The Oslo Accords: International Law and the Israeli-Palestinian Peace Agreements
Geoffrey R. Watson
Abstract
This book presents a legal analysis of the Oslo Accords. The book begins by rejecting suggestions that the Accords are non-binding political undertakings. It argues instead that they are binding international agreements between subjects of international law. The book next analyses Israeli and Palestinian compliance with the Accords. It concludes that each side has a mixed record of compliance, but that neither side has committed so serious a breach as to warrant termination of the Accords. Finally, the book offers some suggestions on how international law might help shape a final status agreem ... More
This book presents a legal analysis of the Oslo Accords. The book begins by rejecting suggestions that the Accords are non-binding political undertakings. It argues instead that they are binding international agreements between subjects of international law. The book next analyses Israeli and Palestinian compliance with the Accords. It concludes that each side has a mixed record of compliance, but that neither side has committed so serious a breach as to warrant termination of the Accords. Finally, the book offers some suggestions on how international law might help shape a final status agreement between the parties.
Keywords:
international agreements,
international law,
Israel,
Palestine,
compliance,
Oslo Accords
Bibliographic Information
| Print publication date: 2000 |
Print ISBN-13: 9780198298915 |
| Published to Oxford Scholarship Online: January 2010 |
DOI:10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198298915.001.0001 |
