THE QUESTIONS OF PALESTINE AND CYPRUS: JUSTICE, LAW AND POLITICS

Adel SAFTY

Article Details

THE QUESTIONS OF PALESTINE AND CYPRUS: JUSTICE, LAW AND POLITICS

Authors:

Adel SAFTY

Publisher:

T.C Dışişleri Bakanlığı

Journal:

PERCEPTIONS: Journal of International Affairs 2001 Vol.6 Issue 3, pp.0-0

Document Type:

Article

Publication Date:

8/2001

Document Language:

English

Document ID (Org No.):

2000586770

Frequency:

Bi-Annual

eISSN:

2651-3315

pISSN:

1300-8641

Abstract:

 

The Palestinians and the Turkish Cypriots share a history of conflict and unfulfilled aspirations. The  plight of the Palestinians ranges from denial of rights of self-determination, land confiscation and  economic encirclement, to the daily violence of occupation. As for the Turkish Cypriots, although  Turkish protection has contained the existential threat, they continue to live under an embargo and  their country is treated as a pariah. While the Palestinians struggle for independence, the Turkish  Cypriots want recognition and sovereign equality.  The first article of the United Nations’ Charter prescribes the UN’s purposes as, inter alia, to  peacefully bring about, “in conformity with the principles of justice and international law”, the  resolution of conflicts. The principles of justice are given precedence over the principle of  international law because law without justice is, as Kesler put it, an arbitrary concept. The law also  represents the codification of the game’s rules in conformity with the established distribution of  power.  The Palestinians and Turkish Cypriots have had justice denied them despite having the law on their  side. I argue that they need to reassess where they are and where they are going, and learn the lessons  of experience. One such lesson is about the relationship between justice, law and politics in  international relations. Responding to this requires a multifaceted strategy including various forms of  resistance and political and diplomatic offensives to form alliances and build coalitions.

Article Details

THE QUESTIONS OF PALESTINE AND CYPRUS: JUSTICE, LAW AND POLITICS

Authors: Adel SAFTY

Publisher: T.C Dışişleri Bakanlığı

Journal: PERCEPTIONS: Journal of International Affairs 2001 Vol.6 Issue 3, pp.0-0

Document Type: Article

Publication Date: 8/2001

Document Language: English

Document ID (Org No.): 2000586770

Frequency: Bi-Annual

eISSN: 2651-3315

pISSN: 1300-8641

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Authors:

Adel SAFTY

Publisher:

T.C Dışişleri Bakanlığı

Journal:

PERCEPTIONS: Journal of International Affairs 2001 Vol.6 Issue 3, pp.0-0

Document Type:

Article

Publication Date:

8/2001

Document Language:

English

Document ID (Org No.):

2000586770

Frequency:

Bi-Annual

eISSN:

2651-3315

pISSN:

1300-8641