Author Archives: Julie Billaud

Gaza, South Africa and the Return of the Third World: Towards a Postcolonial Humanism

Julie Billaud, Geneva Graduate Institute Antonio De Lauri, Chr. Michelsen Institute     Abstract : International law has historically been manipulated to render acceptable the suspension of liberal normative standards when it comes to violence and suffering perpetrated against non-Western populations. Yet the litigation initiated by South Africa against Israel at the International Court of Justice illustrates the Global South’s unwavering commitment to challenge the international world order through legal means. Can the case of Palestine propel the ‘return’ of the political project of the Third Continue reading →