Webinar: The UNGA 12-Month Deadline to End the Israeli Occupation Has Passed: What Comes Next After Non Compliance?

Jurists for Palestine Forum – Season 3 – Panel Discussion (7)

Main Information:

• • Date: Thursday, 18 September 2025
  • Time: 18:00 – 19:30 CET || 19:00 – 20:30 Jerusalem
  • Location: Online via Zoom and Live on YouTube.
  • Language: The webinar will be conducted in English. Simultaneous translation into Arabic will be available.

Registration is required: You can register here.

Background: 

18 September 2025 marks the expiry of the 12-month deadline set by the United Nations General Assembly for Israel to end its unlawful presence in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (oPt). 

In its Resolution A/RES/ES-10/24, the UN General Assembly (UNGA) endorsed the ICJ’s findings from its July 2024 Advisory Opinion and translated them into core demands from Israel. First, the UNGA demanded Israel to end its unlawful presence in the oPt, which constitutes a wrongful act, within 12 months. Second, the UNGA ordered Israel to comply with its legal obligations under international law by withdrawing military forces from the oPt, ending its unlawful policies and practices, returning land and property which has been seized since the start of the occupation, allowing all displaced Palestinians to return to their place of residence, making reparations, and not impeding the Palestinian people from exercising their right to self-determination.

Israel’s failure to comply with Resolution A/RES/ES-10/24 could not be more clear. As the deadline nears, Israel continues its genocidal campaign against the Palestinian people whilst further entrenching its unlawful occupation with intensified policies of annexation and occupation. On 8 August 2025, Israel’s security cabinet approved a plan by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for the military occupation of Gaza City and reports have indicated plans for a full occupation of the Gaza strip. In July 2025, the Israeli parliament voted to approve efforts to annex the West Bank. On the ground, annexation of the West Bank, including East Jerusalem has accelerated with unprecedented numbers of new settlements approved, widespread forced demolitions and rampant settler violence. Israel sends with these developments a very clear message that it is above the law.

Resolution A/RES/ES-10/24 also calls for Third States to fulfill their obligations arising from Israel’s internationally wrongful acts, including, inter alia, the obligation to promote the realisation of the Palestinian right to self-determination as well as the obligation not to recognise, aid or assist in Israel’s unlawful presence in the Occupied Palestinian Territory. States are called to regulate entities within their jurisdiction, implement sanctions, cease import of products originating from the settlements and cease the provision of military equipment where there are reasonable grounds to suspect that they may be used in the occupied Palestinian territory. Despite this call, many Third States have ensured the continued flow of economic, military and political support into Israel over the past 12 months, facilitating further entrenchment of the unlawful occupation and enabling violation of Palestinian rights.

Resolution A/RES/ES-10/24 fits into a longstanding record of UN resolutions which call for sanctions and embargoes against States that violate international legal norms, which Law for Palestine has catalogued in a comprehensive database.

In addition to Israel’s non-compliance and the failure of Third States to fulfil their own legal obligations, concrete demands made in the UNGA Resolution have not been fulfilled, such as the convening of a conference of signatory states for the IV Geneva Convention by Switzerland and the creation by Member States in coordination with the UN of an international register of all damage arising from Israel’s internationally wrongful acts in the Occupied Palestinian Territory.

What does the expiry of this deadline mean for the international community and third states, and the future of the international legal system? How can third states and other actors fulfil their own obligations under international law in the face of Israel’s flagrant breaches? And what are the consequences for Israel of breaching its obligations outlined in the ICJ Advisory Opinion and the demands set out in Resolution A/RES/ES-10/24?

In light of this, Law for Palestine is organising an online panel discussion to examine the expiry of the 12-month deadline and the consequences arising for Israel, third states as well as the UN itself. This webinar will examine the legal and political consequences of Israel’s failure to comply with the ICJ Advisory Opinion and the UNGA’s 12-month withdrawal deadline. It will examine potential avenues available within the UN system to uphold accountability, including further actions from the UNGA under Uniting for Peace.

Speakers:

• Ralph Wilde, Professor of International Law at University College London
• Craig Mokhiber, International Human Rights Lawyer, Former Senior United Nations Human Rights Official
• Maren Mantovani, BDS National Committee and Stop the Wall Campaign 
• Hassan Jabareen, Palestinian Human Rights Lawyer, Founder of Adalah (The Legal Center for Arab Minority Rights in Israel) 

Speaker and Moderator:

• Anisha Patel, Governing Council Member at Law for Palestine. 

To participate in this discussion, you need to register, click here.