law and international criminal law and human rights experts

Includes legal documents which were produced as a follow up to the 'Goldstone Report' (The UN Fact Finding Mission on the Gaza Conflict)

Sheds a light on the difficult combination of law and politics that connotes international justice, in particular vis-à-vis the uncertain status of Palestine at the UN level

Inhalt
Introduction.- Selected materials from the International Conference ´Is There a Court for Gaza?´ 22 May 2009, Lelio Basso International Foundation, Rome.- The Goldstone Report and the Goldstone Retreat: Truths told by law and reviled by geopolitics.- The follow-up to the Goldstone Report and its legal impact in Israel and beyond.- Initial reactions to the Goldstone Report and reflections on Israeli accountability.- Investigating the investigations: A comment on the UN Committee of Experts Monitoring of the 'Goldstone Process'.- The Importance of Fact-Finding Missions under International Humanitarian Law.- Why Statehood now: A reflection on the ICC´s Impact on Palestine´s Engagement with International Law.- The Effects of Palestine's Recognition of the International Criminal Court's Jurisdiction.- The Palestine Declaration to the International Criminal Court: The Statehood Issue.- Is Palestine a State? A Response to Professor John Quigley's Article.- Palestine Statehood: a Rejoinderto Professor Robert Weston Ash.- ICC Jurisdiction over Acts Committed in the Gaza Strip: Article 12(3) of the ICC Statute and Non-state Entities.- In Defence of Functional Interpretation of Article 12(3); a Response to Yaël Ronen.- Note on the Legal Effects of Palestine's Declaration under Article 12(3) of the ICC Statute.- The Russell Tribunal on Palestine.- International (In)Justice and Palestine.