Episode 056 - Guerrilla Diplomacy with Dr. Noura Erakat

This week Lara and Michael sit down with human rights attorney, American activist, university professor, and legal scholar Dr. Noura Erakat. Dr. Erakat discusses the legal structure of Palestine from the Balfour Declaration to the Oslo Accords through ongoing UN claims and treaties. She touches on the four types of international law as defined by the International Court of Justice; 1) international conventions, 2) international custom, 3) the general principles of law, & 4) judicial decisions. Dr. Erakat frames the Palestinian resistance movement through the lens of legal precedents and examines ways in which the international court has failed to guarantee Palestinians basic human rights.