Human rights litigation and the transition from policing to warfare: the case of Israel and its governance of the West Bank and Gaza in the Al-Aqsa Intifada

@article{Geva2017HumanRL,
  title={Human rights litigation and the transition from policing to warfare: the case of Israel and its governance of the West Bank and Gaza in the Al-Aqsa Intifada},
  author={Maayan Geva},
  journal={The Journal of Legal Pluralism and Unofficial Law},
  year={2017},
  volume={49},
  pages={294 - 313}
}
  • Maayan Geva
  • Published 2 September 2017
  • Political Science
  • The Journal of Legal Pluralism and Unofficial Law
ABSTRACT This article explores the relationship between human rights NGOs and state/military policies in the case of Israeli organisations operating in the West Bank and Gaza. The article focuses on a period of fundamental change in Israel's management of the West Bank and Gaza unfolding alongside the Al-Aqsa Intifada, a transition from a framework of policing to a framework informed by the logic of war. It argues that NGO litigation, in this case, aided broader legal/political shifts that… 
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